STRIPES OF LOVE

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

Isaiah 53:3-5
King James Version

If you ever think Jesus doesn't love you, remember the agony and all the pain He endured while hanging on the cross for our sins. Jesus loved you then, He loved you yesterday, He loves you today and He will love you forever. What a Saviour! What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth! O how I love Jesus. He's the reason I'm living and the reason I get out of bed. Without Jesus, we aren't living, we just exist.

Joanne Lowe
August 10, 2020