The Answer

He endured the taunts, the jeers, the whippings. He was maligned. He was despised by those he loved and came to save. At his last ounce of strength, last breath, when everything was in anguish - his body, mind and spirit, he still loved, he still carried on.
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I could never imagine my daughter going through pain of that extent. But he knew what they would do to his son. Yet he gave.
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i am amazed at the Giving.
it's one thing to decide to give, or agree with the idea of giving, but quite another to keep giving when in pain, when maligned, when unappreciated, when deserted.

Who deserves a gift like that? No one. But it's been given.

Lord help me live a life worthy of a child of God, a grateful receipient of a lavish gift.