CRYING OUT FOR THE LORD!

CRYING OUT FOR THE LORD! Do the CIRCUMSTANCES Of your life Cause you to CRY OUT For the Lord? Maybe a chronic illness- Or daily pain Or financial limitations-the loss Of a job- Or broken relationship(s) LET us take a look back To chapter 18 of Saint Luke's Gospel “A blind man shouted, 'Jesus-Son of David have pity on me!'” Luke 18:38 There it is-a blind man Sitting at the side Of the road-begging He hears a commotion And asks what is happening The people do NOT tell him Instead they scold him And tell him to shut up But he IGNORES them And continues to cry out And KEEPS shouting things like: “Hey I am over here- I need your help” CRYING out to the Lord! Don't you just FEEL for him Don't you just feel How life is PASSING him by He is one DETERMINED MAN-and He is PERSEVERING in prayer Sometimes-we ALL just need to Cry out-HOLLER out for the Lord: “I need you-I want you- I LOVE you Lord” Persevere! “Watch your life And your doctrine closely Persevere in them Because if you do You will SAVE both yourself And your hearers” 1 Timothy 4:16 “You NEED to persevere So that when you Have done The WILL of God You will receive What he has PROMISED-for 'In just a little while He who is coming Will come And will NOT delay'” Hebrews 10:36-37 And you KNOW what happened To this poor blind man Finally-Jesus hears-pays attention- And HEALS the blindness In this poor unfortunate man And Jesus will HEAR our pleas too He will eventually RESPOND WITH MERCY For us and in us So keep on CRYING OUT TO THE LORD Keep on PERSEVERING The Lord will eventually HEAR your prayers “This is the CONFIDENCE We have in approaching God: That if we ask anything According to his will HE HEARS US” 1 John 5:14 My dear friends= The Lord heard my prayers And gave me ANOTHER chance at life He heard the poor blind beggar And he will hear you too So KEEP CRYING OUT to the Lord! Give him control You can TRUST the HOLY ONE With your life HE HEARS YOU! In Jesus' name, Robert P. Wallman 11-14-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.