How He Loves Us!

Yesterday I was sitting with a new friend, and she showed me this AMAZING picture of Jesus!! I often have the burden of intercession and the Lord wakes me up late at night to pray until the burden lifts.  So, when I saw this picture entitled, "Jesus Intercedes for Us" I was blown!  I thought, "Man alive!  As messed up as we are His burden is so much more than anything I could ever imagine!"  And as I thought of this, my heart ached.  It ached for all that we put our beautiful Lord through.  It ached for all the ignoring and disobeying we do.  My heart began to be in physical pain for how much our Lord hurts.  I think that if we really thought about this picture and how much He really does love us, I bet we would act and react in a completely different way.  Jesus!  Thank you for your love, your grace and your mercy!

I liked the New Living Translation of Romans 8:34 because it says that He is "pleading for us".  Whoa, that is just so powerful!  Romans 8:34 (NLT) Who then will condemn us? No one--for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God's right hand, pleading for us.