Man, you just had to go there, huh?
Years ago, a friend and I saw a short film at church. I'm sure it's been played at many churches, which puts this dilemma right in front of you. For anyone who remembers it better or has seen it recently, I apologize if I get anything wrong.
A young father, takes his young son around 6 years old, to his work at the train station. The boy wanders off, and at first his father is unaware that the boy has put himself in danger of being hit by the train.
The train comes around the bend. The father has a choice of where he can switch the track to -- one path will cause the death of the people on the train, who are completely unaware and going about their lives, reading the paper (this was a long time ago,) drinking tea, etc., and the other path leads to the train running over his son.
The man begins to cry -- and makes the choice to sacrifice his son for lives of the people.
We were told that this is what God did for us when He had a choice between us humans and His own Son.
My friend and I started bawling and hugging each other. I sure hope I never have to make a choice like that.