IT HAS TO STOP

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

John 10:10
King James Version

The newspapers, the television and the radio are full of murders, rapes, drug abuse, child and elderly abuse and all other things that hurt Jesus and break His heart. It has to stop! Jesus did not suffer all of that agony and physical and emotional torture on the cross for your sins and for my sins so we can be saved just to have us kill one another.

I am not perfect. You are not perfect. All of us do things and say things that hurt Jesus and it has to stop! Jesus wants us to have a happy and joyful life, not a life that is filled with hatred and anger. How dare you and I go to a Holy God and ask Him for anything if we are not willing to forgive those who have hurt us?

Before I asked God to forgive me for my sins and invited Jesus into my heart to be my personal Saviour, I was a terrible person. I was rude to people, hateful to them and judged them and criticized them. I thought that everyone should be kind to me yet I wasn't kind to them. How I must have hurt Jesus and broke His heart so many times.

I was hateful and disobedient to my parents. My Mother said to me many times "It doesn't matter what I say, you're going to do what you want to do". If we will listen with our heart, we might hear our Heavenly Father saying to us "Ir doesn't matter what I say, you are going to do what you want to do".

It is time that we stop hurting our Heavenly Father and our precious Saviour and start loving one another unconditionally as Jesus has commanded us to love one another. Loving one another unconditionally is not an option, it is a commandment from Jesus.  We read in the Bible " A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34).

If Jesus comes back for us today, how sad it would be if we couldn't look Him in the eye because we have unforgiveness, hatred, anger, jealousy, bitterness and all the other things that hurt Him and break His heart. It is time we stop hurting Jesus and make Him happy. If Jesus could forgive us while still hanging on the cross with the blood flowing down His precious body, how dare you and I not forgive those who have hurt us? May God have mercy on us.

Joanne Lowe
April 13, 2020