DO WE CARE

"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

John 13:35
King James Version

We say that we love one another but do we really care? Do we care when we see someone who is suicidal and feels like giving up? We take our friends and family to see the doctor when they are sick but do we take people to see Jesus, the great Physician, when they are hurting emotionally and they feel like giving up and going to bed and staying there? Only Jesus can heal a broken heart and only Jesus can make things right again when people say things that hurt us and do things that hurt us.

Rev. George O. Web wrote a hymn that I believe he wrote from the depths of his heart "I Need Jesus". "I need Jesus, my need I now confess; No friend like Him in times of deep distress; I need Jesus, the need I gladly own; Tho’ some may bear their load alone, yet I need Jesus." There have been times in my life when I was in such emotional pain that I didn't want to get out of bed and wouldn't have got out of bed had I not known that 

Jesus still loved me and cared that I was hurting.

Yes, Jesus cares when we are hurting and it hurts Him when we are sad and discouraged. We talk a lot about us being sad and discouraged but what about Jesus being sad and discouraged? Jesus allowed them to spit on Him, curse Him, mock Him, pound nails into Him when He died on the cross for your sins and for my sins. How it must hurt Jesus and break His heart when He sees and hears some of the sarcastic and cruel things we say and do to each other.

It is time we stop hurting Jesus by the cruel words and things that we do that hurt others and start making Him happy by the kind and loving words we say and the kind things we do for one another. Do something kind and loving for someone today and make Jesus happy.

Joanne Lowe
June 13, 2020