MY FAITH MAKES ME HAPPY

MY FAITH MAKES ME HAPPY IF I were To ask you WHAT makes you happiest In life- What would you say? For me-it IS the 3 F'S- FAITH-FAMILY-and FRIENDS- And they ARE all intertwined My FAITH MAKES me happy Very very happy “........for our FELLOWSHIP Is with the Father- And with the Son-Jesus Christ” 1 John 1:3 In fact-the HAPPIEST part Of my day IS when I am saying my MORNING PRAYERS- My ROSARY-and reading my bible Followed CLOSELY by a daily phone call From my sister Terri-and many other CALLS To and from my sister Mary-and other family And friends THROUGHOUT the week MY FAITH Is a SIGN of GOD'S LOVE For me And his adoption of me As a CHILD OF GOD And that makes me very VERY HAPPY I feel like I am A PART of A huge family- As BELIEVERS in God And I wish EVERYONE had that FAITH I wish everyone in this world Felt a PART of that family And felt that LOVE FOR GOD And love for EACH OTHER Maybe we wouldn't have The kind of world That we currently live in IF everyone felt Truly related to EVERYONE ELSE In this world-with ONE LOVING FAITH- Maybe-we would have A MORE loving world My faith MAKES ME HAPPY It truly does “........ Have FAITH In the Lord your God And you will be UPHELD Have faith in his prophets And you will be SUCCESSFUL” 2 Chronicles 20:20 “THEN he touched their eyes And said: 'According to your FAITH Let it be DONE to you' And their sight was RESTORED Jesus warned them sternly- 'See that NO ONE Knows about this' But they went out And SPREAD the news About him ALL over the region” Matthew 9:29-31 My FRIENDS-we are ALL Part of the FAMILY OF GOD- The family of Christ We are ALL part of The SAME family=the HUMAN FAMILY And children of God We are part Of a fellowship of people WHO ARE LOVED Brothers & sisters in God Brothers & sisters in Christ CHILDREN of a LOVING GOD “BLESSED are the peacemakers For they will be called Children of God” Matthew 5:9 My dear friends- MY FAITH indeed-DOES MAKE ME HAPPY It leads me to LIVE Out of love- Out of forgiveness- And out of kindness If you are a BELIEVER And living this way YOU ARE Part of my FAMILY And I am SURE- YOUR FAITH MAKES you happy too Robert P. Wallman 12-26-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy