"THEY'RE ONLY HUMAN"

“THEY'RE ONLY HUMAN”




Last week
Was a particularly difficult week
For churches, families, and the institution of marriage


ALL of which
Have been already been under
Heavy assault for years


Pastor Bob Coy Of Calvary Chapel Church
Resigned for a “moral failing” from his church


A local Pastor
And a personal friend of mine
RESIGNED for family issues
And there were some other things
In the news
ALONG the same lines


It left me
FEELING kind of bad
And when my sister, Mary, called
I asked her
What she thought
Was going on


And my sister, Mary, said,
“THEY'RE ONLY HUMAN”


I think that is
WHAT we ALL have to remember
About each other,


“WE ARE ONLY HUMAN”


And human
Means to be fallible
That we-all of us
Make mistakes


“We who are strong
Ought to bear
With the failings of the weak
And not
To please ourselves


EACH of us
Should PLEASE his neighbor
For his good
TO BUILD him up” Romans 15:1-2


And everyone of us
Will FAIL God
Or one another
At some time
In our lives


We are to be there
To FORGIVE our brothers and sisters
As Christians
That is what
We are called to do


THEN Peter came to Jesus
And asked:


“HOW MANY TIMES
Shall I forgive my brother
When he sins
Against me?
Up to seven times”


“Jesus answered,
'I tell you
Not seven times
But seventy-times-seven times” Matthew 18:21-22


What happened last week
Showed
That even the BEST of us
With the greatest intentions
Will fail the test at times


We all will
UNLESS we are God


And always remember
WHEN we fail
The trials of our life
We are to GET BACK UP
And try again


TRIALS BRING MATURITY


“CONSIDER it
PURE JOY my brothers
Whenever you face trials
Of many kinds


Because you know
That the TESTING of your faith
Develops perseverance


PERSEVERANCE must finish
Its work
So that
You may be MATURE
And complete
NOT LACKING ANYTHING” James 1:2-4


So we FORGIVE you
And we ENCOURAGE you
To get back up
And TRY again


Because we NEED YOU
To encourage us
WHEN we fail


After all
“WE'RE ONLY HUMAN”


Robert P. Wallman
April 16^th, 2014




MISC. WITNESS MAY 1^st, 2014