Jesus died on the cross. He didn’t just die, He was beaten. Flogged. Whipped. Tortured.
I can’t imagine the pain that He endured.
And He did it all for us. He endured all that pain because of His love for me.
That was my thought process as I stood in church that Sunday morning with tears running down my face.
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