IN THE ARMS OF LOVE

IN THE ARMS OF LOVE Jesus died for us With his arms OUTSTRETCHED Nailed to the cross He was BRINGING The WHOLE world to him You-me-ALL of us- Even in a-sometimes-seemingly God forsaken world His death Was bringing us LIFE Was bringing us To and in the ARMS OF LOVE “As Jesus drew NEAR Jerusalem He saw the city And wept over it........” Luke 19:41 He KNEW What was to come His own death But he was NOT Weeping for himself He was WEEPING For the cold hard-headed nature OF his people And of the Romans And in the year 70AD the Romans Would destroy Jerusalem And he wept then Just as he wept=I AM SURE In the aftermath of 911 When the WORLD TRADE CENTER Was under attack And I WONDER if he is STILL weeping today As a seemingly fractured America With 50% of the people Each voting for a different President One thing that we STILL know Is that whatever-America Is-it is safe in The ARMS OF LOVE And whatever comes God is RIGHT HERE with us Praying-helping-sustaining- And loving us He LOVES this whole big world With his arms outstretched “SING to the Lord A new song For he has DONE marvelous things His right hand And his holy arm Have worked salvation For him” Psalm 98:1 We are SAFE In the arms of LOVE “With my great power And my outstretched arm I MADE the earth And its people And the animals That are on it And I give it To anyone I please” Jeremiah 27:5 YES-that's right The whole world BELONGS TO GOD So whatever is wrong in the world Whatever is wrong In our country And in our SMALL LIVES We are STILL Safe-in the ARMS of love The name Jerusalem-means PEACE So God is right here With us In whatever ways Our peace is shattered He TOOK on the cross For us And we are NOT in this battle-these battles ALONE We are HELD UP In the arms of love In whatever way(s) Our world is torn apart God weeps with us In our suffering- MY brothers and sisters No matter what Is wrong in the world We are SAFE IN the ARMS OF LOVE And God and Jesus WILL BRING LIFE Out of our circumstances In Jesus' name-WE PRAY Robert P. Wallman 11-16-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston