Let me share a story with you that may help you put all the pieces together about why God had to come to earth in the person of Jesus Christ. — There’s a story told about a w oman who received a late-night phone call from the emergency room of a hospital stating that her dad was dying, and that if she wanted to see him alive she should come as soon as possible. She hastily threw on some clothes and frantically began driving the 100 miles to where her father was hospitalized. As she was speeding through one small town in the wee hours of the morning, she looked in her rear- view mirror and saw that the local sheriff was chasing her with his flashers flashing. Because she was going so fast, the officer didn’t even give her a ticket, but arrested her right there on the spot. The next morning she had to appear before the old county judge. As the judge looked over the officer’s report, he said, “Lady, what were you thinking? Do you realize you were going almost 50 miles above
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