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Columba
Lydia Yamaguchi ’13

Four Little Words
KATIE HAY

When most people hear about those “four little words,” the
first four words that may to mind are “Will you marry me?”
These are four words that can drastically and fantastically
alter the course of a person’s life and are often treated with
intense respect and weight. As they should be. The four
words to which I now refer are not a proposal of marriage,
but instead, a statement. A fact. A declaration that one
says just as reverently and lovingly as the former four.
These four words are, “Yes, Jesus loves me.”
Everyone knows the song. Written by a woman named
Anna Bartlett Warner, whose name many don’t know,
this simple song states one of the most profound,
confusing, and incredibly mind-blowing truths ever
set before man. We’ll take it word-by-word.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Jesus, the King of Kings and the Lord
of Lords. The Savior of our souls and the Lover of our hearts.
The One who was, is, and always will be. The Son of God. The
Lily of the Valley. He who put on flesh and lived among us,
as God and man. He who came to earth to shatter tradition,
turn tables, and prove the devil wrong. Jesus loves me. This
is an insane thought, it really is. Who would think that God,
Jesus, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, would bother
to love someone like me? We get images from mythology
and fairy tales of gods who sit back and observe the goings
and comings of those on earth—us. They view man’s actions
as irrelevant to their existence. They don’t love those they
watch. Do you think Zeus from Greek mythology would have
taken the time to have a conversation with his dearly beloved
follower, or rain manna from the skies when his people cried
out? These were gods who watched indifferently. Without love.
But our God, with a capital “G,” loves us so intensely. He
created the universe with His words, a mere breath from
his mouth, yet could hold it all in the palm of His hand, and
He loves us. He defies death, overcomes the gates of hell,
and conquers evil where it stands, yet He chooses to notice
us. We who are unworthy of even speaking His name. We
who have fallen countless times and will fall again. It’s crazy,
right? To think that a God, the One and Only God, loves us.
Yes, Jesus loves me. This love isn’t just any love. It’s not a
“Won’t you be my Valentine?” love or an “I love that beautiful
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sunset” love or even a love that warrants the question
“Will you marry me?” Jesus’ love for us transcends all
understanding. Picture the greatest instance of l