If you're a Christian, why do you love Jesus?
If you're not a Christian, why bother with Jesus?
I discovered Emma Scrivener's blog this year. I was late
to the party, because she won 'Blogger of the year' last year at the 'Christian
New Media Awards'. I am invariably helped/encouraged/challenged/moved by Emma's posts.
She is a brilliant writer and that helps. But she has also had her fair share
of struggles, which is what makes what she writes so real.
The following blog is more like a poem. As we get used to
being in 2016 it's a great reminder of why Jesus is worthy of being at the
centre of our hearts and lives this year...
Why I love him
He loved me first.
He’s never too
busy.
He treated men and
women equally in a time when no-one else did.
Everything I love
was made by Him.
He invited me into
His family.
He will never
abandon me or leave me or hurt me.
He knows me
inside-out and still, He stays.
He hates injustice
and abuse.
He is Lord over all
creation – yet He made Himself a tiny dependent baby.
When the soldiers
said, “If you’re God’s son, come down from the cross,” He stayed. For me.
He practised what
He preached.
There is no-one
like Him.
He was exhausted
and persecuted yet He still had compassion on the people who crowded around
Him.
Everything He has,
He shares with us.
He loves His Dad
and tells everyone how much.
He sees what we try
to keep hidden and He says, “come into the light.”
He gives
everything; including Himself.
'One thing I ask
from the Lord,
this only do I
seek:
that I may dwell in
the house of the Lord
all the days of my
life,
to gaze on the
beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in
his temple.' (Psalm 27:4)
Click HERE to get to Emma's blog.
Click HERE to see the original blog post 'Why I love him'
