JOURNAL/GOODNESS

JOURNAL/GOODNESS




“ONLY GOODNESS and kindness will follow me ALL the days of my life” Psalm 23:6




WE ALL want to date-be married to-or have a SIGNIFICANT OTHER with GREAT LOOKS and a person who has a SMILE like a model


BUT there are MORE IMPORTANT powerful forces at work around us:KINDNESS-goodness-generosity-integrity-and HUMILITY just to mention a few


OUR NEW Pope Francis is an example of this-BELIEVERS and nonbelievers are attracted to HIS
innate GOODNESS


Dear Lord-we PRAY to you-the SOURCE of ALL GOODNESS to RECOGNIZE what is truly important in this world-and to STAND UP for truth and justice for those who need it and attempt to BRING GOODNESS into the world










WITNESS




4-03-13




GOODNESS










I have heard the saying
Many times in life that
“It does not matter
If we believe in God
As long as we are good people”


They hope
That by being good
To please God---IF there is one
And if there is no God
They hope for the approval of men


I salute these people
For the good that they do
But in the heart of a Christian
There is a different process


The true Christian knows
That any good that he or she does
Comes from the Christ-like life
That lives inside of him or her


The true Christian
Does NOT think
That God will love us
If we are good


He or she knows better


The true Christian knows
That God already loves us
And that God will make us good
Because he does love us


Like Saint Paul said,
“No longer I
But Christ who lives in me”


That is where
Our goodness comes from---FROM CHRIST


And we know as Christians
That we are NOT perfect
That sometimes we will do wrong
Even if it is NOT our intention
By the mere fact that we ARE human


But we will repent
After each stumble
And go on
Trying to do good again
Because of the Christ-like life
That lives inside each and every one of us


And we know
That goodness does live within us
Because when Christ ascended
Into heaven
He left his very own spirit behind


“But the fruit of the spirit is love,
Joy, peace, patience, kindness, GOODNESS,
Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control


Against such things
There is no law” Galatians 5:22-23


And so
We keep trying to do good
Even when we fall short


We pick ourselves up
We dust ourselves off
And we try to do good ALL OVER AGAIN


We let God himself RESURRECT us
As he-God himself-resurrected Christ
And when we come to the end of our journey
We long to hear the words


“Well done GOOD and faithful servant”


Robert P. Wallman
3-8-12


******** Inspired by the teachings of CS LEWIS
And LIVING FAITH 3-8-12




Ps WITNESS 4-3-13




“He (Job replied), You are talking like a foolish woman
Shall we accept GOOD from God-and not trouble” Job 2:10


“Taste and see that the Lord is GOOD
BLESSED is the man who takes refuge in him” Psalm 34:8


“Therefore, as we have opportunity-let us do GOOD
To ALL people-especially to those who belong to the
Family of believers” Galatians 6:10




MISC. WITNESS 7-2-14



12-3-14