Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Jesus really does love us!

John 15:12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.

We watch Jesus loving people throughout the Gospels. Sometimes His love is exasperated, like when He laments over Jerusalem, "How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!" Luke 13:34b......Sometimes it is challenging, like when He challenges the rich young ruler to give up what was most important to him. And sometimes His love is simply indescribable, like when He stretches out His arms and allows Himself to be crucified.

Jesus loves us with an everlasting love. And He shows us His love in many ways through our lives--but never more plainly or powerfully than dying on the cross.

Father, please let us ever be mindful of your amazing love....your amazing grace! May we never get comfortable with your love. May it bring us to our knees every day. Thank you for your love, Jesus......Now, may we be a church....a people who loves like you love. Make us more like you today than we were yesterday!
In Jesus precious and holy name.....Amen.

1 comment:

"Joyful one" said...

His love for us is beyond what we could ever understand or comprehend...read Ephesians 3:17-19. The beauty of His love is everlasting. Look and you will see..listen and you will hear..breath and you will smell..touch and you will feel it...His love surrounds us.