JOURNAL/SELFLESSNESS-OR SELFISHNESS

JOURNAL/SELFISHNESS OR SELFLESSNESS




“I will thrust you from your office and PULL you down from your station” Isaiah 22:19


Isaiah warns Israel and its people about the dangers of LIVING LIVES based on egotism and immorality


They were living like they had NO NEED of DIVINE ASSISTANCE or a NEED for God in their
lives


WE-as a NATION AND CULTURE-need to hear this warning as well


We need to think BEYOND OURSELVES


DEAR LORD-it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in your LOVE for us and a GREAT DAY to ACKNOWLEDGE your presence and GUIDANCE in our lives








WITNESS




9-24-13




SELFISHNESS OR SELFLESSNESS




Are you like me
Have you noticed
What a selfish---me first world
That we live in


And seemingly---at least to me anyway
Getting more so every day


When were the last times
That you heard the words
“Please” and “Thank you”


I hear them
But NOT very often


“Turn my heart
Toward your statutes
And not toward selfish gain” Psalm119:36


It seems like
That we live in a world
That tells us
Beauty/looks is what it is all about


BUT GOD TELLS US
That beauty is
A matter of the heart


Like the advertising slogan says
It really is
“What is inside that counts”


The world tells us
---preaches to us
That wealth, money, materialism
Will make us happy
And to get it
Whatever way we can
Just get it


“An unfriendly man
Pursues selfish ends
He defies all sound judgment” Proverbs 18:1


Have you ever smiled
And said hello to a stranger
And they look at you
Like you just assaulted them


Or you do something kind
For someone
And they look at you
And wonder what your motivation is


When did our world
Become so cynical
What has happened to us


“Do nothing out of selfish ambition
Or vain conceit
But in humility
Consider others better than yourselves” Philippians 2:3


And then
We have the people
Who live out of selflessness
Who give up their lives for others
To try to make the world
A better place for all


People like
Abraham, Moses, Jesus
And in more recent time
Men like Martin Luther King,
And John and Robert Kennedy


And just simple ordinary folks
Like you and me
Trying to live their lives
Trying to get along
But taking the time
To stop and be kind to others


We just need to remember,


“Each of you should look
NOT only to your own self interest
But also to the interests of others” Philippians 2:4


When we
As a nation/as a world
Begin to live
With a little less selfishness
And a little more selflessness
This world will begin to become


A BETTER PLACE


Robert P. Wallman
11-19-11




Ps SELFISHNESS OR SELFLESSNESS 9-24-13




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