It was not man, to whom God was hostile, who took the initiative to make God friendly, nor was it Jesus Christ, the eternal Son, who took the initiative to turn his Father’s wrath against us into love. The idea that the kind Son changed the mind of his unkind Father by offering himself in place of sinful man is no part of the gospel message — it is sub-Christian, indeed an anti-Christian, idea, for it denies the unity of will in the Father and the Son and so in reality falls back into polytheism, asking us to believe in two different gods. But the Bible rules this out absolutely by insisting that it was God himself who took the initiative in quenching his own wrath against those whom, despite their disloyalty, he loved and had chosen to save.
–J. I. Packer
God the Father loved this world of people so much that he sent his only begotten Son to save us.
And God the Son loved this world of people so much he was willing to come and to die on the cross.
These are not two different gods who stand at crossroads from each other.
This is our Triune God – a God who reveals himself to us in three Persons – a God of love who rescues sinners.
May I better understand his love. May I embrace it, receive it, allow it to fill me up, and then take the overflow and share it with others.
I hope you will pray that type of prayer as well!