“Forgiveness, which is so easy for us to accept, cost the agony at Calvary. We should never take the forgiveness of sin in simple faith and then forget the enormous cost to God that made all of this ours. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ. To forgive sin, while remaining a holy God, this price had to be paid. Once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vise, constrained by the love of God” (Oswald Chambers, from My Utmost for His Highest).