LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE

LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE Looking back Could you have PREDICTED WHERE you are In your life right now I could NEVER Have predicted That as a young man I would SURVIVE Three life and death operations And live a whole life With an UNPREDICTABLE chronic illness I could never have predicted That I would be LIVING In South Florida And spending My time SEARCHING for God And searching for A deeper MORE SPIRITUAL And HOLY life “This is the will Of God-YOUR HOLINESS...” 1 Thessalonians 4:3 How about you Could you have PREDICTED The course of your life And are you searching FOR GOD-for truth And for LOVE in your life Are you searching For a deeper More HOLY life With God “Ascribe to the Lord The GLORY Due his name Worship the Lord In the splendor Of his holiness” Psalm 29:2 And another thing About our JOURNEY Through life What we think Is “good” or “bad” At the time In RETROSPECT Often turns out to be Just the opposite over time I could NEVER HAVE PREDICTED That having this illness That my life BEING totally out of my control Could brine me THIS CLOSE to God And this close To my FAMILY AND FRIENDS In this life “The priest answered them 'Go in peace Your journey Has the LORD'S APPROVAL'” Judges 18:6 How about you Could you have seen SOME of the wonderful outcomes Of some of the twists and turns Of your life Could you have predicted How something That seemed so great Could end up bringing An UNEXPECTED sad circumstance LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE And only the LORD KNOWS Where we are going And how we are going To get there ONE thing I know is That wherever we are in life LIFE is about the giving And receiving OF LOVE Along the way SHARING our successes and failures In life=WITH each other And life is a CALLING Toward a deeper holiness “It is because Of him(GOD) That you are In Jesus Christ Who has BECOME for us WISDOM from God That is our RIGHTEOUSNESS- HOLINESS-and REDEMPTION” 1 Corinthians 1:30 TODAY=on this feast Of Saint Augustine Let us acknowledge LIFE'S UNPREDICTABILITY And let us REMEMBER As Augustine himself showed us It is NEVER TOO LATE For conversion It is never too late To become a Christian And DISCIPLE OF CHRIST For that is-in life's unpredictability What we are CALLED to BECOME: A disciple OF GOD And Jesus Christ In this world A calling Toward a deeper HOLINESS In our SEARCH FOR GOD-for truth- And For love In this crazy mixed-up world That we live in Robert P. Wallman 8-27-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn