Pastor Chuck Swindoll | Insight for Living

When midday turned to darkness...

Six illegal trials. A crown of thorns. Six hours of darkness at midday. The brutality of the cross is almost too much to take in. And yet, we'd invite you to sit with it—in silence, in stillness—and simply ponder what happened there. Because what drove Him there is the most remarkable part of the whole story. Not obligation. Not force. But the Father's love for every one of us. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." — John 3:16 The price was paid. On that cross. For you.