Saturday, August 17, 2013

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


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