What Did "The Father" Experience?

Scripture is replete with accounts of fathers who
agonized over the losses or pending losses of their
sons. Adam's son, Abel, was killed by his brother.
Abraham was a heartbeat away from plunging a
knife into his son, Isaac. Jacob was told by eleven
of his sons that his son, Joseph, was lost forever.
The father of the Prodigal had his heart broken by
his son's insistence on leaving home and spreading
his wild oats.
As terrifying and agonizing as these and other
such events were, the classic example of a father's
emotional distress and suffering is that which God,
the Father, experienced during Jesus's life and trials.
While we place a lot of emphasis on the discomforts
that the Saviour endured from birth to death,
and rightly so, I'm inclined to believe that we
rarely think about what our Father in Heaven felt.
Try to imagine, if you can, what angst the heart of
our Father God experienced from His Son's being
born in a stable, through to His unimaginable death!
DOES GOD "HURT"? We read in Holy writ that
God "sorrows", "repents", and "grieves", so why
ought we not to believe that the environs of Heaven
shook with agony as Jesus's torments occurred?
Sought to be killed shortly after His human birth;
rejected by scholars, the religious, governors and
kings; and deserted by some of His disciples, Jesus
knew heartaches, all shared from above by His and
our Father.
Not for a moment could I ever believe that His
Father revelled in the Son's emotional or physical
sufferings. From Judas's betrayal, to the arrest in
the garden, to the crowd's calls for Him to be crucified,
the pains and pangs of our sins surely affected both
the Architect and the Builder of our SALVATION!!
Stripped, scourged with the "cat-o-nine tails", a
makeshift crown of thorns piercing His head and
temple - all of these were repugnant in the eyes and
ears of Jesus' Father who was watching from above!
HOW HE MUST HAVE HURT FOR HIS SON!
Watching Jesus carry the crosspiece of the instrument
of His death; seeing the soldiers offer Him sour wine
and gall; hearing the sounds of the hammers as they
strike the nails into Jesus' wrists and ankles; witnessing
the piercing of His Son's side - you and I could not be
so brave - only the Author of our redemption could
force Himself to be party to such tragedy - brought
about because of our waywardness.
WHAT EMOTIONS COULD THE FATHER HAVE
POSSIBLY EXPERIENCED?
Sorrow - that sin brought the Son to earth and caused
Him such suffering.
Pain - that He probably felt, too, as Jesus writhed in
His flesh.
Remorse - for Satan's rebellion, deceit, and sin that
passed on to all of mankind.
Anger - at those who acted out the final moments in
our stead - we all are responsible for what
took place that day!
Exultation - that the sacrificial price for our sins was
paid, and sin's power and penalty were
available for removal from "whosoever will".
Relief - that Jesus had to suffer no more.
Joy - that every man, woman, and child who accepted
the Son would be "adopted" into God's eternal/
Heavenly family.
Celebration - for Jesus returning to His rightful place
at the Father's right hand.
CAN YOU IMAGINE ENDURING SUCH AN ORDEAL
AS THE FATHER DID?
IT WAS ALL FOR YOU AND ME! Glory to God!