Wednesday, April 12, 2017

OUR TENDER SHEPHERD

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Psalms 23:4 KJV

Eliza Edmunds Hewitt wrote a beautiful hymn about our tender Shepherd “Safe in the Shepherd’s Care”.  “Through the valley dark and deep, He will comfort, He will keep, I am safe in the tender Shepherd’s care; Happy in His saving grace, Till I see His blessèd face, I am safe in the tender Shepherd’s care.”

Have you allowed it to go from head knowledge to heart knowledge that one wonderful happy day we will see our precious Saviour face to face?  Think about it.  Jesus loves us unconditionally and He really cares about us.  As much as we are longing to see Him, Jesus wants to see us more.

We are His bride and He loves us so much He died for us.  I believe when He comes back for us with a shout, He will have tears of joy and happiness on His precious face.  O what a Saviour, this Jesus of Nazareth!  I love Him so much.  Without Him, life is meaningless because we just exist.

We have this promise in the Bible.  “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).  What a precious promise and healing balm it is to our battle scarred heart.

Heavenly Father, we praise You and love You and thank You for Jesus.  Precious Jesus, I love You with all my heart.  Thank You for loving me and for dying for me.  I long to see You face to face.  You are so precious to me.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe
April 12, 2017

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