For the Love of Us All

WITNESS

5-11-13

WHO’S IN CONTROL

Who is in control

Of your life

Many of us

Think we are in control of our own life

Or at least

We like to think so

But just think about it

In the course of an ordinary day

When our day

Doesn’t go---or turn out

The way we had planned

How quickly

We get angry---lose our temper

Or flip someone an obscene gesture

Proverbs 29:11 says,

“A fool gives vent

To his anger

But a wise man

Keeps himself under control”

And that’s

Just what can happen

In the course of an ordinary day

What about the big stuff

What if we get an unexpected health diagnosis

What if we have financial obligations

That we can’t meet

What if

We can’t feed our families

What if our significant other

Is having an affair

Who is in control

When bad things

Or unexpected things happen in our life

Who is control then

We are deceiving ourselves

If we think

We can control our life

“The mind of a sinful man

is death

But the mind

Controlled by the spirit is life and peace

The sinful mind

Is hostile to God

It does not submit

To God’s law---nor can it do so

Those controlled by the sinful nature

Cannot please God

You however

Are NOT controlled by the sinful nature

But by the SPIRIT

If the spirit of God

Lives in you”                                              Romans 8:6-9

I think of Saint Peter’s answer

For all the Apostles

When Jesus asked,

“You do not want to leave me too do you?”

Saint Peter said,

“Lord, to whom shall we go

You have the words of eternal life

We believe and KNOW

That you are the HOLY ONE of God”                                John6:67-69

Who or What will you and I run to

When the difficult times come

All we need to do

Is look back to the past difficult times

Of our life

And remember he HEALING

That we experienced before

We just need to turn

Our eyes and thoughts back to God

The SOURCE of everything good, pure, and HOLY

The CREATOR of life itself

SO WHOSE IN CONTROL

The one true creator of us all,

“By the 7^th day

God had finished the work

He had been doing

So on the 7^th day he rested

From all the work

And God BLESSED the 7^th day

And made it HOLY

Because on it

He rested from ALL the work of creating

He had done”                                              Genesis 2:2-3

WHO IS IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE

Robert P. Wallman

3-13-12

Ps        WITNESS        5-11-13

“The mind of sinful man is death-but the mind controlled by the SPIRIT IS LIFE

And peace-the sinful mind is hostile to God-it does NOT submit to God’s law

Nor can it do so-those CONTOLLED by the sinful nature cannot please God”

Romans 8:6-8