OUR FRIEND

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:13 KJV

Eliza Edmunds Hewitt wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour “The Very Friend I Need”.  “When I drink the cup of sorrow, When I tread the path of grief, Jesus is the very Friend I need; In His Word is consolation, In His presence sweet relief, Jesus is the very Friend I need.”

Have you ever felt like nobody cared about you or understood what dark valley you were going through?  Jesus cares about you and He understands.  Jesus is not only our Saviour, He is our beat Friend.  Our family and friends have to go home but Jesus stays with us.  He never leaves us, not even for a minute.

When the night seems like it will never be over and the tears start to fall, Jesus sits beside our bed and holds our hand as He tenderly whispers in our ear “I understand.  I love you and I won’t leave you”.  Do you realize what a privilege it is to be loved by the Saviour of the world?  O how I love Jesus!

We know Jesus is our Friend.  He proves He is our Friend every day.  The question we need to ask ourselves is am I His friend?  Jesus said “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14).  Are we doing what He commands us to do or are we doing what we want to do? 

Joanne Lowe

May 23, 2017