DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD TRULY LOVES US?   HE IS NOT FAR OFF IN HEAVEN WATCHING US TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO SIN LIKE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE.  HE LOVES US BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR US.   BEFORE JESUS TOOK OUR SINS AWAY, WE COULDN'T EVEN GO STRAIGHT TO HIM IN PRAYER.   KNOWING ALL OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO JESUS, WHAT REJECTION HE WOULD FACE, THE PAIN HE WOULD SUFFER ON THE CROSS, AND ESPECIALLY HIS PAIN (GOD'S PAIN) WHEN HE HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON JESUS ON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT LOOK ON ALL THAT SIN.   DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JESUS, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"   THEN THE BIBLE SAYS "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."   I AM SURE THAT HIS BELIEVING THAT GOD, HIS OWN FATHER, HAD FORSAKEN HIM, HURT HIM MORE THAN ANY OF THE BEATINGS, THE NAILS AND HANGING ON THE CROSS.