DO WE

"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."

John 15:12

King James Version

Jim Gilbert wrote the hymn "I Love You with the Love of the Lord". We sing this hymn but do we mean what we are singing? Do we really love others as Jesus loves us and as He has commanded us to love one another?

Jesus loves us even when we fail Him and hurt Him. Can we honestly say we love others all the time? I can't say that because there are times when someone says something to me that hurts me, I get upset and have to ask God to help me keep my big mouth shut instead of saying something that will hurt the person who is hurting me.

We need to remember when we hurt others, we are also hurting Jesus. We read aout this in the Bible. "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:40

It is time we stop hurting Jesus because we don't do what He has told us to do. The next time someone says or does something to hurt us we need to remember that we hurt Jesus when we say or do something that hurts somone else. If ever someone deserves to be happy it is Jesus.

Joanne Lowe
August 25, 2022