A forgiveness explosion

Isn’t it interesting that we forget about others it seems and focus only on ourselves?

I mean, look at Jesus.  No really look at Jesus.

He cried out in the garden, the night before his death, “if it is possible, remove this cup from me…”  I don’t want to do it, I do not think the plan is right, so lets figure something else out.

Is that really what he said? Yes it is, but not all of it.  Jesus said, “if it is possible remove this cup from me, yet not my will, but your will be done.”  So if it is the only way, then ok, we can do it.  He is not being selfish and thinking only of himself, but is that still really what he said?  Yes he did say that, but that is not all…

“Abba! Father!” Jesus cried. “If it is possible remove this cup from me, yet not my will, but your will be done.”  He said father, and more than that he said Abba.  Abba is the Hebraic word for pappa or daddy.  It was used by little children.  Little children who would run to their daddy, and hold their arms up in the air and say, “daddy hold me.”  I remember my eldest daughter and how she would say, “ho me daddy.”  I would hold her, and love her, because that is what a daddy does.

And Daddy God, loved us by not removing the cup from Jesus, and allowing the cross to happen, and causing a forgiveness explosion, that saturated the entire world with Jesus’ love.  He loved us so much he gave his only son, so that we can have a relationship with him.

So cry out to abba God and know that he loves you dearly, enough to cause a forgiveness explosion just for you!