THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS IN OUR LIVES

THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS IN OUR LIVES The presence of God Is in our lives And it first began To become REAL When Mary said yes To the ANGEL Today we celebrate The birthday of Mary= The real blood=the real LOVING PRESENCE of a mother To our lord and Savior Jesus “Behold-the virgin Shall have a child And bear a son And they shall name him- Emmanuel” Which means, “God is with us” Matthew 1:23 And YES he is with us In the PRESENCE of the HOLY SPIRIT ever since And the entire HOLY FAMILY= Joseph-Mary-and Jesus ARE with us to teach us FAMILY-love-peace-and unity Yes-the presence of Mary- The PRESENCE of Jesus-HIS DIVINITY- And SPIRIT gives us life They live-they dwell in us Yes the PRESENCE of God- In his SPIRIT-lives within us “Because of my integrity You uphold me And set me free In your presence FOREVER” Psalm 41:12 “For Christ Did not enter a sanctuary Made with human hands That was only a copy Of the true one He entered HEAVEN itself Now to appear for us In God's presence” Hebrews 9:24 “THIS is how We know that we belong To the truth And how we set our hearts At rest-IN HIS PRESENCE If our hearts condemn us We know that God is greater Than our hearts And he knows everything” 1 John 3:19-20 The gift of the presence Of God-the presence of Jesus- And the HOLY FAMILY LIVE in our lives Emmanuel is the incarnation Of God in our world- In our lives And the mystery of the Holy FAMILY The love of the Holy Family- Is with us UNTIL the end of time GOD is indeed with us Today we ponder-we think about Who and where God is taking us To today Who is he asking us to help? Who is he asking us To take his love to? Who is in NEED Of his love? Who needs to SEE the PRESENCE of God living in us today? “Do not hold against us The sins of past generations May your MERCY Come quickly to meet us For we are in desperate need” Psalm 79:8 Yes dear Lord=we are In desperate need of your presence In our lives May the example of the HOLY FAMILY- Of Mother Mary, and you DEAR LORD LIVE FOREVER in us YES to Emmanuel=yes to the Holy Spirit And yes to Mother Mary=and all the LOVE LIVING WITHIN THEM The PRESENCE of the Lord God= LIVES IN US Robert P. Wallman 9-7-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah Meister