RECOMITTING OURSELVES TO LOVING GOD AND OTHERS

RECOMITTING OURSELVES TO LOVING GOD AND OTHERS (breaking bad habits) The word “LENT” means to Lengthen or long days It is-traditionally- a time- To RECOMMIT OURSELVES To loving God and to loving others It is also a time When TRADITIONAL Christians- (Catholics-some Protestants-and Anglicans) Give up something And so IF you are looking To give up something I suggest bad habits I can think of a few That I have That I wish that I didn't “........Judge your fellow men justly You shall not go about Spreading slander among your kins” Leviticus 19:15-16 I think gossip and slander Are at least one bad habit That we all have In varying degrees Some much less so Some much more Dear Lord-if we have Any gossip in us We ask you to HELP US To remove it And to recommit ourselves To LOVING God And to loving others HELP us To remove this from our hearts- Our minds-and our souls “A gossip Betrays a CONFIDENCE But a trustworthy person KEEPS A SECRET” Proverbs 11:13 “A perverse person STIRS up conflict And a gossip Separates close friends” Proverbs 16:28 Dear Lord-we pray HELP US to return to you This Lent By loving you By loving others And by breaking our bad habits Particularly gossip Bad habits Are tough to break But by CONCENTRATING ON LOVE We can do it FELLOWSHIP and the GRACE OF GOD Gives us the light and the STRENGTH For LIFE-RENEWING CHANGE “CREATE in me A pure heart-O God And renew a steadfast spirit WITHIN ME” Psalm 51:10 “But those Who HOPE in the Lord Will RENEW their strength They will SOAR on wings Like eagles They will run And not grow weary They will walk An not be faint” Isaiah 40:31 Let us take the journey Of FAITH THIS LENT And RECOMMIT OURSELVES To LOVING GOD-and LOVING OTHERS Dear Lord- LET it be so Robert P. Wallman 2-15-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco