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Jesus Loves You — A Legacy of Faith

This past weekend, our family gathered to celebrate a special milestone — my
mom’s 80th birthday. It’s hard to believe she’s reached that age. As I look back over
her life, I’m reminded that those years haven’t always been easy. My mom has faced
her share of trials and heartaches. Yet, through it all, her faith has remained.
I still remember when my mom got saved. I was about seven years old. Her
transformation was radical. All she talked about was Jesus. So much so, that when
she answered the phone, she would say,

“Jesus loves you.” This was back in the days
when phones were mounted on the wall, and you had no idea who was on the other
end of the line. That didn’t matter to my mom. I wish I could say the same for
myself. I remember many days going to school after a classmate had called my
house, feeling a little embarrassed. I often heard,

“Do you live in a church?” or “I
thought I called a church.” But as I’ve grown older, I’ve come to admire what I once
blushed about. My mom wasn’t ashamed of the gospel (Romans 1:16). And to this
day, if you call her phone, you’ll still be greeted with those same three words: “Jesus

loves you.”

Her heart hasn’t changed — and I pray mine never will either.
The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 3:9 that God is “not willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance.” That was the desire of my mom’s heart — and it
should be ours, too. We’ve all been called to share the good news. As Matthew 28:19–
20 reminds us, we are to “go and make disciples of all nations.”
Let’s be unashamed like my mom. Let’s live in such a way that the people around us
can’t help but encounter Jesus through our words, our actions, and our love. She
didn’t care who was on the other end of that phone — she just cared about their soul. May we pass that same faith on to the next generation. May our lives echo that

simple, powerful message that never grows old:

Jesus loves you.