HE CARES

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

1 Peter 5:7 KJV

Pastor Frank Ellsworth Graeff wrote a beautiful hymn about our precious Saviour “Does Jesus Care”.  I’m so glad these words are true.  “Oh yes, He cares, I know He cares, His heart is touched with my grief; When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Savior cares.”

I have had many nights when I couldn’t sleep and I felt Jesus sitting beside my bed, holding my hand and tenderly saying to me “I love you, Joanne”.  There is no one like Jesus.  No one cares and loves us like Jesus does.  I have a lot of good friends but Jesus is my best Friend.

Many years ago, as I was lying under a bed in a mental hospital hating everyone, afraid of everyone and everything, Jesus came to me.  He said “I love you, Joanne.  It’s safe to come out from under this bed.  I will never leave you”.  He has kept His promise.  He has never left me, not even for a minute.

Ludie D. Pickett wrote one of my favorite hymns “Never Alone”.  “I’ve seen the lightning flashing, I’ve heard the thunder roll.  I’ve felt sin’s breakers dashing, which almost conquered my soul. I’ve heard the voice of my Savior, bidding me still to fight on.  He promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone!”

Jesus not only loves us so much He died on the cross for us, He really cares about us.  It breaks His heart when we are sad and when we cry, He weeps with us and He rejoices with us when we are happy.  What a Saviour!  What a Friend, this Jesus of Nazareth!  All hail, King Jesus!  Worthy is the Lamb of God!

Joanne Lowe

May 6, 2018