I LOVE GOD SO MUCH

“We love him, because he first loved us.  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?  And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

1 John 4:19-21 KJV  

People have asked me why I love God so much.  It is because He first loved me and gave His beloved Son to die on the cross for my sins so I could be saved.  Not only did Jesus die for me, He has never left me since the day I gave my heart to Him.  Jesus has been so faithful to me.  O how I love Jesus!

Many years ago as I was lying under a bed in a mental hospital afraid of everything and everyone and with no desire to live, Jesus came to me.  He lifted me up from under that bed.  He said, “I love you, Joanne.  It’s safe for you to come out from under this bed.  I won’t let anyone hurt you again.”

God loves you and He will love you for all eternity.  There is nothing you could ever do that will make Him stop loving you.  How it must have hurt God and broke His heart when He gave His Son to die for us.  Have you got it yet?  You are loved by our Heavenly Father.  We have a compassionate and loving Father.

I believe when Jesus left Heaven to come to earth that God put His arms around Jesus and told Him “I love You, Son.  I am so proud of You”.  When my brother left home to go into the service, my Mother watched him go and stood there for a long time watching even when my brother was out of sight.

Just as Mom had tears in her eyes when my brother left home, God also had tears in His eyes when His Son left home.

Joanne Lowe

May 21, 2015