Jesus Loves Me

There is a wonderful song written by Roger and Melanie Hoffman called "Gethsemane".  How I love this sweet song and the powerful message that it teaches. 

Jesus climbed the hill to the garden still. His steps were heavy and slow.

Love and a prayer took Him there to the place only He could go.

Gethsemane. Jesus loves me.

So He went willingly to Gethsemane.

He felt all that was sad, wicked or bad, all the pain we would ever know.

While His friends were asleep He fought to keep His promise made long ago.

Gethsemane.  Jesus loves me.

So He went willingly to Gethsemane.

The hardest thing that ever was done.  The greatest pain that ever was known.

The biggest battle that ever was won.

This was done by Jesus!

The fight was won by Jesus!

Gethsemane.  Jesus loves me.  

So He gave His gift to me in Gethsemane.

Gethsemane.  Jesus loves me.  

So He gives His gift to me.

From Gethsemane.

If we can just really BELIEVE this truth, our walk through mortality will never be the same again.  It is so easy to say that we believe that the Savior is aware of us and He can come to our rescue but so much harder to believe that HE WILL.  The atonement is a gift.  Given freely to you and me.  We are able to make use of that precious gift at any time that we desire.  

I love the gospel.  I remember when my father-in-law passed away many years ago and I felt such loss and yet felt such peace.  As we knelt in family prayer late in the day after the funeral I remember feeling an overwhelming gratitude for the "good news" of the gospel.  That was not a phrase that I commonly used and was surprised that those words slipped from my lips as I uttered a plea to my Heavenly Father to bless us to go on in faith without this father that we loved so dearly.  Later as I pondered the phrase "the good news" I felt deep within my soul the blessing of the gospel in my life.  Gratitude filled my heart.

One of the many wise quotes from Sheri Dew is:

"There are some who make living the gospel seem like a sentence to life on the rock pile.  It's not living the gospel that's hard.  It's life that's hard.  It's picking up the pieces when covenants have been compromised or values violated that's hard.  The gospel is the Good News that provides us the tools to cope with the mistakes, the heartaches, the disappointments we can expect to experience here"

She also said:

The doctrine of the Atonement is a doctrine of healing.  The Savior heals us from the affects of sin, when we repent.  He heals our weaknesses and mistakes.  He heals broken promises, broken lives, broken hearts.  When we demonstrate the faith to seek after Him, and try our best to follow Him, He will heal us."

I know this is true.  Jesus loves me.  He loves you. 

 Believe that He WILL heal you.

He waits for you to come to Him.

 "Gethsemane.  Jesus Loves Me."