THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

2 Chronicles 7:14
King James Version

Most of the news we read in the newspaper or hear on the radio and television is filled with violence and things that hurt our Heavenly Father. I've heard people say that it is His fault that we are in the middle of this virus that is killing people. I submit to you on the aurthority of the Word of God that it is our fault, not His fault. If we will stop hating, killing and hurting one another, and start loving one another as Jesus has commanded us to love one another, then our Heavenly Father will answer our prayers.

I heard a man say "Having to be cooped up with my family for this long is driving me crazy. I need to get away from them". Several years ago, I read about a little boy who said "My mommy played with me and talked to me all day Christmas but the next day she turned on the television and watched it all day and she hasn't played with me or talked to me except to tell me what to do.

I read about a little girl playing at a friend's house and the friend's mother came in to hug her daughter and tell her daughter good night and to tell her "I love you". Then she told the visiting little girl "I love you" and hugged her. When the mother left the room, the visiting girl didn't say anything and looked very sad and she told her friend that nobody had ever hugged her or said "I love you" to her.

I know how that little girl felt because I was forty years old before anyone hugged me or said "I love you" to me. I had gone through a devastating crippling depression for over forty years when I honestly believed I didn't have a right to live because I was told that many times. However, forty years ago as I was lying under a bed in the mental hospital where I had crawled because I was afraid of every one and everything, Jesus put His arms of compassion around me and lifted me up from under that bed. He said "I love you, Joanne, and I won't let anyone hurt you again".

Is it any wonder that I love Jesus so much? I can tell you from personal experience that Jesus loves you, will protect you and will never leave you. If you haven't given your heart and life to Jesus, I urge you, I plead with you to let Jesus love you as He wants to love you. He died for you. Please give your heart and life to Jesus right now. Don't miss another day to make Jesus happy.

Joanne Lowe
April 26, 2020