We begin singing a simple hymn as children that contains a wonderful message for us, “Jesus Loves Me”. The lyrics were first written as a poem of encouragement for sick children, then they were included in the novel “Say and Seal” where they were read to a dying child, and later were set to music to become the encouraging hymn of love that is sung today. In whatever form these words have taken, the message never fades, and to this day we are encouraged by it, and comforted by the three simple words of its promise… “Jesus loves me”… and the affirmation of our belief… “this I know!”