Write: "Jesus Loves Them"

Each month VOM produces "The Jesus Freaks Minute," a daily radio-PSA that shares the stories of the persecuted church with Christian radio listeners all over the United States and around the world. Here's the script for one of the spots that will air next month, a spot entitled Wurmbrand on Forgiveness:

[LYRICS:]  What will people think when they hear that I’m a Jesus Freak? What will people do when they find that it’s true?

[TOBY MAC:]  Hey, this is TobyMac with  truth every Jesus Freak should hear from the Voice of the Martyrs:

[TODD:]  Richard Wurmbrand, founder of The Voice of the Martyrs, saw the martyrdom of many Christians in Kenya in the late 60s. He quotes one wife standing near the grave of her husband.  She said, “My husband asked me to tell all his murderers that he goes to heaven loving everybody whole-heartedly.  He has forgiven all, because Jesus loves them.”

Inspired by that widow, Wurmbrand suggested we all make a “written list of all who have ever wronged you.  Write over it in large letters, ‘Jesus loves them.’  Then burn the list and forgive them once and forever.”

[YOUR TURN:] How do you forgive when it seems impossible to do so? How hard is it to see those who've wronged you through the lens of Jesus' love for them?

Comments

[Mike Denman]

The ability to forgive is deeply rooted in the love of Jesus. My sin caused Jesus such suffering that though we read the description of it, we really have no way to understand it completely. What others do to me never appraoches what I have done to Jesus...and yet He loves me. Not only did He love me on the cross, He continues to loves me today and forever. When we begin to catch a glimpse of that love for us, then it becomes so easy to love and forgive others. We love Him because He loved us first; we love others because Jesus loves us. Forgiveness becomes a natural product of His love.