Saturday, February 9, 2013







WITNESS


2-10-13





BECAUSE YOU DID THIS


Has God
Ever asked you
To do an impossible task
To befriend a person
That is really really difficult
Impossible to reach---to like

How did you react
How did you respond

I wonder how Abraham felt,

“Take your son, your only son, Isaac
Whom you love
And go to the region of Moriah
Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering
On one of the mountains
I will tell you about”                                                  Genesis 22:2

Just as Abraham
Was getting ready to sacrifice Isaac
God said,

“Do not lay a hand on the boy
Do not do anything to him
Now that I know
That you fear God,
Because you have not withheld from me your son,
Your only son”                                                          Genesis 22:12

Because Abraham said yes to God
He was rewarded
He became the Father
Of many many nations
Of many religions

Because he said yes to God

God asked Noah
To build an ark
And put 2 animals of every kind
In it

God said to Noah,

“I am going to put an end      
To all people
For the earth
Is filled with violence

Because of them
I am going to destroy
Both them and the earth”                                                   Genesis 6:13

How would you have responded      
What would you have said

What is it
That God is asking you to do
With your life
Who is God
Asking you to help

God sent 
The angel Gabriel to ask Mary
To be the Mother of God

Mary was greatly troubled
 But she said,

“I am the Lord’s servant
May it be done
According to your word”                                                  Luke 1:38

How would you have responded

How would you
Have responded
If you were Joseph, Mary’s husband

You are God’s Son
You can do anything
Be anything

God---your Father
Asks you to give yourself up
To let yourself  be betrayed, mocked, humiliated
And die a shameful death

Jesus responds,

“My Father,
If it is not possible
For this cup to be taken away
Unless I drink it
May your will be done”                                                         Matthew 26:42

Because they said yes
As did many others
The world was changed
For the better

Who or what
Is God asking you to do---or help

The world has been changed
Over and over again
Because they said yes

DO YOU/DO I---HAVE THE COURAGE TO SAY YES TO GOD

Robert P. Wallman
7-27-11

Ps      WITNESS        2-10-13

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