I just finished reading the book 'Heaven is For Real' by Todd Burpo.
It's funny how sometimes it just seems like the right time to read a particular book.
It touched me deeply as I think about Holy Week.
Thinking about Jesus on that cross and God the Father turning His face away.
God KNEW the outcome
yet still made the sacrifice of His Son.
Todd Burpo expresses in the book that as a father, he would have done ANYTHING to take away the suffering of his son Colton...including trading places with him.
This resonated with me.
How many times I have prayed for God to take away Jessica's pain...
I would take it all upon myself in a heartbeat.
Todd Burpo writes,
"The scripture says that as Jesus gave up his spirit, as he sagged there, lifeless on that Roman cross, God the Father turned His back. I am convinced that He did that because if He had kept watching, He couldn't have gone through with it." p.149
My faith is based on the outcome, but my heart, as a mother, feels the process.
Reading this book also made me think about my dad.
Not long ago I was thinking about the upcoming wedding and picturing myself standing in the church watching Brittany come down the aisle,
seeing Will waiting for his bride,
watching Tom and Jessica approach...
remembering my walk down an aisle with my dad.
Will he know?
Will we feel his presence?
After reading this book, my heart hopes so.
