When You've Loved Until The Very End

Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.  John 13:1

When you've loved until the very end, Jesus understands how you feel.  He understands giving yourself to those who will later betray you and forsake you.

He understands how you feel, because you've made Him feel the same way.  So have I. 

How many times have we betrayed the love of God for someone who could care less about us?  After all, has anyone died for us when we were at our worst?  Yes.  Only One.  Perfectly Innocent, dying for the perfectly guilty:  You and Me.

How many times has God served us and given us good things, in addition to Himself, only for us to argue about our greatness, making Him foolish promises?

When you've loved until the very end, forsaken by a friend, hoping for a response and getting none, Jesus understands how you feel.  Many times you've ignored Him after He's waited for a response from you.  So have I.

But in our rejection and depression, He doesn't say, "I told you so."  He cries with us and for us, because when you experience rejection, He's being rejected again, in you, and with you.

Feel His love and understanding, knowing that nothing you feel goes unfelt by Him.  It's been done to Him, and is being done to Him in you.

When you've loved until the very end, Jesus understands, because He loves you to the very end.