OUR EYES AND OUR EARS TOO

OUR EYES AND OUR EARS TOO Do your eyes Need opened To see the VISION of God In this world How about your ears Are they plugged Or stuffed up Are you ready To LEAP to your feet And sing the praises Of God Isaiah=the POET of advent Was a forerunner In the old testament And Jesus' cousin-John Was a forerunner to Christ To prepare the way For the COMING of the Lord BOTH in their own ways Were sent to prepare The world for OUR LORD- And Savior-Jesus Christ To come into the world “Then will The eyes of the BLIND Be opened The ears Of the deaf be cleared Then will the lame-leap Like a stag Then the tongue Of the mute-WILL SING” Isaiah 35:5-6 Our HEARTS Must be opened For the coming of the Lord OUR eyes and our ears too! And John the Baptist- Said of himself and Jesus “HE must increase-and I Must decrease” John 3:30 Our Jesus must become GREATER Within my heart Within our hearts And myself=my selfish sinful self Must become less this advent As we prepare For the coming of the Lord Our hearts MUST become open For the coming of the Lord Our eyes and our ears too We must LEAP And dance for joy We must SING The everlasting PRAISES of our God “I will open With a parable I will utter Hidden things Things-from of old-” Psalm 78:2 And that is HOW Jesus taught us That is how Jesus Spoke to us-IN PARABLES “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire But my eyes You have OPENED Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did NOT require” Psalm 40:6 Dance and sing for JOY PRAISE GOD For all of everlasting time “Let me LIVE That I may praise you And may your laws SUSTAIN ME” Psalm 119:75 And that's what I want to do OPEN my heart Open our hearts So that we may PRAISE GOD For all of eternity With open loving hearts And with OUR EYES AND EARS TOO! Robert P. Wallman 12-6-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Macrina Wiederkehr, O. S.B.