JOURNAL=5-27-15=TAKE A GOOD LOOK........A GOOD LONG LOOK

JOURNAL=5-27-15=TAKE A LOOK........A GOOD LONG LOOK “HE began to tell them what was going to HAPPEN to him” Mark 10:32 BEFORE it happened-Jesus pulled his disciples aside-and told them what was going to happen to him-He told them he would be seized-tortured-and put to death-LOOKING back now-WE REALIZE he KNEW exactly what he was talking about it-but let's face it-WE-HIS DISCIPLES of today-would probably have NOT paid any more attention to him-than his disciples of yesteryear did-CAN YOU just IMAGINE what was going through his mind My disciples-MY FRIENDS-are ALL going to desert me-and leave me to be humiliated and die all alone-ARE YOU EMBARASSED?-I AM-WHAT are we going to say to him-IF we are FORTUNATE enough to meet him at the end of our life it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great to FINALLY REALIZE-if we haven't already-what our LORD and Savior-Jesus Christ did for us-and a great day to BEGIN TO GIVE some portion of our life back to him TAKE A LOOK---TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK There’s a man Out there on the hill With something on his back Walking, struggling Trying to move along He was Made to do this By a man By the name of Pilate Because He fell out of favor With the people But he picked up the cross Willingly And moved right along He fell once, He fell twice And even a third time But he kept getting back up The people all knew It was wrong Take a look At this man Take a good long look The people of his day Did not want To confront their sins The same as me and you today They keep---we keep Living out of coldness Living out of ingratitude Living out of selfishness Denying the needs of one another Along the way On his walk with the cross He met his Mother Along the way He wept for the women of Jerusalem--- And the people of his day Take a look Take a very long good look He knew That these sins Had to be confronted He knew That these sins Had to be carried Had to be put away Keep looking See that cross That cross that he is carrying It is the perfect definition of his love For you and for me The greatest love, he once said, “Is to lay down one’s life For his friends” He is stripped Take a look He is crucified Take a very long look He dies And is put in the tomb Keep on looking His carrying of the cross Is the answer to ALL of our needs His perfect compassion His perfect love Jesus The Lamb of God Jesus The perfect life Jesus The perfect love Hanging out there in the tree For you and for me Take a look TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK Robert P. Wallman 4-12-11 MISC. WITNESS 4-13-14 5-27-15