JOURNAL/GREATNESS

JOURNAL/GREATNESS




“Christ Jesus-though he was IN THE FORM of God-did not regard EQUALITY with God something to be grasped” Philippians 2:6




DESPITE some of the people we run across in today's world-we have to KNOW and ACCEPT that we are not GOD-ONLY God has the power to control life and death


SOMETIMES we PLAY God when we DEMAND answers to the REQUESTS we make in prayer-sometimes we PLAY God when we JUDGE the lives of others or think that we are BETTER than another human being


THE TRUTH is-Jesus taught us through his life that we are to LIVE LIVES of servanthood-humility-and OBEDIENCE to God-and others-THE PARADOX IS that the only way to true greatness is the CARRYING of our crosses with these qualities


DEAR Lord-we PRAY help us to always REMEMBER that we are NOT created equal with you-and that our place is at your hands-and that it is a GREAT DAY to be alive in your love for us










GREATNESS




In the XXIII chapter
Of Saint Matthew’s Gospel
Jesus tells how to be great


He tells us
The greatest among you
Will be the servant
To everyone else
He tells us
He who humbles himself
Will in fact be great


Are you serious Lord


Couldn’t we just aspire
To be rich and famous
Like everyone else


Jesus goes on
To tell us
That the greatest single quality
That a human being can have
Is sincerity


Think about it
Can you build a relationship
On insincere love
Or build a life
By going out every day
With insincere faith, and hope


Sincerity it the foundation of ALL human relationships
If there is no trust
You have NO relationship


The challenge in this world
Is to be REAL
The challenge
Is to be sincere
In our faith, in our love, and in our hope
Both with God and all others


So dear Lord,
We pray to you
For honesty, humility, and sincerity
And that we take no offense
When others are thought better
And held in higher esteem than us


And finally dear Lord
We pray that you
Meek and humble of heart
That you make our heart
Like yours


Robert P. Wallman
2-21-11




Ps inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford---MAY HE REST IN PEACE--- other than Christ himself and my parents---the single biggest influence on my
Spiritual life---1922---2012----rpw---2-20-12




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