HE CARES

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

1 Peter 5:7

King James Version

Have you ever felt that nobody understands you, loves you or cares about you?  I have felt that way many times and then I remembered our Scripture verse.  Jesus really cares about us.  He cares when our heart is breaking and we feel all alone and feel like giving up and going to bed and staying there.

Pastor Frank E. Graeff wrote the beautiful heart touching and inspiring hymn “Does Jesus Care?”  “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.”  Jesus cares when our heart is breaking and we feel like we can’t take another step or give another smile.

I think a lot of times we get discouraged because we try to do everything by ourselves and don’t ask Jesus to help us.  We read in the Bible.  “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5).

We know Jesus loves us and cares about us.  He proved how much He loves us when He allowed them to crucify Him on the cross for our sins.  Does Jesus know we love Him and care about Him?  We can tell others we care about Him and love Him but He can see in our heart and 

He knows if we’re just giving Him lip service.  What are we doing to prove to Him we love Him?  We need to remember when we are kind and loving to others, we are being kind and loving to Him and when we are not kind and loving to others, we are not being kind and loving to Him and we are breaking His heart.

We read in the Bible.  “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40).  Jesus has not been here for over two thousand years.  He has left us to hug for Him.

When is the last time you hugged someone for Jesus?  You may not be comfortable hugging people but you can hug them with your words.  When is the last time you told your family and friends you love them?  All of us need to know we are loved.  If Jesus didn’t tell me every day that He loves me, it would break my heart.

Several years ago when I lived in Texas, one of my pastors said in a sermon about loving others and telling them that his uncle had raised him and he was going to tell his uncle how much he loved him and appreciated all he had done for him but he kept putting it off and his uncle died before my pastor told him.

Don’t let that happen to you.  Tell your pastor and your family and loved ones that you love and appreciate them.  Don’t put it off like my pastor did until it was too late.  I dearly love my sister.  She has done so much for me.  I love my Pastor, Pastor J Harold Davis.  I love my best friend, Judye and I have many other friends I love and I tell them I love them.

Don’t forget your spouse and your children and grandchildren.  When is the last time you told them you love them?  Don’t be like the man who said “My wife should know I love her.  I married her”.  If Jesus didn’t tell me every day that He loves me, it would break my heart.

Heavenly Father, help us to love one another unconditionally as Jesus loves us and prove it to them by our kind and loving actions.  Please be with my Pastor and encourage him.  Protect him and let him know how much You love and appreciate him.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

June 6, 2019