Jesus loves me, this I know
For the Bible tells me so.
Such a simple chorus...most of us learn it before we even know how to talk...but how often do we actually reflect on the simple truths that are housed in the most elementary and fundamental phrases? I know that Jesus loves me because the Bible tells me so...but I also know that He loves me because that's all I have. I've been considering this for a few months now...and, ironically, it was prompted by something my grandmother said that struck a nerve. The first time I saw her after we got engaged, she said "What are you going to do, live on love?!" At the time, I was actually quite irritated by that, but after thinking about it, I came to this conclusion: everyone lives on love.
Every single person in the world is in search of the love that will never fail or disappoint. So whether we have found that the Source of this love is our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ...or we are still deceived into thinking that there are people on this earth capable of giving us this love...or we haven't quite recognized that love is what we are seeking...we are all living on love. As Christians, we realize that all we have is the love of our Father. Everything else comes directly from that...James 1:17 tells us that "Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow." Through more in-depth study, we learn that the love being described in 1 Corinthians 13 is the agape love that God has for us. This love is also described in Romans 5:1-11.
Jesus loves me, this I know
For He Himself tells me so.
"In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life brought life to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." --John 1:1-5.
The Word. God's Word. The Bible.
Jesus loves me, this I know
For the Bible tells me so.
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