Because of Jesus

Jesus is the heart and soul of my vital self; in Christ there is no me, there is only He Because Jesus is the Son of God and had taken the form of humanity and was clothed in lowly ro es and walked on two feet; ecause He went throu!h everythin! we as human ein!s !o throu!h and yet did not sin; ecause He "rayed daily to His #ather for fresh su""lies of the Holy S"irit so that He could e etter "re"ared to face the days work; ecause He s"oke only the kindest of words and had the most "atient tem"erance; ecause He counted it a lessin! to suffer for Gods sake; ecause He was tem"ted; ecause He $rayed to God ecause He loved; Because He went a out hel"in! everyone with in His reach; ecause He sacrificed comfort and "rivelid!e to draw those who were in need, closer to Himself; ecause He was ceasless in doin! !ood and hel"in! others, whether it was s"eakin! soft words of coura!e or smilin! into a weary soul destitute of li!ht; ecause He was %he &ord of 'ife and all who came into contact with Him felt the influence and "ersuasion of Heaven; ecause in His words and in His deeds the "eo"le saw God walkin!, God s"eakin!, God doin!; ecause He showed us how to live like He; ecause He showed us how to live; ecause He showed us how to withstand the onslau!hts of the (vil )ne; ecause He showed us how to overcome throu!h faith; ecause He showed us how to "ray and wait on God; ecause He created the heavens and the earth and everythin! that crawls and everythin! that flies and walks and eats and slee"s; ecause he tau!ht the truth and s"oke only truth; ecause He is the li!ht; ecause He is the (ternal 'i!ht; ecause He anishes all darkness and falsehood; ecause He is "erfect; ecause He is all thin!s worthy of "raise; ecause He is all thin!s worthy of Glory; ecause He is all thin!s worthy of all the riches and wealth in the world; ecause He owned not a house; ecause He had one "air of shoes* ecause he had only a out one or two chan!e of "lain clothes; ecause he never com"lained when He was treated unfairly; ecause He is the focus of the whole Bi le; ecause he was re+ected y the elders of the syna!o!ue; ecause He was the )ne whom John the Ba"tist had s"oken of He who shall come after will e !reater; ecause it was His time to make manifest the wonderful works of God; ecause He

sinned not, even when he was reviled and s"at u"on; ecause He sinned not even when Judas kissed Him on the cheek and the soldiers took Him away; Because He sinned not when $ilot sealed His doom and !ave Him over to the an!ry mo ; ecause He sinned not when the mo flo!!ed Him so that some of His verte rae "rotruded from the loody surface of His skin; ecause He sinned not when they "laced a coverin! over His face and struck him a out the head and face so that his eyes were "ractically swelled shut and his li"s were s"lit oth ways; ecause His feet and hands were nailed to wooden trunks; ecause He hun! there and looked down u"on the multitude, most who were lau!hin!, some who were cryin!some who heard the thunder and lookin! u" into the sky ecame scared; ecause He was the Son of God; ecause He did all this and more than can e written; ecause He loved us; ecause God loved Him; ecause He loved God; ecause He is God Because of Jesus, ,, who were dead, am now alive-