JOURNAL/REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE/HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY!

JOURNAL/REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE




“SEE what LOVE the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called CHILDREN OF GOD-yet so
are we” 1 John 3:1


TODAY-we REMEMBER the holy men and women the church HONORS as saints-and we remember the ORDINARY men and women-who the church does not recognize-but have TOUCHED OUR LIVES in a saintly way-ALL of us believers are CHILDREN OF God


TODAY we ask the SAINTS OF GOD to PRAY for us-and for our intentions that are CLOSE to our heart-and we ask the SAINTS OF GOD to pray for us to HELP US walk a saintly path-and to GUIDE us in the path of DISCIPLESHIP of Christ


it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to be a CHILD OF GOD and TRY to live in a SAINTLY WAY










REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE




We live
In a cold cruel world
A world that often
Does not notice us
A world
That treats us with indifference


And when this world
Does notice us
Often
It is only to criticize us
Or reject us


Take heart
You are a Child of God
And so as a father or mother
Loves their own child
Our God, and our Father
Loves you the same way


“How great is the love
The Father has lavished on us
That we should be called
Children of God
And that is what we are” 1 John 3:1


Take heart---and always remember
Who you are
You are a Child of God


“The reason the world
Does not know us
Is that it did not know him” 1 John 3:1


The world teaches us
To build our lives on money and material things
This world teaches us
To build our lives on our lust and sexuality
This world teaches us
To build our lives
On the promises of science


If we do these things
We don’t have to worry
About the devil
We don’t have to worry
About the antichrist
Because if we do these things
He is already here


Our Lord knows that we are sinners
But he taught us
That we have the potential for greatness


He taught us
To believe in God
And to believe in him
Because he knew
That earth is not our final destination
That we are destined
To spend eternity with him


Remember who you are
You are/we are
Children of God


Just look at who he befriended
An adulterous woman
Who was about to be stoned
The prodigal son
Who turned his back on his father
Peter---who denied him 3 times


Remember who you are
You are a Child of God


We assume
The adulterous woman quit sinning
We know
The prodigal son
Returned home to his father
And we KNOW---Peter turned out to be the ROCK


“Upon you
I will build my church”


So if there was hope for them
There is HOPE for us


“We know that anyone
Born of God
Does not continue to sin
The one who was born of God
Keeps him safe
And the evil one cannot harm him
We know that we are children of God” 1 John 5:18


REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE


Robert P. Wallman
5-5-11




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IN the Catholic Church-TODAY is the feast of ALL SAINTS DAY-Many of the most popular are (and many of MY FAVORITES too), are Saint Francis, Saint Anthony, and Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, and of course, many others


BUT TODAY-we HONOR all the saints-and those saints that will forever REMAIN nameless-but have made a DIFFERENCE in the lives of others


HAPPY ALL SAINTS DAY to those of you who have made a DIFFERENCE in my life-you KNOW who you are-and what you have done to HELP ME in my life


I SALUTE YOU-and remember who you are


You are: A CHILD OF GOD