THE RESTORATION OF GOD=SEEKING AND FINDING

THE RESTORATION OF GOD= SEEKING AND FINDING We all LOSE a portion of ourselves As we travel through life Something physically-something emotionally- Something spiritually GOD HELPS us find that portion Of ourselves That we lose SEEK & you shall find=Luke 15 IS ONE of my most favorite parables Of the bible “What woman having ten coins And losing one Would not light a lamp And sweep the house Searching carefully until She finds it?” Luke 15:8 YES-I understand-when I lose something I go a little nuts too UNTIL I can find it Searching here=searching there= I think I have A touch of OCD (okay-maybe more than a little) GOD LOVES us all infinitely- And he loves us when we are With him But when he loses one or a few Of us He SEARCHES for the LOST SOUL Until he can BRING them on home To him Our God LOOKS for us- Searches for us-until he finds us Until he can RESTORE US to grace “Restore us-O God- MAKE your face shine on us That WE may be saved” Psalm 80:3 “Restore us to yourself Lord That we may return RENEW our days As of old” Lamentations 5:21 “And the God of all GRACE Who called you To his eternal glory In Christ AFTER you have suffered A little while Will HIMSELF restore you And make you strong-firm- And steadfast To him be the POWER Forever and ever-Amen” 1 Peter 5:10 Oh how GOOD-to seek and to find To be RESTORED to God again To find the innocence And the grace that we lost GRACE IS PRECIOUS Grace can only be SUPPLIED By God Sometimes we go along in life And we get so caught up In our every day affairs That we DON'T even know We NO LONGER have the presence Of God That we are no longer LIVING in his grace “The WORD became flesh And made his DWELLING among us We have seen His glory The glory Of the One and only Son Who came from the Father FULL of grace and truth” John 1:14 “With GREAT POWER The apostles continued to TESTIFY To the RESURRECTION To the Lord Jesus And GOD'S GRACE Was so powerfully AT WORK In them all That there were NO needy persons among them” Acts 4:33 YES!-there is nothing like SEEKING AND FINDING GOD Finding the grace and JOY of Christ After we have been lost To the world and to flesh There is no joy in this world Like that ANGELS rejoice within me -This child of God Has RECLAIMED the MERCY OF THE LORD In Jesus' name, Robert P. Wallman 11-2-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy