LIVE THE TRUTH-LIGHT YOUR LIGHT

LIVE THE TRUTH-LIGHT YOUR LIGHT




HOW do we live the truth
How do we light our light SHINE


Love-love
LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS


Easy in philosophy
But not always
So easy to do


Sometimes
We fill our days
SO FULL
That there is not time
Left for him (God)-or them (our neighbors)


We try not to do that
We try to live the truth
We try to let
Our light shine
But we all know
That it happens
Even to the best of us


In the 18^th chapter
Of Saint John's gospel
Pontius Pilate asks Jesus,


“WHAT is TRUTH?” John 18:38


This comes
In response
To Jesus' answer
To Pilate about
WHETHER He is king


Jesus answered,


“YOU are right
In saying
I am a king


In fact
For this reason
I was born
And for this
I came into the world
To TESTIFY
TO THE TRUTH


EVERYONE on the side of truth
LISTENS to me” John 18:39


So like Pilate
We MUST ask ourselves
WHAT IS TRUTH


“I am the way
The TRUTH
And the life


NO ONE
Comes to the Father
Except through me” John 14:6


SO LIVE Jesus


LOVE love love God and others
Live live live Jesus
Give give give
Till it hurts


LIVE the truth
Let your light shine


KNOWING the answer is easy
Living the answer is hard


For example
WHEN you have 2 one dollar bills
In your pocket
Are you going to give a beggar a $1
Who is asking for a $1


I HAVE done it
But more often than not
I am ASHAMED to say
I haven't done it


LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE


“WHOEVER lives the truth
Comes to the light
So that his works
Maybe clearly seen
As done in God” John 3:21


The truth is
LIKE ME
We are not
Going to be perfect


But we should be moving
CLOSER and closer to God


Dear Lord-we pray
We are SORRY
We still make mistakes


But you have shown us
the truth
You have lived it


You have shown us
your light


We pray that like you
That we find the strength
To live it
And let your light
SHINE through us


Robert P. Wallman
June 9^th, 2014


Ps Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melaney Rigney





July 11^th, 2014