The love for our child and God's love for us

I have to say this is something that I have been thinking of since finding out I was pregnant.

 I am a Christian, I believe that God sent his son here to die on the cross for our sins

and yet that fact never actually hit a nerve with me until I became a mother.

I love my son so much and could never imagine sacrificing him for anyone else

or for that matter everyone else. Every day when I look at him I think of this

it absolutely amazes me the love that God has for us.

 True, He knew that Jesus was returning to Heaven to sit at His side but to stand by

and watch and allow your child to go through so much pain in order to save the souls

of everyone else must have been a horrible feeling to have to go through even as the

Almighty Most High Lord. Yet thinking of this gives me peace and makes my heart swell

that He loves us THAT much that He was willing to not only let His son endure that pain

but to endure the pain Himself of watching Jesus go through being tortured to death.

 On top of that the pain of knowing that it was His own creations that was causing this.

 I can not fathom being able to feel that much pain and am so grateful to God for loving

 us so very much. I get sad sometimes that Jonathan doesn't have a daddy in his life

 but when I think about God and His love I am happy that he has the most wonderful

Father in his life that I could ever ask for!