To the Moon and Back!

I am marveling at...

"to the moon and back"!

How many times of late have we heard the phrase "I love you to the moon and back"! Wow. That sounds like a lot of love. And it is meant to.

But what about the love of our Heavenly Father! The love of Jesus, His Son! His love is beyond measure! It is as far as "the east is from the rest". It is infinite and oh so real. It is made real to us in so many ways.

But mostly in the way our Heavenly Father paved a means for us to bridge the gap of sin; to find personal relationship with our loving Creator God. To find a place of deep and ultimate peace. To have an invitation extended to spend eternity in the glories of Heavenly Splendor in the presence of LOVE itself.

For our Jesus, left the glories and the beauty, not to mention His place in Heaven and came to this deplorable earth. He experienced the pain and heartache of mocking men, of total misunderstanding, of dealing with this world's sin and anger. Of taking on the sins of all mankind. Of experiencing the full wrath of His Father, meant for you and me; unleashed upon Him. Of staying there. On the cross. Separated from the Father. Of seeing the Father's plan through...to the bitter and beautiful end!

What greater love! Listen and hear your Savior tenderly say to you, even from the glorious Splendor of His Heavenly Home where he has "gone to prepare a place for you".....

"I love you, my Child...... to the cross and back"!

John 15:13

John 14:3

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