COME AWAY WITH ME

COME AWAY WITH ME Many years ago Jesus INVITED his apostles To come away with him To spend SOME TIME With him alone “He said to them: 'COME AWAY by yourselves To a deserted place And rest awhile'” Mark 6:31 Through churches-RETREAT HOUSES- And many other venues Jesus makes that SAME INVITATION Today And we SHOULD SAY YES To the invitation One way-or another WE NEED to spend time With God and Jesus Or we will Get caught get up in The hurry-scurry life style And we will LOSE our direction In life Jesus says to us -ALL of us: “COME AWAY with me SPEND some time alone with me And you will FIND YOURSELF AGAIN” I AM going away Next weekend To spend some time With a CLOSE SPIRITUAL FRIEND And also with God and Jesus And I am really LOOKING FORWARD to spend some time with her AND THEM IT is NOT IMPORTANT What we do As long as We do it together And as long as God is at the CENTER “COME AWAY with me To a deserted place,” And I have had religious EXPERIENCES And have written some of my poetry At my sister-Mary's-my Aunt Karen's And my friend Diane's “EACH ONE Will be like a shelter From the wind And a refuge From the storm Like streams of water In the desert And the shadow Of a great rock In a thirsty land” Isaiah 32:2 In this deserted place OR RETREAT HOUSE If you will One can ponder Some basic BLESSINGS Of nature and life And SOME teachings of God And Jesus “IF you hold To my teaching You really are my DISCIPLES Then you will KNOW the truth and the truth WILL SET YOU FREE” John 8:31 In this noisy-fast-paced world That we live in A deserted place For PRAYER and meditation Can be a TRUE BLESSING And it need NOT Even be totally deserted Just SURROUND YOURSELF With peaceful living people With peaceful loving people WHO LOVE both God and others As much as you do WE can find quietness In a church At a shrine Or in a park In a friend or relative's house OR even in a secluded room Within our own home Just listen to Jesus WHEN he says- “COME AWAY WITH ME” and you can FIND PEACE Once again For your mind-body-and soul And REST AND REJUVENATION Robert P. Wallman July 18th, 2015 Ps ONE THING that I have learned in life-is that-people who PRAY TOGETHER-STAY TOGETHER Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father James McKarns