OPENING OUR HEARTS TO GOD

OPENING OUR HEARTS TO GOD


We WORSHIP a loving God
A God that LOVES US
With everything he has


The least we can do
Is OPEN our hearts
To him and RECIEVE his love


“He said to the man
With the withered hand
'COME up here before us'” Mark 3:3


I wonder HOW this man-felt-
To be SINGLED OUT by Jesus


I wonder if he was confused
Or disturbed or was he so-
PROUD-to be singled out by Jesus-
That he wanted to GIVE TESTIMONY


That IS how I feel-even today-
So PROUD to be singled out-
By Jesus-SO PROUD


“And this GOSPEL of the kingdom
Will be preached
In the whole world


As a TESTIMONY
To all nations
And then
The end will come” Matthew 24:14


And I-Robert-TESTIFY that God-
And Jesus
Have SAVED my life


Multiple times-and have SUSTAINED ME
THROUGH this journey called life


Through ALL kinds of hardships
LIFE-testify=PROOF
All by itself=of God's
CONTINUED EXISTENCE


Dear Lord-Dear God
HELP us to OPEN our hearts
To God and Jesus-all through our lives
And TESTIFY to how
THEY have sustained us


Let us ALL
OPEN OUR HEARTS to God


“I will open my mouth
With a PARABLE


I will utter hidden things-
Things from of old-” Psalm 78:2


That is what Jesus did
AGAIN and again
To explain
The mysteries of God


The least we can DO
Is OPEN OUR HEARTS-to God-
And to Jesus


And GIVE our PERSONAL TESTIMONIES
Of how our God HAS helped us
On this journey called life


Again and again
GOD INVITES US
To LET GO
Of our expectations


Death LEADS to life
Judgment leads to MERCY
And God CAN USE
EVERYONE of us


OPENING our hearts to God
Is needed for FAITHFUL DISCIPLESHIP


WE are all NEEDED by God
Needed as healers-as teachers-
And as MINISTERS of the faith


God needs you
God and Christ LOVE YOU


OPEN YOUR HEARTS to God
And to Christ


He can USE YOU
In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
1-17-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.
(FRANCISCAN SISTER of PERPETUAL ADORATION)