JOURNAL=5-12-15=THE GRIND

JOURNAL=5-12-15=THE GRIND “FOR IF I do not go-the ADVOCATE will not come to you” John 16:7 WE are coming to about that TIME again-WHERE Jesus ASCENDS into heaven and leaves HIS SPIRIT-behind in us-to those who are his disciples-WHO want to LIVE in his SPIRIT-and his spirit-HIS HOLY SPIRIT-speaks through us-at least those of us who are trying MIGHTY HARD-to stay in HIS spirit-and trying to LIVE in his spirit UNFORTUNATELY-at times-the burdens of life become exceedingly heavy-and it is NOT always easy to stay in the SPIRIT—but it is through FAITH that we must know and recognize that the SPIRIT is as CLOSE as our next breadth-and is with us in the midst of life-or THE GRIND-as I have come to KNOW it And so as OUR LORD and SAVIOR ascends into heaven-PLEASE REMEMBER to slow yourself down and breathe in the SPIRIT-for he is as CLOSE as your next breadth it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to ALLOW the SPIRIT OF JESUS to speak through you THE GRIND MANY of us Work in full-time M-thru-F jobs We struggle To get through the week By Wednesday We are worn out LOOKING for the weekend OUR week day jobs Are known as THE GRIND Do NOT let yourself Wear out KEEP your hunger and your thirst For God In your hearts and minds “BEWARE That your hearts Do not become drowsy For carousing and drunkenness And the anxieties of daily life” Luke 21:34 Do NOT let the daily grind Wear you out By KEEPING The hunger and the thirst for God FIRST-in your life It can SUSTAIN YOU Through all of your battles “They shall NOT hunger nor thirst Neither shall the heat Nor sun smite them For HE that hath mercy On them Shall lead them Even by The springs of water Shall he guide them” Isaiah 49:10 OVERCOME the grind Of life By SEEKING OUT GOD LET your hunger and thirst For God SUSTAIN YOU In every situation “BLESSED are they who hunger and Thirst for RIGHTEOUSNESS” Matthew 5:6 OVERCOME the grind By hungering and thirsting FOR GOD FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS I want GOOD things For my sisters For their families For my friends ALL GOOD PEOPLE I hunger and thirst For FAMILY That HELPS one another For a country That UNITES together For a world THAT WORKS TOGETHER Yet the daily grind Of the world Wears us all down That is WHY We need to hunger and thirst FOR GOD I look for COMMUNION with Christ And UNITY with the ONE GOD of LOVE For us ALL Dear Holy Spirit WHISPER the TRUTH of God's love The truth of GOD'S OWN SPIRIT To overcome the grind WE hunger and thirst for God “BEHOLD the days come Saith the Lord God That I will send a famine In the land Not a famine of bread Not a thirst for water But of HEARING The words of God” Amos 8:11 My friends WE LIVE In such a time A famine For the TRUE words of God Dear Lord-we pray That we OVERCOME The weekly grind By hungering and thirsting FOR THE WORDS OF GOD Robert P. Wallman 12-12-14 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Elizabeth Duffy