Because Jesus Love Me

For the last few years, blogging has been a fun outlet for me. A great place to tell funny stories about my kids that I want to document for later, to share the latest happenings on our mini hobby-farm, a place to collect my thoughts, and express myself. According to my blog history, I was a blogging fiend when I was pregnant with Olivia. As soon as she arrived, my postings took a nose dive, followed by even scarcer posts after Emma's birth. Raising a family is a full time job, so my blog has been pushed to the back burner as family require more of me. Blogging has turned into a rare treat amidst all the living-of-life.

But what do you do when your heart is heavy, and tired for an extended season? When family gets sick, and loved ones go through hard times? When challenges in parenting require more middle of the nights, more cleaning up to do, more socially embarrassing situations, more humbling, and more prayer. When you feel stuck in survival mode, and your best option is to keep moving muddling forward.

That's where I've been for most of this year. And it's hard to admit that. Because it just doesn't jive with the energetic, optimistic person I aspire to be. Hence the silence.

A precious friend told me many years ago, that one of the greatest things I could ever remember, is simply this: "Jesus loves you". It seems like such a childish Sunday school phrase, but it's powerful. It's what has buoyed my heart during this less than easy year. When my heart is heavy for friends and family...Jesus loves me. When my soul feels dry and weary...Jesus loves me. When the to-do list is longer than my limited time or energy...Jesus loves me. When I'm sick with the flu and clinging to the edge of the toilet...Jesus loves me. When parenting feels impossible more than I'm capable of doing remotely well...Jesus still loves me.

The "hard" may not go away for a while, but Jesus loves me, so I can hang on. The message may not be profound, but it's true, and it's more than enough to cling to.


"Jesus love me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so,
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak, but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so."