OzThoughts – Monday 11th May, 2009

OzThoughts – Monday 11th May, 2009

It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia as I writer this. Mother’s Day is all about relationships. It is the whole range of good relationships, bad relationships and broken relationships and many of mixed emotions about the day.

Jesus is talking with his Disciples and before his death he underlines the importance of relationships with him. A we read today’s selection from John’s Gospel we can note the things which have bearing on our relationship with Jesus:

1. Knowing and keeping Jesus’ commandments
2. Loving Jesus and then knowing the Heavenly Father’s love.
3. Knowing Jesus love and knowing him.
4. Not loving him and not keeping his words.
5. The Holy Spirit will make everything clear and we will remember Jesus words.
6. I am leaving you. You are okay. Live as if you are okay. And trust me.
7. Then we will have the peace Jesus gives.

John 14:21-26 (The Message)
21 "The person who knows my commandments and keeps them, that's who loves me. And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and make myself plain to him."
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said, "Master, why is it that you are about to make yourself plain to us but not to the world?"
23-24 "Because a loveless world," said Jesus, "is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we'll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn't mine. It's the message of the Father who sent me.
25-27 "I'm telling you these things while I'm still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.


[Listen: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music3/mus_4959.mp3 ]

Let me love thee, thou art claiming
Every feeling of my soul;
Let that love, in power prevailing,
Render thee my life, my all.
For life's burdens they are easy,
And life's sorrows lose their sting,
If they're carried, Lord, to please thee.
If their pain thy smile should win.

Chorus
Let me love thee, Saviour,
Take my heart forever;
Nothing but thy favor
My soul can satisfy.

Let me love thee, come revealing
All thy love has done for me.
Help my heart, so unbelieving,
By the sight of Calvary.
Let me see thy love, despising
All the shame my sin has brought,
By thy torments realizing
What a price my pardon bought.

Let me love thee, I am gladdest
When I'm loving thee the best;
For in sunshine or in sadness
I can find in thee my rest.
Love will soften every sorrow,
Love will lighten every care,
Love unquestioning will follow,
Love will triumph, love will dare.
Author: Herbert Howard Booth (1862-1926)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 503
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