AND JESUS CRIES

"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

John 13:34, 35
King James Version

Jesus has told us to love one another as He loves us. Can you honestly say that you always love others unconditionally as He loves us? I can't say that I always love others unconditionally when someone hurts me. I know that I hurt Him when I don't and it breaks my heart to know that I hurt Him.

Is it easy to love others unconditionally no matter what they do that hurts us? No, it isn't easy. One the things I've found that helps me and it might help you is something that one of my pastors used to say in his sermons. The pastor would say "If you will make sure your own heart is right before God, you won't have the time to judge and condemn others". The pastor is so right because it is a full time job making sure i keep my own heart right before God.

One day we will stand before a Holy God and give an account of the way we treat His Son. I don't know about you but I don't want to have to hang my head in shame because I hurt Jesus and every time we say something cruel, something sarcastic or do something mean to someone, we are hurting 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). May God help us to love one another unconditionally so we don't hurt Jesus.

Joanne Lowe
June 6, 2020