JOURNAL/TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN

"FROM everyone who has been given much-much will be demanded-and from the one who has been entrusted much-much more will be asked"    Luke 12:48

WE have been given SO MUCH by God-to START with-we live in the GREATEST country ever WHERE
freedom is taken for granted-and we ARE CHILDREN of God-brothers and sisters and CO-HEIRS with Christ

it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us and a GREAT day to ACCEPT all that has been given to us by God-and RETURN to him OUR LOVE
















TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN


Alonzo Mourning
Was a 15-year player
In the NBA


He was twice voted
“NBA Defensive Player of the Year”
And on April 7^th, 2014
He was voted into the
“NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME”


He has undergone a kidney transplant
And currently works for the Miami Heat
As VP of player programs
And development for the Heat
And also has had his number retired
By the Miami Heat


He GIVES much back
To the community
And is co-founder
Of the Overtown Youth Center


He recently said:


“The bible says
'to whom much is given
much will be required'
and I totally believe that”


Wouldn't it be great
If more of us
In this world
Had that SAME attitude


We may
Not all have as much as “ZO”
as he is affectionately called


But we ALL have something
To GIVE BACK to others
Even if it is just
Our life itself


For each of us can smile
Or offer a handshake
Each of us
Can USE our words
To BUILD someone up
Rather than tear someone down


And even
If we don't have much materially
We can give someone
A full meal
We can give someone
Who is cold
A $1
For a cup of coffee


“He has scattered abroad
His gifts to the poor
His righteousness
Endures forever
His horn
Will be lifted high in honor” Psalm 112:9


And nothing
We ever do
For someone else
Should be done for credit
Or for honor


JUST BECAUSE
It is the RIGHT THING
To do


Our Lord KNOWS
What we do
At all times
And whether or not
Our motives are PURE


“But when you
Give the needy


Do NOT let your left hand
Know what
Your right hand is doing


So that your giving
May be in SECRET


Then your FATHER
Who sees
What is done in secret
WILL reward you” Matthew 6:3-4


ZO
And public celebrities like him
Can't help it


For their EVERY movement
positive or negative
Is LIVED under a fish bowl


But WE can
LET our rewards
Come from the Father
If there are to be any


We are all called
To give back
In this world


Because we are partakers
In this world


“For I TESTIFY
That they gave as much
As they were able
And even BEYOND their ability” 2Corinthians 8:3


To WHOM much is given
Much is EXPECTED


Like ZO


I TOTALLY BELIEVE THAT


Robert P. Wallman
7-5-14


Ps “From everyone who has been given much-much will be demanded-and from the one who
has been entrusted much-much more will be ASKED” Luke 12:48