ONLY LOVE

“And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.  And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.  But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”

Matthew 14:28-31

King James Version

James Rowe wrote one of my favorite hymns “Love Lifted Me”.  I love these words.  “I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore, Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more, But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me, now safe am I.”

All we have to do is ask Jesus to help us and He will help us.  So many times we try to do things by ourselves and then wonder why we fail.  We fail because we need Jesus.  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).

Only the love of Jesus can help us when we are going through a dark valley.  We can trust Jesus to help us because what He says, He will do.  He has promised that He will never leave us.  “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5).

If you are discouraged and feel like giving up, allow Jesus to help you.  He will be faithful to pick you up in His loving arms and carry you until the pain goes away and He will set you once again on the mountain top of happiness.  Jesus loves you so much He died for you.

Yes, only the unconditional love of Jesus can help us when we are hurting.  If you are reading this devotion, know that Jesus loves you unconditionally.  There is nothing you can do that would make Him stop loving you.  He loved you yesterday.  He loves you today and He will love you forever.

Joanne Lowe

June 29, 2019