JESUS LOVES ME

Just recently my youngest made me think of just how much Jesus loves me. I had just picked my girls up from school early. We were dealing with quite a storm. Hydro was out and the winds were unbelievable. I realized that I was very low on gas. With gas prices being so high and all I was trying to hold off. I started to drive into town to get gas, then it dawned on me, once I was almost there. Hey no one has hydro. How are the pumps going to work? I was having one of those moments. I continued to drive and sure enough all gas stations were closed. I was starting to get a little worried, as I prayed I could hear a small voice inside me say "Does God not love you? All things are possible with God on your side.


I drove into one of the local gas stations realizing all I had was a bank card to pay. No hydro not only means no gas but no debit machine. I sent my oldest to see about the debit machines. The lady at the station told her that as we pulled in, the hydro came back on and they were ready for business. Even better yet they had a running debit machine. So I proceeded to pull into the long lineup to get some gas. I must have sat there for about ½ hour to get my gas. People were getting inpatient and restless. At one point I thought that there was going to be a fist fight in front of the girls. I soon used it as an example to my kids of what happens when we let things get to us, and we try and do things in our own strength. Finally the way was clear for me to get to the pumps. Only to have the gas attendant inform me that the debit machine had crashed since I pulled in. So I asked her to put the gas in for me, while I ran to the other side of the parking lot to a local bank machine. I figured by the time I got back to my truck the gas would be in it. I could pay and get out of this crazy place. Just as I got back to my truck I heard a lady from inside the store yell out to the gas attendants. "Sorry Guys our hydro is out once again." I looked at the attendant and said "I guess I am here waiting for a little longer." She looked up and smiled. She then continues to tell me on how lucky I was. Not only had the hydro turned on as I pulled into the station, but just as she put the last drop of gas into my tank and put the gas cap on the hydro shut down. I just made it. She told me to go and buy a lottery ticket with my luck. My youngest in the back seat yells out to her and said. "My mom don’t do that, she has no luck. What my Mommy has is Jesus and she got gas because he loves her. The gas attendant just smiled at me. As I was driving home my daughters words continued to swirl around in my head. Jesus loves her. He loved me enough to make sure I had gas in my truck. He knew my need at that moment and he met it.

Jeremiah 31:3 says " I have loved you with an everlasting love;

I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

When we love someone and they are in need and we can help them, Do we sit and say no way? No we try our very best to help them. God don’t care how simple your request is, He wants to meet our needs. My need at that time was gas and he loved me enough to make that happen. Sometimes it take the simple things for us to realize how much God loves us. I knew all the time that God loved me, However I needed that little reminder. The voice of a very special child saying

"JESUS LOVES YOU!!"



ARE YOU ROOTED?

I was out driving this weekend and I saw some of the after mass of a wind storm we recently had. There were trees down. Some of the trees looked to be very strong and healthy. They looked as if they could handle anything when you looked at them. There was one problem with them that allowed them to fall. Their roots were frail and week. They stood strong and because their roots were not rooted very well. The storms came and they fell. The storm had taken that tree roots and all out of the ground where it was planted. It looked like it was firmly planted but in the end it was not.

I was reminded that this is like us as Christians. We seem strong on the outside and we look so spiritually healthy but our rooting system is frail. We need to develop and grow our roots and hook our roots into the solid ground. We do this by studying God’s word. Prayer and spending time with him is also a great way to develop those strong roots. Faith also helps to develop our rooting system, when we have a rooting system that is based on our faith, nothing can knock us down.