Jesus Loves Me

This morning as I was praying on my way to work, the song Jesus Loves Me popped into my head. It was stuck in my head all day. Allow me to bring back to your remembrance the lyrics to the song every one I know learned as a child.

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belong
I am weak but he is strong

Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me
The Bible tells me so

I do not think I have ever really payed any attention to the powerful words of this song until about ten minutes ago while I was scrubbing the boys toilet. Side note, isn't it funny when we hear God speaking to us? I was cleaning the nasty pee ring Nikolai leaves behind because he cannot aim. And right there, with my hands in muck, God spoke.

I do not remember a time when I did not know this song. How is it possible that I have never let these words sink it? I honestly just thought it was "me" thinking of this simple tune this morning. I think God was trying to tell me something. -- Wait for it. -- Jesus loves me. How do I know? I know because the Bible tells me so. JESUS LOVES ME! Come on now, I cannot be the only person who forgets how much I am loved. I cannot be the only person who has heard this song 900,000 times and just now listened to it. How true it is, I am weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves ME.

I hear people (in and out of church) talking about how God isn't here or there, could it be that we are spreading God, but we just aren't paying attention to it? Could it be that we as a church should go back to the basics of Christianity? Really, have we sat back while some of the basics of our foundation were being watered down? Jesus loves me....It was sang over me well before I knew the depth or pain of any love that Jesus loves me. It is such a personal song. We serve such a personal God. He doesn't look down on us in disgust, he looks down on us in love.

If you take anything away from this post, let it be this. Think of five songs that you remember from church when you were little. Write down the names and Google the lyrics if you have to. Do we really know what we are singing? Now think of five songs you have sang in church the last month. Look at the lyrics. Praise and worship is meant to be so much deeper and more personal than we make it. These are the cries of our heart going up as a sweet fragrance to the God of the universe.

For the Bible tells me so. No complicated questions asked. No theologians needed. Simply because the Bible tells us so. Teach me more simplicity God. Maybe that is what I am lacking.