Jesus Our Eternal Friend

June 9, 2026 Gracie

Jesus Our Eternal Friend – No Greater Love

The other day I got together with some friends for breakfast.

I couldn’t wait to see them again.

We laughed and talked the time away and, before we knew it, two hours had passed.

Thank You God for the blessing of sweet friendships with my sisters-in-Christ.

As far as having a “best” friend, among my gal pals, I can’t pick just one.

Every moment spent with close friends is a gift.

There is one Friend however who is the greatest gift of all.

Evangelist Oswald Chambers, author of the beloved classic, “My Utmost for His Highest”, once wrote: The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.

Jesus our Eternal Friend

Dear Sisters in Christ – we have Jesus, our Eternal Friend.

The fact that Jesus is a friend of sinners means that He is our friend and is waiting for us to acknowledge His presence and availability. God’s love for us is almost beyond imagining. When we consider Jesus’ Incarnation—His leaving heaven to be born as a helpless human infant in order to grow and experience life among us—we begin to get a glimmer of the depth of that love. When we add to that His sacrificial death on the cross, it is staggering. – gotquestions.org.²

. . . and Jesus did that for you.

As our Lord, He deserves our utmost praise and reverence.

He is our “Friend”, but His authority over us is not diminished.

In fact, His glory is magnified, for it is through Him alone, that our salvation is assured.

Jesus - our Savior and Friend

¹Oswald Chambers quotation, courtesy of Christian quotes.info.

²Quotation from gotquestions.org . Accessed May 29, 2026. Retrieved from What does it mean that Jesus is a friend of sinners? n.d., para. 3. Web.

Our Exceptional God

Jesus Walked Among Us

August 20, 2024 Gracie

Yes, It’s Real: Jesus Walked Among Us

If you want to think about something truly amazing, how about the fact that Jesus walked among us?

That is, in earlier Biblical times, God’s only Son walked along the same ground as humanity.

It’s almost incomprehensible.

A view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives

Here, from the book of John, is perhaps the most well-known verse from Scripture.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. – John 3:16, (NASB).¹

Jesus, both God and man, is the ultimate expression of the depths of God’s love for us.

Who are we to deserve such a gift?

His sacrifice on the cross exemplifies the ultimate act of love.

Through no works of our own, He offers believers a path of free grace which leads to our salvation.

He didn’t die for Himself. He took sin upon Himself. He died for those who did not deserve it. When we put our faith into who He is, Jesus Christ, the God-man, and we put our faith into what He did for us, then righteousness, His righteousness, is now written to our account. You cannot be righteous in yourself. To think that you can earn your way into heaven is to put yourself on equality with God, and you cannot do it. The only man who ever did it was the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ, putting our faith into Him. Then His righteousness and His life come to live in us. Now He can produce through us what we could have never done ourselves. – Precept Austin commentary.²

Jesus Walked Among Us: He is Real

We know from the Bible that when Jesus walked among the people, He showed them great love and compassion.

He comforted the brokenhearted.

Why would we think He would be any different today?

He hears your prayers and mine.

As of this writing, Jesus has not yet returned, but He is coming!

In the meantime, set your sights on His victorious return.

I hope the following poem will encourage you as it did me.

Look To The Cross
By Catherine Pulsifer

In the stillness of the night, you hear the call,
Jesus beckons, He invites one and all.
Up high in heaven, God’s Son does reside,
Yet on earth, His love for you does abide.

Look up to the cross, where Jesus bled,
For you, for me, His precious blood shed.
In simple faith, just believe and see,
The saving grace He offers for free.

No need to search in distant skies,
For Jesus is near, He hears your cries.
He walked amongst us, in human form,
To guide us through life’s tempest and storm.

God’s love is so deep, it knows no end,
His mercy and grace, they always mend.
So come to Jesus, with a heart open wide,
In Him, true peace and joy abide.

Through His word, a message so clear,
Jesus, our Savior, always near.
So heed the call, don’t hesitate,
In Jesus, find your eternal fate.

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² Dr. Wayne A. Barber quotation is from the Romans 10:1-10 Commentary, [2015] Courtesy of Precept Austin, Web. Accessed 9 August, 2024.