FAY ROWE

On Tuesday evening I spoke at a Women's Ministry Banquet at a church here in London. There was a very talented group of girls there to perform, students of the pastor's wife. The last of their offerings was the simple and simply beautiful Jesus Loves Me. I would have gone, just for that.

What peace it brought at just that moment. (I was a little nervous as I always am before a talk.)

It got me to thinking about a blog post I wrote some time ago about how we love him because he first loved us. When I put that together with the fact that out of our love for him, we can love people around us, (He who says he loves God but hates his brother, lies and the truth is not in him. ) a thought emerged:

What if, when I'm feeling agitated with someone, I just stopped and said to myself, "Jesus loves me!"  or "My father God loves me!"?  Would it have the same effect that little song did?

So I've been trying out my theory. Of course it's just been a couple of days, and I don't get upset with people very often so my data base is very small, but so far, it seems to be working. Somehow, it calms me down and I don't feel the need to follow through on my irritation with nasty words or even just thoughts.

Just yesterday some people did something that disturbed me and I was about to go into a mental tirade about them, but I stopped and said,"But God loves me!" As I thought about that I could feel my irritation leave.

A challenge for you: Just give it a try. Test my theory for me. You could even let me know how it works for you.