He loves you so much!

It's really interesting how the cross is such a popular jewellery accessory! But even though many people have forgotten what the cross means, it hasn't lost its power. There is something uniquely special about the cross. And what better way to remember how much Jesus loves us.

Beyond all the blood and the nails there is a simple shape: the horizontal beam shows how wide his love is, and the vertical beam shows how high and deep his love is. John's gospel says, 'God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life' (John 3:16 NCV). And, as part of 'the world,' we're included by God!

Jesus didn't have to die, he chose to! He told his captors, 'I could ask my Father for thousands of angels...and he would send them instantly' (Matthew 26:53 TLB). As Max Lucado says, 'The force behind the hammer wasn't an angry mob...the hand squeezing the handle wasn't a Roman infantryman...the verdict...wasn't decided by jealous Jews. Jesus himself chose the nails.' That's how much he loves us.



So what now? Allow this to sink into your spirit: 'I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love - not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord' (Romans 8:38-39 CEV)!





— SCRIPTURE —

'Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love.' Romans 8:39 CEV
— SOULFOOD —

Jer 4-6, Luke 20:27-47, Ps 38:1-12, Pro 8:22-23