As a result of the Fall we were doomed to eternal separation from God, separation forever from all that is truly good. And if the story had ended here, it would have been a tragedy of cosmic proportions. But God, who knew how helpless we were, made a way to get us back, and this tells us something about His character, for only an infinitely loving God would be willing to pay the astronomically high price to rescue us. How much are you or I prepared to pay to help someone else? How far are you or I prepared to go to help someone? How hard are you or I prepared to work to help someone? How long are you or I prepared to keep praying to help someone? Love keeps paying, love keeps going, love keeps working, and love keeps praying. This is the God kind of love, the love that lies at the heart of all true healing, the love that took Jesus to the Cross and held Him there until His redeeming work was finished. For the Cross is the foundational event, not just of all healing, but of all history. There is no other foundation, no other solid rock, on which we may stand, on which we may build, and by which we may be fully healed. All other ground is sinking sand, shifting