Cedrick Brown 
He Loves Me! 

He Loves Me! by Cedrick Brown vigorously wrestles with the underlyingquestion within ones heart: Does God really love me?Over the years, I have encountered countless people who do not feel lovedby their parents, their spouses, their children, or anyone at all. This unlovedfeeling, I have also witnessed, possesses the power to cause them to ponderthe seemingly never-ending question: Does God love me? Like them, I toohave wrestled with this frustrating question, which eventually manifesteditself in many tangible ways that those closest to me found themselvesengulfed by its fl ames. Maybe the side eff ects of this age-old question have tipped your life scale inthe wrong direction, and those around you are feeling its eff ectsunlovedby you. Like petals falling from a fl ower, we all grapple on the inside with thisunavoidable question: Does God love me? We still pluck each imaginarypetal, with each emotional stroke, saying . . . He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me.