WHO IS IN FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE?

WHO IS IN FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE? WHO is in first palace In your life? Or what? In your heart In your mind In your soul FOR ME-it is God- And his Son-Jesus He has ALWAYS been there Way back-since my transformation That began-WHEN I was 22 Although-I have had MANY people Tell me- That they think I was ALWAYS THAT WAY I guess- I would have to AGREE And right behind God Has always been MY FAMILY “But if SERVING the Lord Seems undesirable to you Then CHOOSE for yourselves This day Whom you will serve” Joshua 24:15 Make God A PRIORITY in your life MAKE HIM number 1 Joshua is challenging The Israelites To choose God TO SERVE GOD Not the pagan gods ALL around them Joshua makes his choice With a STRONG personal commitment “But as for me And my household WE WILL serve the Lord” Joshua 24:15 I MAKE the same choice That Joshua did I will LOVE GOD FIRST Till the end of time And I will attempt to love Family, friends- And ALL of mankind Until the end Of my days ( the first two commandments-as given to us in Mark 12:30-31) I make That SAME CHALLENGE To the people of today Put God first Put GOD AND FAMILY Above sex-Above money-above science And ABOVE everything else In today's world You can ONLY choose ONE first LET IT BE GOD “NO ONE Can serve two masters Either You will hate the one And LOVE the other Or you will be devoted To the one And despise the other You cannot serve BOTH God and money” The secular culture PROMISES other “gods” Can replace The empty places In our hearts But ONLY God can ONLY LOVE CAN Only God-only Jesus Can nourish our souls Only ACCEPTING Christ Only by accepting his body and blood Can we BECOME-ONE in union With Christ Too much for some of us To handle-YOU BET But Saint Peter-the ROCK Gets it right Jesus asks him: “Do you also want to leave?” And Peter responds: “MASTER-to whom shall we go You have the words OF ETERNAL LIFE” John 6:67-68 I'm with Jesus-I'm with peter And there I will REMAIN For as long As I shall LIVE How about you? WHO is in FIRST PLACE In your LIFE? I HOPE you can say Like Joshua “As for me And my household WE WILL SERVE THE LORD” Robert P. Wallman 8-20-15 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.