ONE STEP AWAY

ONE STEP AWAY We are made In GOD'S own image He HELPS us along EVERY step of the way And he wants us To ALWAYS do good Unfortunately-IF we are honest With ourselves We have to admit We are one step away From a fall “Therefore- Whoever thinks he is Standing secure Should take care NOT to fall” 1 Corinthians 10:12 The truth is No matter how hard we try No matter how hard We want to do good Is that we all Have personal weaknesses And no matter how hard We try We DON'T always live up To the potential Or the good That we want to do WE are one step away From a fall from grace “The Lord upholds ALL who fall And LIFTS UP All who are bowed down” Psalm 145:14 “All this I have told you So that you Will NOT fall away” John 16:1 The truth is WE CANNOT FALL If we are living In the grace Of the Lord And if we do He will lift us Back up IF we but just ask- Ask for his- For the LORD'S FORGIVENESS We just need THE GRACE of the Lord But we do need To RECOGNIZE That we live In a fallen world We need to REALIZE That we need The HELP of God In dealing with our weaknesses On this journey through life We also need to realize That our very own weaknesses CAN bring us to God That is what happened to me ONCE I quit fighting My weaknesses And just ACCEPTED them MY WEAKNESSES Brought me to God- And CREATED the very ministry Within me-that I needed To HELP me help others It gave me a PURPOSE In life “In the same way The Spirit helps us In our weakness We do not know What we ought to PRAY for But the Spirit himself Intercedes for us Through wordless groans” Romans 8:26 “THREE times I pleaded With the Lord To take it away from me (Paul's weaknesses) But he said to me 'My GRACE is sufficient for you For my power is made perfect In your weakness'” 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 So the truth is WHILE we are ALL Just one step away From a fall from grace The truth is also That we are ALL just one step away From the GOOD NEWS Of the Lord And one step away From God HELPING US Walk safely on the path That leads us to a fuller life A FULLER life in God And in the SPIRIT We only need to ask Dear Lord PLEASE SET US FREE Robert P. Wallman 2-27-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth E. Grabner, C.S.C.