JESUS LAID DOWN HIS 'LIFE' FOR US
EVEN WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS!
{ROMANS 5:8}
HOW MUCH 'GREATER' LOVE THAN THIS
COULD ANYONE SHOW THAN: THAT THEY
WOULD LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
~FRIENDS~
{JOHN 15:13}
{Remember JESUS DIED FOR HIS 'ENEMIES' ~
OF WHICH WE WERE AMONG THEM!}
ARE YOU JESUS' FRIEND? HIS WORD SAYS:
"IF YOU ARE MY 'FRIENDS' YOU WILL OBEY ME"
{JOHN 15:14}
AND VERSE 15 SAYS THAT HE NO LONGER
CALLS US SERVANTS, BUT FRIENDS, FOR
HE HAS REVEALED HIS PLANS TO US.
"YOUR 'LOVE'?
© 2002 Patricia L. Carpenter
{Poem Book 8}
All my life I've been a 'servant'
helping 'others' along their way,
But the Greatest One I love to serve
is JESUS CHRIST - today!
My heart 'weeps' for others
who don't 'know' or 'care' for Him,
Oh, what they are 'missing'
for their chances for Heaven -
are very slim!
But, "Why?" you are asking me
"Haven't I been 'good',
Haven't I been doing 'this & that'
& doing what I 'should'?"
Yet, I turn & ask you this question
"why is your 'love' so cold?
Why do you not 'KNOW' Him?"
or should I be so bold?
Please remember this, my friend
JESUS is: THE 'ONLY' WAY! *
And if we don't 'LOVE' Him
WHY- in Heaven - would we want to stay?
Do you want others to love you
& get to know 'you' well?
For THEN you'll think they are your friends
& 'joy' in you will swell!
And so it is with GOD & JESUS
as He wants your LOVE always,
'Then' your WORKS will not be a bribe
but will be 'true' & 'real' in all your days!
* John 14:6 & Acts 4:12 12/3/2000
