HOW LUCKY THEY WERE-HOW LUCKY WE ARE

HOW LUCKY THEY WERE- HOW LUCKY WE ARE The disciples of Jesus' day WERE very fortunate men I wonder IF they knew HOW LUCKY THEY WERE That they got to walk The trails and valleys With Jesus That they got to EXPERIENCE The great Jordan River And Dead Sea with him They saw him HEAL the blind CURE the sick And bring back the dead (In the case of the Widow Nain's son, Lazarus, and on several other occasions) HOW LUCKY THEY WERE “Amen-I say to you Many prophets and righteous people LONGED to see What you see But did not See it And to hear What you hear But did not Hear it” Matthew 13:17 They were LUCKY They experienced Jesus UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL I wish I had been there HOW about you? But we NEED NOT Envy them We experience The SAME privilege As the original Apostles Even though We don's see and hear Jesus In the same way The original Apostles did HOW LUCKY WE ARE! “ENTIRELY on their own They urgently pleaded with us For the PRIVILEGE of sharing In this service to the Lord's people” 2 Corinthians 8:4 But we needn't plead For the privilege To SHARE the good news EVERY CHURCH In this country Has a need For VOLUNTEERS And we experience Jesus EACH DAY WHEN we say our prayers And read the SCRIPTURES Or attend daily MASS Or church service And in a SPECIAL WAY We experience Jesus EACH time we run Into a person in NEED We have the opportunity To HELP SOMEONE “May your mercy Come quickly To meet us For we are In desperate need” Psalm 79:8 “SHARE With the Lord's people Who are IN NEED Practice hospitality” Romans 12:13 YES!-HOW LUCKY the disciples Of yesteryear were To experience Jesus And YES- HOW LUCKY WE ARE To RECEIVE the opportunities That we receive To be his disciples IN TODAY'S WORLD Robert P. Wallman 7-22-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in Living Faith Magazine by Sister Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.