JOURNAL=3-3-15=RIGHT WHERE?
“Come now-let us SET THINGS RIGHT-says the Lord” Isaiah 1:18
IS the boat of your life on a STRAIGHT AND STEADY course-Or has the boat of your life gotten off kilter for some reason-DO YOU LONG to make things RIGHT with God and right with others?
THE PRIORITIES that I try to keep for my LIFE-is loving God and LOVING family-TRYING my darndest to LIVE the two COMMANDMENTS of Jesus and living a life of FORGIVENESS and KINDNESS-that doesn't mean I can't get off kilter-but it does mean I AM less likely to do so
BUT HEALTH problems and age catch up with everyone-And we must REMEMBER that GOD is the true CENTER OF HEALING and that science-medicine-and physicians are just GOD'S TOOLS-it is a PROVEN FACT that those who BELIEVE in a higher power and PRAYER-do much better in the long run
BUT WHERE-most people go wrong is that they put money-possessions-and POWER above GOD-or succumb to sexual temptation ABOVE God and FAMILY
I have NO IDEA what-IF ANYTHING-may need to be made straight in your life-but I do KNOW a couple of questions that you might want to ASK YOURSELF:
- HAVE I strayed from my INTENTION to live my faith?
- ARE GOD and CHRIST number ONE in my heart and is the PATH a
straight and steady one?
It is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD LOVE for us and a great to KEEP LOVE of God and LOVE of others-number 1 and 1A in our lives
RIGHT WHERE?
Do you RECOGNIZE Jesus
In the ordinary course
Of your day
Maybe you say
You have NEVER SEEN God
NEVER felt God
In the 20th chapter
Of Saint John's gospel
Mary Magdalene
Did not recognize Jesus
AFTER his Resurrection
“WHEN she had said this
She turned around
And saw Jesus there
But did NOT KNOW
It was Jesus”
Mary Magdalene
Did not recognize Jesus
AFTER seeing him
So WE must be FORGIVEN
IF we cannot
FEEL OR SEE the presence
Of Jesus
In today's world
WHERE is Jesus?
RIGHT WHERE?
MAYBE God and Jesus
Come simply
As a COMFORTING PRESENCE
Right when
We NEED him most
“I will fear
No evil
For thou art with me
Thy rod and staff THEY COMFORT ME” Psalm 23:4
MAYBE he
Is just there
In some of my
MOST BROKEN and desolate moments
NOT something
That I can see
Just a comforting presence
TO BE FELT
RIGHT WHERE?
RIGHT THERE
In the PRESENCE
Of the HOLY SPIRIT
Who Christ left behind for us
“And walking
In the fear
Of the Lord
And in the COMFORT
Of the Holy Spirit
Was multiplied” Acts 9:31
RIGHT WHERE?
WHERE is the
PRESENCE OF GOD?
Right there
In the presence
Of the scriptures
“For whatsoever things
Were written for them
Were written
For our LEARNING
That we
TROUGH PATIENCE AND COMFORT
Of the scriptures
MIGHT HAVE HOPE” Romans 15:4
Like Mary
We might NOT RECOGNIZE
The PRESENCE of God and Jesus
But like Mary
WE FEEL his presence
We feel his presence
In his spirit
LEFTBEHIND
We feel
His presence
THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES
Maybe even in a HUG
Or a well-timed phone CALL
From a FRIEND
RIGHT WHERE?
RIGHT THERE
You were PRESENT
ALL THE TIME
Robert P. Wallman
8-18-14
Ps Dear Lord-WE PRAY-
For the eyes to see you
And failing that
A HEART to FEEL YOU
And a heart to KNOW
You are ALWAYS THERE
WRITTEN at Mount Sinai ON THE BEACH
And INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Kristin Armstrong
3-3-15
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