HIS COMPASSIONATE LOVE

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

1 Peter 5:7

King James Version

Pastor Alfred Barratt wrote the hymn “No One Loves You So”.  I’m so glad the words in this hymn are true.  “Do you think in your sorrow you suffer alone? All your grief and your sadness to Him are made known; He hath never forsaken or turned from His own; There is no one who loves you so.”

Think about it.  Jesus left His Father, His home and all that He had to come to earth to die on the cross for your sins and for my sins.  What kind of love is this?  It is a tender loving compassionate love that can only come from the heart of Jesus.  As the words in this hymn say “He hath never forsaken or turned from His own”.

Jesus not only allowed them to nail Him to the cross, beat Him beyond recognition, curse Him and reject Him, He also asked His Father to forgive us while still hanging on the cross with the blood flowing down His body.  We only have a little grasp of how much Jesus loves us.

I have a sister I love very much.  I have a Pastor I love very much.  I love my best friend, Judye, very much.  They have been so kind and loving to me but they couldn’t take my sins away.  Only the blood that Jesus shed for my sins could take my sins away.  What a loving compassionate Saviour we are privileged to have.

Pastor Robert Lowry wrote one of my favorite hymns “Nothing but the Blood”.  The words in this beautiful hymn are so true.  “This is all my hope and peace, Nothing but the blood of Jesus; This is all my righteousness, Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

We read in the Bible “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).  Have you confessed your sins, asked God to forgive you and invited Jesus into your heart to be your personal Saviour? 

If not, I urge you, I plead with you to say yes to Jesus before it is too late.  One day it will be too late.  Invite Him into your heart now!  Don’t miss out on spending eternity in Heaven with Jesus.  O how He loves you.  You are so precious to Him and He really cares about you.

Joanne Lowe

May 10, 2019