JOURNAL/RESPONDING TO SOMEONE IN NEED

JOURNAL/RESPONDING TO SOMEONE IN NEED




“HOW can this be-since I have NO RELATIONS with a man?” Luke 1:34




Mary was an UNMARRIED woman-yet God asks her to CARRY his child-she said “YES”-NOT KNOWING the whys or the hows-and Joseph said yes to-TO BE HER MAN-both knowing the scorn they could be facing


“YOU will conceive-you will BEAR, you will name him Jesus”-Mary doesn't get impatient with God-or Joseph with Mary-TWO YES' changed human history-WHAT WILL your yes be to God today


TWO YES' changes human history-your YES may not change the world-but your yes MAY CHANGE
a life for someone-for the BETTER


it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in God's love for us-and a GREAT DAY to say “YES” to God-maybe YOUR YES may be the MIRACLE in someone's life today










RESPONDING TO SOMEONE IN NEED




As Christians
In the 21^st century


ONE of the things
We are called upon
To do
Is that when
We see a need
We are to FILL IT


BE FILLED with compassion


That is exactly
What our master
And teacher did
In the 7^th chapter
Of Saint Luke's gospel


ALL PRAYERS
Do NOT come with words


“WHEN the Lord
Saw her


He was moved
With pity for her
And said to her


'DO NOT WEEP'” Luke 7:13


Jesus saw a NEED
And filled it
Because he was filled
With compassion


Nain was
An insignificant town
A few miles south
Of Nazareth


But it became IMMORTALIZED
Because of the MIRACLE
That Jesus worked there


A widow's son died
And she is now vulnerable
Because she has
No family member
To look out for her


“The Lord
Is CLOSE to the brokenhearted
And SAVES those
Who are CRUSHED in spirit” Psalm 34:18


And that is what we too
HIS disciples and apostles
Of this modern day world
ARE called onto do


BE CLOSE
To those in need
RESPOND
To those in need
COMFORT those in need


“May your UNFAILING LOVE
Be my comfort” Psalm 119:76


The story
Of the widow Nain
SHOWS that God
Shows that Jesus


PERCEIVES our DEEPEST longings
Knows our deepest pain


So whether it be
Someone who has lost
SOMEONE/or something
Dear to them


Someone sick
In the hospital
Or in pain


STEP UP
And perceive a need
RESPOND to someone
In need today


SOMETIMES-in prayer
WHEN we step forward
On our own


NO WORDS are necessary


Robert P. Wallman
9-16-14


Ps INSPIRED by an article in Living Faith Magazine by Sister Melanie Svoboda, S.N.D.




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