For the Bible tells me so

"But God being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses made us alive together with Christ-- by grace you have been saved" Ephesians 2:5-6

I walked down the steps this morning to see my daughter dancing in a circle singing Jesus Loves Me. I have often mused that this, the simplest of songs, is somehow the hardest for most adults to grasp.

Jesus love me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Hopefully by the time we reach adulthood, we have more evidence than just the Bible that Jesus loves us. Even so, we can read about the great mercy of God and the great love with which he has loved us, but it still doesn't sink in. We don't experience it.

They are weak, but He is strong Maybe this is the part that we are missing. We aren't supposed to be strong. We aren't supposed to have it all together. By Grace we are saved! I keep wanting my religion to make me strong, but this only gets in the way of knowing Christ. This strength-seeking does not seem to be what Christ was about. He was about emptying himself. He was about dying on the cross. He was about being totally exposed. I know I am weak in the face of His real strength. But if I know I am weak, I can know the great love with which He has loved me, because I am open to it.

by the will of God,
Jonathan