JOURNAL=2-10-15=OTHER CHRISTS

JOURNAL=2-10-15=OTHER CHRIST'S




“THEN God said: 'LET us make man in OUR IMAGE-after our likeness'” Genesis 1:26


WE ARE PRECIOUS PEOPLE to God-there is NO mystery about that-WE are REFLECTIONS of God-and who sustains us daily in LOVE and cares for us-THIS tells us WHO we are and HOW we are to regard one another


GOD ASKS US to love others-just as he loves them-for we are ALL made in his own IMAGE-the BAD NEWS is that this is pretty hard to do-but the GOOD NEWS is that-we are NEVER without GOD'S HELP in trying to do so


Dear Lord-you MADE US-in your own IMAGE-and you created us to REFLECT this image to others-HELP US to recognize who we are in today's world-OTHER CHRISTS made to LOVE others as Yourself


it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us




WITNESS




8-5-13




OTHER CHRISTS


If we are true Christians
True true Christians
Our mission in life
Is to become other Christ’s
Albeit
Maybe smaller---more miniature versions
And to make his word---God’s word
Come alive in today’s world


Picture this


You meet your cousin
At the river
He baptizes you
And as you come up
Out of the water
Heaven opens up
And the Spirit of God
In the form of a dove
Descends upon you


Lightening flashes on him
And a voice says,


“This is my dear Son
With whom I am well pleased” Mark 3:13-17


You—one of John’s disciples
Take this all in
From that moment on
You know that your life
Will never be the same


John himself said,
“I must decrease---and he must increase”
From that moment on
John’s disciples followed Jesus


So must it be with us
If we are truly to become other Christ’s
In this world


We must die to ourselves---our selfish sinful selves
And as Jesus himself said,
“If anyone would come after me
He must deny himself
And take up his cross
And follow me” Mark 8:31


We live in a Godless society
Becoming a little more so each day


A poet once wrote:
“He has
No hands but your hands
He has no feet
But your feet
He has no mouth
But your mouth…….”


If God’s word
Is to truly come alive again
In today’s world
It is up to us


Saint Paul once said,
“I have been crucified with Christ
And I no longer live
But Christ lives in me


The life I live in the body
I live by faith in the Son of God
Who loved me
And gave himself for me” Galatians 2:20


Each one of us
Has been handcrafted by God
Our own unique selves
To live a life---and do a job
That no one else can do
Only us


And part of that job
Is to make God come alive again
In today’s world


Finally---dear Lord
We pray
That you shine in us and through us


And we become so much like you
That when the world looks at us
It sees no longer us


BUT YOU---OTHER CHRISTS


In today’s world


Robert P. Wallman
10-29-11




---GOD’S LOVE IS FREE---WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES




Ps WITNESS 8-5-13




10-25-14

2-10-15