"There may be no greater agony than the loss of a relationship we desperately want. If a mild acquaintance turns on you, condemns you, criticises you, and says she never wants to see you again, it is painful. If someone you're dating does the same thing, it's qualitatively more painful. But if your spouse does this to you, or if one of your parents does this to you when you're still a child, the psychological damage is infinitely worse.
We cannot fathom, however, what it would be like to lose not just spousal love or parental love that has lasted several years, but the infinite love of the Father that Jesus had from all eternity. Jesus' sufferings would have been eternally unbearable.
... Jesus bore, as the substitute in our place, the endless exclusion from God that the human race has merited."
- The Reason for God. Timothy Keller
His love, still amazes me.
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