Father, thank you for giving us Jesus to save us from Your wrath. I was trying to use other words than wrath, but I other words will just soften the blow.
Jesus actually saved me from: (1) walking on this earth alone because one way or another other people will fail in being there with us; (2) dying alone - others might be there at our death bed, but that's as far as they go. When the lights go out, who's going to be there for me; (3)living eternity away from You and in hell.
Hell is like an incurable pain that will not go away - for eternity. It's really hard to understand how a good God like You would allow for such suffering - but it's a truth that we cannot deny. But in the same token, we also grapple with the idea that You gave Your only Son, Jesus, to suffer on our stead - Your Son who did no wrong. Thus, whoever believes in Him will not have to go through what I mentioned above but have life that does not end forever and ever.
In Your mercies, Oh God, give us the courage to tell everyone that the party we experience here on earth will eventually end, but there is one that will never end - with You.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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