AND THE TEARS FELL

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

John 19:30 KJV

When Jesus was hanging on the cross dying for our sins, God had to turn away from His own Son because Jesus had taken our sins on Him and God can’t look at sin.  God cried and the tears fell.  Also, God cries when He sees some of the things we do and hears some of the things we say to each other.

Jesus will never be crucified again but He is still enduring emotional punishment.  Jesus has told us when we are kind and loving to others, we are being kind and loving to Him.  He has also told us to love one another unconditionally just as He loves us but we don’t always love each other unconditionally.

How we must break the heart of our precious Saviour when we don’t love people unconditionally as He loves us.  If Jesus asked His Father to forgive us while He was still hanging on the cross beaten beyond recognition with the blood flowing down His body, how dare you and I refuse to forgive those who hurt us?

May God have mercy on us if we don’t forgive those who hurt us.  How dare you and I ask our Heavenly Father to forgive us if we’re not willing to forgive those who hurt us?  If we want people we hurt to forgive us, we had better forgive those who hurt us.  It is so true that you get back what you give out.

Heavenly Father, how Your heart must have broken when Jesus was beaten and hung on a cross of torture as He died for our sins.  You couldn’t even look at Your Son because He had taken our sins on Him.  Thank You for loving us so much and thank You for Jesus.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

February 9, 2015