Tuesday, December 27

The terrible wonder of God’s love

Oh, that we might worship the terrible wonder of the love of God! It is not sentimental. It is not simple. For our sake God did the impossible: He poured out his wrath on his own Son—the one whose submission made him infinitely unworthy to receive it. Yet the Son’s very willingness to receive it was precious in God’s sight. The wrath-bearer was infinitely loved.

— John Piper
The Passion of Jesus Christ
(Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2004), 23