The Cost of Forgiveness

The love which a woman can put out for her son makes her so entirely one with him. His disgrace is her disgrace. His shame is her shame. Is the nearest thing that we can ever get on this earth to the love of God and to know what God really is. In our own turn, therefore, we have to see that all of our sins became his sins. And in his own body, he bear our sins upon the tree. That's why we said grace is not easy. Forgiveness is love and action and love means sin bearing. We are redeemed in order to be redeemers. And we are not saved until God makes us saviors.