YOU ARE SOMEBODY

YOU ARE SOMEBODY Do you ever feel Like a nobody In this world I do-I think We all do sometimes This world has the tendency Yo BREAK us down To strip us of everything To make us feel valueless But God tells us WE ARE SOMEBODY- That we are ALL WORTHY of dignity Let me tell you about Mary and Elizabeth=by human standards Both “nobodies” “Mary set out And traveled to the hill country In haste In a town of Judah Where she entered the house Of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth” Luke 1:39 Two women=both seemingly nobodies Yet WITH GOD Turning out to be Two of the greatest women Two of the greatest people In ALL of history By the marvel Of the GRACE OF GOD They are SOMEBODY And you and I are- SOMEBODY TOO “With great POWER The apostles Continued to testify To the RESURRECTION Of the Lord Jesus And GOD'S GRACE Was so powerfully at work In them all........: Acts 4:33 “For sin shall NO LONGER Be your master Because you are NOT Under the law But under GRACE” Romans 6:14 GOD'S GRACE Makes us somebody In today's world God's grace GIVES US DIGNITY God's grace Makes us into HIS 21st century apostles and disciples YOU are somebody- In God And it is precisely Through God-that two nobodies Mary and Elizabeth-became somebody And it is through them That SALVATION comes into The world Isn't it amazing WHAT GOD CAN DO Through the weak and the lowly Just imagine what God Can do TROUGH YOU AND ME You are SOMEBODY- in God God can work MIRACLES Through you “But God chose The foolish things Of the world To shame the wise God chose The weak things Of the world To shame the strong” 1 Corinthians 1:27 “That is why For Christ's sake-I delight In weakness-in insults- In hardships-in persecutions- In difficulties For when I am weak- Then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12:10 God turned Mary and Elizabeth-and God turned Saint Paul Into somebody You too are somebody SOMEBODY IN GOD Robert P. Wallman 12-17-15 INSPIRED BY AN ARTICLE IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE bu Sister Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.