One day, Susan, a young girl, went to talk to a man who loved Jesus very much. She thought he would be able to help her. She had a big problem in her young life, and this problem was that she did not think she loved Jesus. Susan really wanted to love Him, so she told this older man her problem. He said, “My dear Susan, don’t think about your love for Jesus. Think about His love for you! Keep saying over and over, ‘Jesus loves me.’ Say it many, many times, and then come see me tomorrow.”
Susan did just what the wise older man suggested. The next day when she went back to see him, the man could see from her face that now she was happy. Susan told him, “Now I love Jesus. How can I help but love Him!”
You and I can also think of how much the Lord Jesus loves us, and soon we’ll find we love Him very much in return. The Bible says, “We love Him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:1919We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)). If your heart is feeling sad or empty, do what Susan did. Don’t look at how much you love Jesus, but think of how much He loves you. Soon you too will be able to say, “How can I help but love Him!”
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation [acceptable sacrifice] for our sins” (1 John 4:1010Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)).
ML-07/04/2010