WITNESS
3-03-13
“The Building Business”
Jesus was
A carpenter by trade
He could have built anything
A home, a building
Any of the 7 wonders
Of the world
But he taught us how
To build something
Much more important
He taught us how
To build a life
We are
Each the own
carpenter
Of our life
And we can choose
What we put into our lives
We can choose
To put in love, forgiveness, and kindness
Or we can choose
Things like
Hatred, revenge, and indifference to others
Our Lord
Gave us the recipe
For a life that endures
Follow Christ’s teaching
And we have a life
Built on rock
Choose the other road
And we have a life
Built on sand
One thing is for certain
We will all be challenged
And tested in our life
Challenged by illness
Challenged by the death of a
loved one
Challenged by a broken relationship
Or even just challenged
By the daily grind
One thing is for sure
Nothing was ever
Built on hatred
But if we build our life
On Christ’s teachings
Of love, forgiveness, and kindness
We will build
A LIFE THAT LASTS
Robert P. Wallman
5/20/10
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Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford
Ps WITNESS 3-3-13
“UNLESS the Lord BUILDS the
house-the BUILDERS labor in vain”
Psalm 127:1
“Do NOT let any unwholesome talk
come out of your mouths-
But only what is HELPFUL in
BUILDING others up-according to their needs
That it may benefit those who
listen”
Ephesians 4:29
“It was he who gave some to be apostles-some
to be prophets-some to be
Evangelists-And some to be
pastors and teachers-to prepare GOD’S PEOPLE
For works of service-so that the
BODY OF Christ may be BUILT up until
We ALL reach unity in faith and
in the knowledge of the Son of God
And become mature-attaining to
the full measure of the fullness of Christ” Ephesians 4:12
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