Inspirational article from Joanne Lowe

HAVE YOU SEEN HIS HEART

“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

John 20: 24, 25 King James Version

Thomas refused to believe unless he saw the print of the nails in the hands of our Saviour. How that must have broken the heart of Jesus. We are just as guilty as Thomas was that day. Unless we have our prayers answered when we want them answered, we sometimes doubt Jesus. We see the miracles that Jesus does for us, a new born baby, and many other things. However, I think we don’t take the time to see His heart.

If we were to look closely at His heart, we would see the open and raw wounds put there by years of neglect, abuse, torture, ridicule, unbelief and cursing. We would see a heart that breaks daily and weeps because His Love is rejected. We would see an agony that nobody has ever or will ever know. All He wants to do is give His Love away and so often it is rejected. His heart was broken that day on the cross and His heart is still hurting by our words and actions to one another.

You have seen His daily miracles, but have you seen His heart? Have you taken the time to look deeply into the heart of our precious and Loving Saviour? If not, I urge you to go to Him without asking Him for anything. Just spend time ministering to Him by your devotion and adoration for Him. It is time we stop thinking so much about our happiness and start thinking about what we can do to make Him happy.

Joanne Lowe

September 30, 2006

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