UNMET EXPECTATIONS-LOOKING TO GOD-LOOKING TO OURSELVES

UNMET EXPECTATIONS-LOOKING TO GOD- LOOKING TO OURSELVES WE live In a world Where our expectations- For others For ourselves EVEN for God Often go unmet Or unrecognized IF you have someone In your life That FULFILLS your expectations- Or beyond- In whatever area Of your life HOLD ON to them With all you got For even Jesus was LESS THAN the apostles expected “Can anything good Come from Nazareth?” John 1:46 That was Nathaniel's response To Philip telling him That he found the Messiah They were looking For a Messiah That was going to overthrow The Romans And the world With military power NOT one looking To CHANGE the world With LOVE Even his hometown Of Nazareth Let him down “BUT Jesus said to them: 'A prophet Is not without honor Except in his own town And own home' And he could not Do any miracles there Because of their Lack of faith” Matthew 13:57-58 Unmet expectations Unrecognized expectations But Jesus Turned out to be MORE than they hoped THE MAN who conquered death And no one before-and no one since Has ever done it Or will ever do it MORE than they hoped People Will let you down In this world I know that FOR A FACT And TRY as you might With all you got You will Let someone down too During the course of your life But you won't IF you BUILD Your life On the POWER OF GOD Once you get To that point You won't anymore either “An I tell you That you are Peter And on this ROCK I will BUILD my church And the gates of hell Will NOT overcome it” Matthew 16:18 “Heaven and earth Will pass away But my WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY” Matthew 24:35 You will have UNMET EXPECTATIONS In this world You will Let others down In this world UNLESS YOU BUILD Your life On the WORDS OF GOD LOOK AROUND For God-For Jesus In this world I guarantee you He is here He especially CALLS to us In the LIVES of the poor The lives of the lonely- The downtrodden-and the suffering It is the HURTING Of this world That PULLS us out of ourselves So that we can HELP OTHERS With unmet expectations By building our lives More DEEPLY-on the POWER OF GOD And the POWER OF Jesus Robert P. Wallman 8-23-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE By Fr. Stephen Behrens, O.C.S.O.