UNPACK THE LOVE

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16 KJV

Someone said to a friend “I’ll be glad when Christmas is over so I can pack the decorations and put them away until next year and get back to normal”.  How that statement must have hurt Jesus and broke His heart.  For a lot of people, not only do they pack the decorations, they also pack the love and put it away.

What is normal to Jesus is loving people every day of the year not just at Christmas.  If you have packed the love for your loved ones with the decorations, unpack the love and give love to them every day of the year.  That is what Jesus does for us.  Not only does Jesus love us every day, He loves us unconditionally.

Spending time with our family and loved ones should happen every day not just at Christmas.  A little boy told his mother he wanted to tell her something and she replied “Not now, I’m busy”.  Yet this same mother talked, laughed and spent a lot of time with her son at Christmas.

Just as it hurt that precious little boy and broke his heart when his mother told him she was too busy to listen to him, it also hurts Jesus and breaks His heart when we tell Him we’re too busy to listen to Him.  We may not tell Him we’re too busy but sometimes our actions say it to Him.

May God help us to show our love to our family every day of the year.  Let’s listen to Jesus every day of the year and prove we’re listening to Him by our actions.  If ever someone deserves to be loved, it is Jesus, the Saviour of the world!  O how I love Jesus.

Joanne Lowe

January 22, 2016