LIFE IS A LABOR OF LOVE

LIFE IS A LABOR OF LOVE Life is a labor Of love For ALL of us We CREATE The life that we want Because we BELIEVE IN LOVE We believe In what We are doing NO MATTER how difficult For love- LOVING GOD- And loving others Makes all The difference in this world “For this I labor And struggle In accordance With the exercise Of Christ's power WORKING WITHIN ME” Colossians 1:29 WE MUST REMEMBER That this world Was CHANGED For the better-once Through the PERFECT LOVE Of our Lord-Jesus Christ And his Mother Mary And today-we CELEBRATE Mary's birthday And her courage To say “YES” to the ANGEL “'I am the LORD'S SERVANT,' Mary answered, 'May your word to me BE FULFILLED' Then the angel left her” Luke 1:38 For Mary Life truly was A LABOR OF LOVE As she carried Her son Jesus For nine months Her love The love between The two of them=Jesus and Mary Jesus' PERFECT LOVE- And God and the Holy Spirit Changed the world I too-MAYBE you too Want to change The world again THROUGH LOVE But we must remember Our love-our work Our HOPE come from GOD ALONE “YES-my soul Find rest in God My hope Comes from him TRULY-he is My rock and salvation He is my fortress I will NOT Be shaken” Psalm 62:5-6 There are Many trials and tribulations In life But indeed We CAN go on We must go on For our lives Are a labor of love For God-for others And for ourselves So like Mary- Like-OUR PERFECT REDEEMER-Jesus We continue To move forward As we sense Christ's POWER Working within us Let us create The world we Want to live in A world BASED On loving God And loving others (Even above ourselves) For life is A LABOR OF LOVE Dear Lord- LET IT BE Robert P. Wallman 9-7-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in Living Faith Magazine by Sister Melanie Svoboda, S.N.D.