Well, I prayed about this last night, and it has actually been on my mind for a while, so my word this year is...Jesus. I have let Jesus back into my life completely after a really long sabbatical and he has done wonders with my mind set, so it is time for him to shine through me.
Jesus said in John 13:34 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
As I have loved YOU! Powerful words. See, the command, love(treat) one another as you would like to be loved(treated) has limitations, we can only love so much, there are always people that we can't really appreciate all that much. Also, what if you are in a time of you life that you don't like yourself that much? What kind of love can we give and show if we can't even LOVE OURSELVES? But...if we were to love everyone like Jesus loves us, that is HUGE! HUGE!, I mean, the amount of love he has given me alone, is unimaginable. The amount of love he has given all of us, we can never give back, we could never return, we could never compare it to his. But...just maybe even if we gave 25% of the love Jesus has shown us, that would change something right? How about 50%, what could we, as a people, do with that much love. Okay, pushing it to 75%, but come on, we all know people that are so full of Jesus' love all the time that they exude his love.
LOVE EACH OTHER HAS JESUS HAS LOVED US.
So, let me ask YOU a question;
Who would you take a bullet for? Your spouse, best friend, parent, child, stranger? What about the boss you don't like? What about the bully from High School? What about that sibling that terrorized you from a very young age? Would you take a bullet for them?
Jesus DID . He was tortured, dragged through the streets, mocked, made to carry his own execution tool, his cross, was mentally harassed, physically damaged, stripped of his clothes, NAILED to a wooden cross and hung up to die, and to make sure he was dead? Speared through his side to bleed to death, just in case. He even loved the mand who was paid to betray him.
Because. He. Loved. Us.
Name one person whom you love so much that you would (willingly, with love and compassion to the very end)do this for,
exactly like this, no short cuts, no CGI, no turning back?
Jesus DID.
So, my word this year is Jesus!!
Because although I will never BE him, his expectation of loving LIKE him is so high and it feels unattainable at this time, but I will prove that I am worthy of his name this year. JESUS. I want to show love like never before. JESUS. I want to give love like never before. JESUS. I want you to walk beside me every step of this journey with your love showing and shining through every pore.
Jesus is Love.
Jesus is Jesus.
Jessus is.
Jesus said in John 13:34 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
As I have loved YOU! Powerful words. See, the command, love(treat) one another as you would like to be loved(treated) has limitations, we can only love so much, there are always people that we can't really appreciate all that much. Also, what if you are in a time of you life that you don't like yourself that much? What kind of love can we give and show if we can't even LOVE OURSELVES? But...if we were to love everyone like Jesus loves us, that is HUGE! HUGE!, I mean, the amount of love he has given me alone, is unimaginable. The amount of love he has given all of us, we can never give back, we could never return, we could never compare it to his. But...just maybe even if we gave 25% of the love Jesus has shown us, that would change something right? How about 50%, what could we, as a people, do with that much love. Okay, pushing it to 75%, but come on, we all know people that are so full of Jesus' love all the time that they exude his love.
LOVE EACH OTHER HAS JESUS HAS LOVED US.
So, let me ask YOU a question;
Who would you take a bullet for? Your spouse, best friend, parent, child, stranger? What about the boss you don't like? What about the bully from High School? What about that sibling that terrorized you from a very young age? Would you take a bullet for them?
Jesus DID . He was tortured, dragged through the streets, mocked, made to carry his own execution tool, his cross, was mentally harassed, physically damaged, stripped of his clothes, NAILED to a wooden cross and hung up to die, and to make sure he was dead? Speared through his side to bleed to death, just in case. He even loved the mand who was paid to betray him.
Because. He. Loved. Us.
Name one person whom you love so much that you would (willingly, with love and compassion to the very end)do this for,
exactly like this, no short cuts, no CGI, no turning back?
Jesus DID.
So, my word this year is Jesus!!
Because although I will never BE him, his expectation of loving LIKE him is so high and it feels unattainable at this time, but I will prove that I am worthy of his name this year. JESUS. I want to show love like never before. JESUS. I want to give love like never before. JESUS. I want you to walk beside me every step of this journey with your love showing and shining through every pore.
Jesus is Love.
Jesus is Jesus.
Jessus is.