making Dad proud

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=nolan

Read this story, please.

Imagine:

If the last thing you did or said to someone who loved you before they died hurt them or disappointed them... there can be no worse feeling.

And even worse? To know that you were unrepentant about it, driving another nail into the coffin.

That's why it should pain me to know that someone like Jesus loved me so much he died for me, but I constantly disappoint Him, and I don't care (a lot of the time).
Honestly, if this were true, then I probably wouldn't care if the nails were being driven into His hands right at this moment, His suffering etched on His face because the weight of the world is on His shoulders... I probably wouldn't care if He was hanging on the cross right now, spilling His blood for an unrepentant child, the prodigal son, me. Do I love him? Can I lessen His pain? Can I share in the pain? Can I repent, can I be obedient?

All He wanted was for me to feel His love, bask in His glory... to let me know what's right, what attitude I need.

Let's make Daddy proud, Chris, just like Nolan.