YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO!

YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO!


Have you ever felt
EXCLUDED from a group of friends
Or a group of peers
That you really wanted to BELONG to?


I am SURE that you have=I have-we
ALL have-even Jesus was rejected
By his home town and his own people


But OUR God stands with you
He stands with all=he INCLUDES everyone
Even the poor and the “nothings”


YOU COUNT for something
You are SOMEONE=you are INCLUDED
In the kingdom of God


“........God chose the lowly
And despised of the world
Those who count for nothing
….....” 1 Corinthians 1:28


STAND with God-for he-
Will stand FOREVER with you


“I will declare
That your love stands
FIRM FOREVER


That you have established
Your faithfulness in heaven itself” Psalm 89:2


You COUNT-oh YES you do!=
In the kingdom of God-
And in the world of heaven itself


“You will be hated
By everyone-because of me


But the ONE
Who STANDS FIRM to the end
Will be saved” Matthew 10:22


STAND FIRM with God-stand firm
With Jesus-He will stand by you
UNTIL the end of time


“Nevertheless-God's SOLID foundation
STANDS firm
Sealed with this inscription:


'The Lord KNOWS those
Who are his'-and-
'Everyone who confesses
The name of the Lord
MUST turn away from wickedness'” 2 Timothy 2:19


There are NO nothings
There is no one who
Does not matter
In the EYES of the Lord
You are SPECIAL-you are INCLUDED


OUR God is an INCLUSIVE God-
A God who LOVES US ALL


DON'T ever let anyone tell you
That you do not matter
That you are nothing


THESE are the ONES our God
Our Jesus CHOOSES=he keeps us
IN his company=he chooses us
He COUNTS us as special


“You did not choose me
But I CHOSE YOU-
And appointed you


So that you might go
And bear fruit-
FRUIT that will last-


And so that whatever
You ASK in my name
The Father will give you


This is my command:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER” John 15:16


“But we ought ALWAYS
To thank God for you-
Brothers and sisters-
LOVED by the Lord


Because God CHOSE you as his first fruits
To be saved
THROUGH the sanctifying work
Of the SPIRIT


And through BELIEF in the truth” 2 Thessalonians 2:13


So WHOEVER you are in this world
YOU COUNT-You are SOMEONE SPECIAL
In this world


OH YES YOU ARE!-
Forever in Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
1-28-17




INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.