A SHARED MISSION

A SHARED MISSION Jesus and his cousin-John Came to earth On A SHARED MISSION FAMILY TIES- Ties that bind The message That makes ALL the difference “His head Was brought on a platter And given to the girl Who took it To her mother His disciples Came and took away The corpse And buried him And they went And told Jesus” Matthew 14:11-12 IMAGINE how Jesus Must have felt WHEN HEARING of his cousin John's death And betrayal And his head Being served on a silver platter I have cousins That I am very close to In my life I can ONLY IMAGINE How Jesus must have felt I can tell you That WHEN I learned Of my cousin Jimmy's death In his 50's And my cousin Mary Ann's death In her 30's I FELT AWFUL Jesus and John SHARED A MISSION With their lives John the messenger PREPARING THE WAY Jesus the ACTUAL MESSAGE The walking and talking OF GOD'S LOVE “The spirit himself TESTIFIES with our spirit That we ARE GOD'S CHILDREN And if we Are children Then we are heirs Heirs of God And co-heirs with Christ IF indeed we share In his sufferings In order That we may also SHARE In his GLORY” Romans 8:16-17 So Jesus SHARED in John's sufferings Just as John shared In JESUS' FUTURE GLORY And just As I shared In the lost lives Of my cousins- I get to share In the FUTURE GLORY Of our FAMILY We are ALL On a SHARED MISSION IN THIS LIFE To continue to bring GOD'S LOVE And Jesus' life To this earth No amount of setbacks Will thwart us And mo matter How many people have to die GOD'S GLORY WILL TRIUMPH in the end We are on A SHARED MISSION To feel That LEAP OF JOY WHEN God's love When Jesus' love SPREADS To every single person On this earth That is OUR SHARED MISSION Robert P. Wallman July 31st, 2015 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston