No Not One

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. – Matthew 9:13

It has been 70 days since I discovered I was going down the slippery slopes of depression, and by God’s grace pulled myself together, and to snap out of it. Life has gone back to the usual, not that I am extra happy, but rather, the effects of depression is slowly waning off by being me, and looking to Jesus my Lord and Savior as encouragement.

And as I write about Jesus, this hymn comes to mind:

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/No_Not_One/

1. There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,
   No, not one! No, not one!
   None else could heal all our soul’s diseases,
   No, not one! No, not one!
   • Refrain:
     Jesus knows all about our struggles,
     He will guide till the day is done;
     There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,
     No, not one! No, not one!
2. No friend like Him is so high and holy,
   No, not one! No, not one!
   And yet no friend is so meek and lowly,
   No, not one! No, not one!
3. There’s not an hour that He is not near us,
   No, not one! No, not one!
   No night so dark but His love can cheer us,
   No, not one! No, not one!
4. Did ever saint find this Friend forsake him?
   No, not one! No, not one!
   Or sinner find that He would not take him?
   No, not one! No, not one!
5. Was e’er a gift like the Savior given?
   No, not one! No, not one!
   Will He refuse us a home in heaven?
   No, not one! No, not one!

Do you know of someone like this? No, not one have I ever encounter before except Jesus.