JOURNAL/OTHER CHRISTS

"BEHOLD-I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves-so be SHREWD as serpents and SIMPLE
as doves"    Matthew 10:16

Christ sent us out into the world to be his disciples and apostles in today's world; Christ the ULTIMATE
SHEPHERD was done in by the wolves of his day-Dear Lord-WE PRAY that we can be OTHER CHRISTS in today's world as we seek to PASS ON his teachings of LOVE-FORGIVENESS and KINDNESS

it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD and CHRIST'S continuous and everlasting LOVE for us in today's world








WITNESS




8-5-13




OTHER CHRISTS


If we are true Christians
True true Christians
Our mission in life
Is to become other Christ’s
Albeit
Maybe smaller---more miniature versions
And to make his word---God’s word
Come alive in today’s world


Picture this


You meet your cousin
At the river
He baptizes you
And as you come up
Out of the water
Heaven opens up
And the Spirit of God
In the form of a dove
Descends upon you


Lightening flashes on him
And a voice says,


“This is my dear Son
With whom I am well pleased” Mark 3:13-17


You—one of John’s disciples
Take this all in
From that moment on
You know that your life
Will never be the same


John himself said,
“I must decrease---and he must increase”
From that moment on
John’s disciples followed Jesus


So must it be with us
If we are truly to become other Christ’s
In this world


We must die to ourselves---our selfish sinful selves
And as Jesus himself said,
“If anyone would come after me
He must deny himself
And take up his cross
And follow me” Mark 8:31


We live in a Godless society
Becoming a little more so each day


A poet once wrote:
“He has
No hands but your hands
He has no feet
But your feet
He has no mouth
But your mouth…….”


If God’s word
Is to truly come alive again
In today’s world
It is up to us


Saint Paul once said,
“I have been crucified with Christ
And I no longer live
But Christ lives in me


The life I live in the body
I live by faith in the Son of God
Who loved me
And gave himself for me” Galatians 2:20


Each one of us
Has been handcrafted by God
Our own unique selves
To live a life---and do a job
That no one else can do
Only us


And part of that job
Is to make God come alive again
In today’s world


Finally---dear Lord
We pray
That you shine in us and through us


And we become so much like you
That when the world looks at us
It sees no longer us


BUT YOU---OTHER CHRISTS


In today’s world


Robert P. Wallman
10-29-11




---GOD’S LOVE IS FREE---WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES




Ps WITNESS 8-5-13





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