EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a 

Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:11
King James Version

We should have the love and joy of Christmas every day of the year in our heart because every day our precious Saviour comes to us. Charles Weigle wrote one of the most beautiful hymns I have ever heard "No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus". The words in this hymn are so true. "I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus, Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true. I would tell you how He changed my life completely; He did something no other friend could do."

Jesus not only came into my heart to be my Saviour, He also gave me a new heart, a heart that is filled with love and compassion for others instead of the cold heart I had that was filled with hatred for others. I'm so glad Jesus gave me a new heart. "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26).

After all that Jesus has done for us, how can we do less than give Him first place in our heart. Think about it! Jesus had never done anything wrong yet He walked that long lonely road to Calvary and there allowed them to beat Him beyond recognition, spit on Him, curse and mock Him and pound those nails into His precious hands. I believe every time they pounded a nail in His hands, that He felt that terrible pain in His heart.

The most amazing thing to me is that Jesus didn't have to stay on the cross. He could have come down had He chose to do so but He stayed on the cross because He loves us so much. All the nails in the world couldn't have kept Him on the cross had He chose to come down. We read in the Bible. "Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (Matthew 26:53)

Ray Overholt wrote the beautiful and heart touching hymn "He Could Have Called Ten Thousand Angels". "They bound the hands of Jesus In the garden where He prayed They led Him through the streets in shame They spat upon the Saviour So pure and free from sin They said, "Crucify Him He's to blame. He could have called ten thousand angels To destroy the world (the world) and set Him free He could have called ten thousand angels But He died alone for you and me."

Have you allowed it to go from head knowledge to heart knowledge how much Jesus loves you? I believe the reason we have so much violence and hatred in the world is because people have not allowed the unconditional love Jesus has for them to enter their heart. O what a precious Saviour we are privileged to know and have and one happy joyous day we will see Him face to face when He comes back for us. Are you ready to meet Him?

Joanne Lowe
June 23, 2020