DO YOU LIVE WITH JOY AND HOPE?

DO YOU LIVE WITH JOY
AND HOPE?


ARE you living with
JOY & HOPE in today's world?


I often FEEL that way
Because of the GOOD news
Of Christ and the apostles
From yesteryear


THEY spread the good news
That we should ALL
Have that HOPE
When LIVING in the love
Of God and Christ


“SING joyfully to the Lord
Break into song-SING PRAISE” Psalm 98:4


It's a great PLAN
Until I watch
The daily news


So much evil-so much killing
That IS when my plan
Starts to falter
To FALL APART


Reluctance sets in
I WAVER right in the middle
Of my joyful soul


But somehow we MUST
OVERCOME this
We must KEEP BELIEVING
The good news=the love-and
Joy and HOPE of Christ


And SPREAD the good news


WE must POUR our joy
And our love
Into a world that wants
To spread violence and hate


SPREAD the good news
Of the Lord
Spread the good news of LOVE
In this world


“So the WORD of God spread


The number of disciples-in-
Jerusalem spread rapidly


And a LARGER number
Of priests
Became OBEDIENT to the faith” Acts 6:7


YES!-that is what LOVE DOES
It spreads the word
In the midst of hatred
-And violence
Love OVERCOMES fear!


“But the word of God
CONTINUED to spread and flourish” Acts 12:24


“In this way
The WORD of the Lord
Spread WIDELY and grew in power” Acts 19:20


This world NEEDS to hear
Your JOY & HOPE


To spread our fear and anger
In a world
Already enslaved to it
Is NOT HELPFUL


Let's start today
Let us WATCH for the good news
Let us watch for the
GOOD news of this world


Let us watch
For the GOOD PEOPLE


There is good news
ALL around us
And good people


And WHEN we see it
Let us spread the joy
Let us SPREAD the HOPE


“FILL my heart
With joy


When their grain
And new wine ABOUND” Psalm 4:7


“There is SURELY
A FUTURE HOPE for you


And your hope
Will NOT be cut off” Proverbs 23:18


Evil spelled backwards is L-I-V-E


Let us live
With JOY & HOPE
ALL the days
Of our life


This world NEEDS
to hear the GOOD NEWS


In the name of God-and
HIS SON-Jesus Christ


Robert P. Wallman
1-23-17





INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.