IF YOU BUILD IT

WITNESS

8-17-13

IF YOU BUILD IT

In a famous movie, “Field of Dreams”

A famous line is uttered

“If you build it

They will come”

And in the end

They did come

The cars lined up

For miles and miles

To see a little baseball field

In a corn field

In the middle of nowhere

To borrow a line

From Martin Luther King---God rest his soul

“I have a dream”

To build

A CITY OF GOD

Actually

To build a world for God

To live in a world

Based on God’s values

Not the values

Of this world

If we build it

They will come

Sister Faustina

Received a vision from an angel

Sent by God

An angel---sent to destroy a certain city

Sister Faustina

Began to pray for this city

Began to pray for mercy for it

But her prayers were powerless

And the angel was set on

Carrying out the orders

Given to him by God

Sister Faustina

Continued to pray

“Have mercy on us

And on the whole world”

God and the angel were so moved

That this city was spared

If you build it

They will come

Building the city of God

I have a dream

Of Catholics and Jews

Muslims and Buddhists

All Christian religions

And ALL other religions

Standing together

Under God---one God

WHOSE NAME IS LOVE

I have a dream

Building the city of God

“The wolf will live with the lamb

The leopard will lie down with the goat

The calf and the lion

And the yearling together

And a little child

Will lead them”                                                              Isaiah 11:6

Major cities today

In our country

So much killing---so much violence

So much materialism---so much greed

So much lust

And rampant sexuality

Then Abraham said again,

“May the Lord not be angry

But just let me speak once more

What if

Only ten can be found?”                                                 

God answered,

“For the sake of ten

I will not destroy it”                                                       Genesis 18:32

I am sure

That there are at least 10

God loving---God fearing people

In each of our major cities

So we can rest assured

That God

Is not going to destroy us

But we have to

Quit destroying ourselves

And return to our God

The God whose name is LOVE

“You are The Light of World

A city on a hill

Cannot be hidden”

Let us

Return our cities to God

Let us return our cities to love

Catholics and ALL Christian religions

Jew, Muslim, Buddhist

Every religion---every nationality---every race

Standing firm

On the PROMISES OF GOD

IF YOU BUILD IT
THEY WILL COME

Robert P. Wallman

9-24-11

Ps        WITNESS        8-17-13