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lent devotional - how does jesus speak to you?

3/4/2022

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How Does Jesus Speak to You?
By Letha Essinger

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes may not die but have eternal life. John 3:16   (Good News Bible)

I can't remember when my love of music wasn't there. My older sisters always sang harmony while doing dishes. In our one room school in Kansas, music was a bright spot every day. I could memorize anything set to music! In that same one room school we had Sunday school, and learned “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so!” I could hardly wait for Sunday! What a wonderful experience!

As an adult, singing in church and in church choirs has blessed my soul. How much I miss singing in church during this COVID shut-down! So I will be singing to myself all the beloved hymns of Lent and Easter. One that I particularly love speaks of Jesus love for each of us. It's one of the hymns that bring me peace. Sometimes I sing it in my mind as I'm going to sleep, or when I'm undergoing a medical procedure.

O How He Loves You and Me 
O how He loves you and me!
O how he loves you and me!

He gave his life, what more can he give?
O how he loves you;
O how he loves me;

O how he loves you and me!

Jesus to Calv'ry did go;
His love for sinners to show.

What he did there
brought hope from despair.

O how he loves you;
O how he loves me;

O how he loves you and me!
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Take a deep breath, breathing in God's Spirit and calm, let the breath out slowly, releasing all that distracts you. Read or sing the words of the song in an attitude of Thanksgiving. Thank you, Holy Lord, for your wonderful gifts of love and grace and eternal life. Amen
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