DISCOURAGED

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you.  If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.”

John 14:26-28 KJV

Are you discouraged because you sometimes feel that nobody cares about you or understands you?  Jesus understands how you feel.  I believe there were several times that Jesus was discouraged when He was here on earth because people continued to reject Him, condemn Him and ridicule Him.

Jesus knows how it feels to be rejected, humiliated, made fun of and scorned.  I think there were many times when He felt all alone except He knew that He was not alone because His Father was always with Him except when He was hanging on the cross dying for your sins and for my sins.

Our Heavenly Father is a holy God and He can’t look on sin so He couldn’t look at Jesus on the cross because Jesus had taken our sins on Him.  How it must have hurt God when He had to turn away from His beloved Son.  What an unconditional and matchless love God and Jesus have for you and for me.

There are times when our pastors feel like giving up because they are discouraged.  Let’s remember to pray for and encourage our pastors because they do so much for us.  Thank God for our pastors and their families.

Joanne Lowe

March 20, 2015