Saturday, February 14, 2009

Valentines's Day message of love

Once more I turn to my friend Joanne Lowe for today's Meditation. Every day we read of disasters in our press or hear about them and see them on the media. Sometimes it's almost as though the reports are in overkill, and the danger is that we start to become hardened to them, especially when they concern people far away from us. Yet we are all linked together in some way. Often we may know people in the countries in question, even having relatives there, and so the situations become more real to us.
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Thank goodness that God thinks differently to us! He cares for each person, no matter where they live, no matter who they are, whether they love Him or not, and even whether they acknowledge His existence or not. His heart of love is big enough to encompass everyone, and one day we will all know and experience that love in a depth that will defy explanation.
'Greater love has no man that he lays down his life for one of his friends' Jesus laid down His life for me and for you, dear reader. Now that's what I call a demonstration of love!
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FROM HIS HEART OF LOVE

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Revelation 21: 4 (King James Version)

On Thursday, a plane crashed and all forty nine people on the plane died. There was also one confirmed death on the ground reported. At a tragic time like this, only our Heavenly Father and Jesus can heal their families and friend’s broken hearts. We can comfort and encourage them and we should do so. However, only Jesus and our Heavenly Father can fully understand the depths of the grief in the hearts of those who have lost loved ones.

Thank God that one day there will be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. One glorious day, our precious and loving Saviour is going to come back for us to take us home to live with Him for all eternity. We will have peace and joy and happiness forever. What a privilege is ours to have our sins forgiven through the precious atoning blood of our Saviour.

Our Heavenly Father knew that we were in desperate need of a Saviour. From His heart of mercy, grace and unconditional love, He sent His beloved Son into the world to save us from our sins. What love and what compassion for us flowed from the heart of our Heavenly Father on the day that He sent His Son on His mission!

What compassion and love flowed from the heart of Jesus on that dark and terrible day as He hung on that old rugged cross for us. There is no greater love than the love of our Heavenly Father and our precious Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ! Yes, God opened His heart of love and sent us His Son. The question we must ask ourselves is “What have I given to God to show Him how much I love Him and how much I appreciate all that He has done for me?” Have you told God how much you love Him and appreciate Him and how much you appreciate Jesus and all that He has done for you?

This is Valentine’s Day and if you have never given your heart to Jesus, please invite Him into your heart to be your personal Saviour. He loves you so much that He died for you. Accept the unconditional love that He wants to give to you. Say “yes” to Jesus today! You will never have a better friend than Jesus. He will never leave you, not even for one minute. Open your heart to the One who loves you unconditionally.

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