Jesus loves me this I know.

 

I know this isn’t technically a verse from the bible but it is the message of the bible. Jesus loves you!

 

Perhaps the text behind the famous Sunday School song comes from John 15:9. Jesus, while visiting with His beloved disciples said to them, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.” He feels the same way about the ones who love Him today.

 

Jesus loves you, as much as His Father God loves Him!  Most of us have heard it from the time we walked. Perhaps we don’t think about it much or maybe have even discarded the thought along with other childhood truths we’ve tossed aside.  Maybe we feel unlovable or unable to love as we are called to do.  How do you love God or others when you don’t feel loved? Any real and honest Christian will admit that when life beats them up they feel:

 

Unloved
Defeated
Wracked with pain
Broken
Lost
Weak
Alone
Sad
Ashamed
Depressed
Surrounded by darkness
Without hope
Anguished
Exiled
Exhausted.

 

Even as we acknowledge that Jesus paid the supreme price for us, we easily forget how much He loves us even when we don’t feel it. But even despair cannot keep us from His love. In fact, God tells us that nothing can separate us from his love, even though we sometimes feel God has abandoned us.

 

When we call on Him from the depths of our suffering, something stirs in us. Actually, someOne stirs in us. Jesus in us, rises from the ashes of our pain and sorrow with strength we thought had left us long ago. Of course, we knew He was there all along. We’ve been taught that since we first asked Him to be our Lord. But we never experience the reality of His presence so much as when our own being is so subdued. Only when we can’t stand on our own legs can we fully rest in His loving arms.

 

The truth is, when we are honest about our brokenness, we come to the most profound statement in the world, one that has confounded scholars for centuries:

 

Jesus loves me.

 

Sometimes the Sunday school songs ARE the simple truth we need to hear.

 

Jesus loves you.

 

What are you going to do with that?