CHANGE=THE PROCESS OF LETTING GO AND MOVING ON

CHANGE=THE PROCESS OF LETTING GO- AND MOVING ON LIFE is nothing-if not- But of CHANGE- And it is painful But we can get THROUGH it- Because of the ONE CONSTANT In our lives God LOVES YOU and me- And that never changes-no matter what stage Of life that we are in- IN our lives “Amen-amen-I say to you UNLESS a grain FALLS to the ground And dies-it REMAINS just a grain Of wheat But if it dies- It PRODUCES much fruit” John 12:24 I am NOT talking About the/a literal death here NOT even ours I AM talking about The various STAGES of our life And CHANGES we go through And the pain We must DIE to ourselves At each stage And move on No matter how much pain is involved We leave our LOST fruit behind And move on to the NEW stage Of our life-to PRODUCE New fruit But GOD'S LOVE accompanies us And MOVES ON to the new stage Of our life with us “Then he said to them all WHOEVER wants to be my disciples Must DENY themselves And take up their cross daily And FOLLOW ME” Luke 9:23 “We are HARD PRESSED On every side But not crushed Perplexed-but not in despair Persecuted-but not abandoned STRUCK DOWN-but not destroyed We ALWAYS carry around In our body-the death of Jesus So that the LIFE of Jesus May also be REVEALED In our body” 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 LET GO-and move on Even though change is painful It is something We must continuously do To reveal God and Jesus' love to others To produce NEW FRUIT For others and in others We are born-we are children- We move on to adolescence-young adulthood- Middle age-old age-and we die And we die to EACH STAGE And from each broken relationship To produce new fruit In others And no matter how painful We do it-and we do it In life and with gratitude for the old And MOVE ON to the new CHANGE is nothing we can't handle WHEN the life and love of Jesus Is INSTILLED in our hearts “If you really CHANGE Your ways and your actions And deal with each other JUSTLY If you-do not oppress The foreigner-the fatherless And the widow And do not shed innocent blood In this place And if you do NOT FOLLOW Other gods to your own harm........” Jeremiah 7:5-6 “I-the LORD-do not change- So you-the descendant's of Jacob Are not destroyed” Malachi 3:6 And we-the descendants- Of God and Christ-must simply MOVE ON in LIFE and LOVE FOLLOWING Christ our leader And his ways of love-forgiveness- And KINDNESS We must LET GO-and MOVE ON To the deeper experiences Of our life UNLESS the grain of wheat FALLS- And dies-and we move on We won't produce new fruit LET GO-MOVE ON-my brothers and sisters And may you PRODUCE much fruit WHEREVER your life takes you In Jesus' name Robert P. Wallman---8-10-16 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.