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JESUS LOVES ME
While vacationing in Atlanta, I visited a church on a Sunday when they had invited back one of their senior pastors to preach to the congregation.
He was 92 at that time and I wondered why the church had asked the old gentleman to preach at that age. After a warm introduction and welcome, he rose from his high back chair and walked slowly--with great effort and a sliding gate--to the podium.
Without a note or written paper of any kind, he placed both hands on the pulpit to steady himself and then quietly and slowly he began to speak.
"When I was asked to come here today and talk to you, your pastor asked me to tell you what was the greatest lesson ever learned in my 50 odd years of
preaching.
"I thought about it for a few days and boiled it down to just one thing that made the most difference in my life and sustained me through all my trials.
"There was one thing that I could always rely on when tears and heart break and pain and fear and sorrow paralyzed me. The only thing that would comfort was this verse:
"Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong
We are weak but he is strong
Yes, Jesus loves me...
The Bible tells me so"
When he finished, the church was quiet. You actually could hear his foot steps as he shuffled back to his chair.
My pastor once told me, "I always noticed that its was the adults who chose the children's hymn 'Jesus Loves Me' (for the children of course) during a
hymn sing, and it was the adults who sang the loudest because I could see they knew it the best."
A friend gave me this new version of this old favorite, for those of us who have white hair, or no hair at all.
JESUS LOVES ME
Jesus loves me this I know,
Though my hair is white as snow.
Though my sight is growing dim,
Still He bids me trust in Him.
(Chorus)
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so.
Though my steps are oh, so slow,
With my hand in His I'll go.
On through life, let come what may,
He'll be there to lead the way.
(Chorus)
Though I am no longer young,
I have much which He's begun.
Let me serve Christ with a smile,
Go with others the extra mile.
(Chorus)
When the nights are dark and long,
In my heart He puts a song.
Telling me in words so clear,
'Have no fear, for I am near.'
(Chorus)
When my work on earth is done,
And life's victories have been won.
He will take me home above,
Then I'll understand His love.
(Chorus)
I love Jesus, does He know?
Have I ever told Him so?
Jesus loves to hear me say,
That I love Him every day
--Author Unknown
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