ARE WE LIKE HIM

“Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”

Exodus 15:11

King James Version

Rev. Thomas O. Chisholm wrote the hymn “O to Be Like Thee!”  “O to be like Thee! full of compassion, Loving, forgiving, tender and kind, Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting, Seeking the wandering sinner to find.”  Are we like Him in our words and in our actions?  Can people see and hear Jesus in us?

It is very important that we help our children with their homework but it’s a lot more important to make sure that our children know what the Bible teaches.  Gloria Gaither said on one of their Homecoming Videos that she took the children to their activities and helped them with their homework but she said “When did I teach them about the things that matter, the things that will last?”

We can buy our children big and expensive gifts but if we don’t tell them about Jesus and the things that matter, not only are we not helping them, we are also hurting Jesus and breaking His heart.  We can have family devotions, pray before we eat and go to church but if our children don’t know that we love Jesus not only by our words but also by our actions, then we are not helping our children.

May God help us to lead our children to Jesus by our kind and loving words and actions.  The desire of my heart is to make Jesus happy.  It should be the desire of every Christian’s heart.  Jesus should have first place in our heart, in our life and in everything we do.  Does Jesus have first place in your heart and in your life?

Joanne Lowe

May 8, 2019