Jesus Knows Me, This I Love

“In Jesus, God becomes human and so understands our ups and downs, our hopes and disappointments, our achievements, and failures. Because God understands us so fully, we can be confident of God’s great love for us.”  David J. Lose author of Making Sense of the Christian Faith

The lyrics, “Jesus loves me, this I know, “to the ever-popular children's song, give me comfort. But the reversal of the verbs in these lyrics “Jesus knows me, this I love” comforts me even more. Especially as I encounter the hardships that life brings.

Jesus knows me. Most importantly, He really knows what it is like to be a human being. He fully empathizes with our pain and suffering. John 11:35 tells us that “Jesus wept.” The fact that Jesus – who is God incarnate – experienced human sorrow is utterly amazing to me.

In 2018, we tragically lost our son at the age of 21. The overwhelming love we receive, to this day from our family and friends, is incredibly healing. However, the most meaningful support is from parents who unfortunately lost a child as well. Those are your people, who look you in the eyes and simply say, “I know.”  Perhaps this is why support groups are effective when struggling. We do not feel alone in our pain.

Even though support groups are a blessing, I find a deeper comfort in the truth that Jesus knows the pain of our human suffering and that God knows the pain of losing His son too. I am not alone.

Here is a podcast for those who are dealing with tough “stuff.”  It helps me. https://www.ttfa.org/