SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD

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SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD




I have long felt
That today


The BATTLE
Is no longer between
The theology
Of the different religions


But the battle
Is between
SECULARISM and the church
ALL CHURCHES


And secularism
Is winning in a landslide


I BELIEVE
Less and less people
Are committed to God
In today's world


And I believe
This is particularly so
In the younger generation


SECULARISM is defined
As religious skepticism or INDIFFERENCE
And takes up the view


That religious consideration
Should be excluded
From civil affairs or public education


AND I have to tell you
I COULDN'T DISAGREE with this view
Any more than I do


COLDNESS-indifference-and ingratitude
IS KILLING GOD in this world
And killing God worse
Than the actual nailing
Of Jesus
To the cross


GOD is SLOWLY DYING
In this world
Maybe not on the cross


But in PEOPLE'S MINDS AND HEARTS


The church is DEFINED as BOTH
The local assemblies of CHRISTIANS
And the world wide
Community of BELIEVERS


In other words
The church
IS NOT the place
That we go to
On Saturday and Sunday


But made up
Of the MINDS AND HEARTS
Of the people
WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST


So it is up to us believers
To TAKE GOD AND CHRISTIANITY
With us
WHEREVER WE GO


To the market place
To the drug stores
To the mall
To WHEREVER we go


After all
That is
What the EARLY BELIEVERS did


“AND ALL DAY LONG
Both at the temple
And in their homes


They did not stop teaching
And PROCLAIMING the Christ-Jesus” Acts 5:42


So the question becomes
HOW DO I proclaim
GOD and Jesus
Outside the church


And the ANSWER to that
Is as DIFFERENT
As there is
NUMBER of people who BELIEVE in God


I do it
THROUGH poems and birthday cards


And I SUGGEST you do it
IN WHATEVER WAYS
WORKS with your own personality


You don't have
To be loud
About it


You just
HAVE to do it


IF you want
God and Christ
TO SURVIVE in today's world and beyond


Dear Lord-OUR GOD
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ


HELP US TO PROCLAIM
YOUR NAME
Through kindness and RESPECT


To everyone
I/WE meet today


IN JESUS' NAME


Robert P. Wallman
June 16^th, 2014




PS Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Sister Melanie Svoboda, S.N.D.