BURNING WITH LOVE

BURNING WITH LOVE


ONE of the great stories
Of Jesus-
After the RESURRECTION

Is the STORY
Of his two disciples walking
When Jesus decided
To accompany them
On the way to Emmaus


Of course-they did
NOT RECOGNIZE him-until-
After he left them


“Then they said-
To each other-


'WERE not our hearts BURNING
Within us-


While he spoke to us
On the way........?'” Luke 24:32


And isn't that
The WAY it is with us
With so many VOICES around


It is easy to become
Confused and disoriented


Our culture-our world
Tells us that life
Is about glamor-about wealth-
And about POWER


But God tells us
Life is about LOVE-forgiveness-
And KINDNESS


As FOLLOWERS of Christ's
Which one do you BELIEVE?
Are our hearts not BURNING TOO?


“You Lord=KEEP my
Lamp burning=
My God=turns my darkness
Into LIGHT” Psalm 18:28


“IF your enemy is hungry
Feed him
If he is thirsty
GIVE him something to drink


In doing this
You will heap BURNING COALS
On his head” Romans 12:20


THEN we have the politicians
Who PROCLAIM to us
That they alone-have
The answers to our problems


Or a distorted preacher
Who PREACHES a gospel
That encourages division and hatred


Jesus gave us the ANSWERS
God gives us the answers
And they are in LOVE
And in UNITY


FORTUNATELY for us
We still have the ability
To RECOGNIZE CHRIST


To SEE the PURE GOODNESS
Of God and to see LOVE in KINDNESS
From one sister or brother to another


Like the disheartened FOLLOWERS
On the road to Emmaus


We recognize the SPIRIT OF CHRIST
In RANDOM acts of kindness-
In conciliatory gestures
And in gestures of GENEROSITY


“May he give you
The DESIRE of your heart


And make ALL your plans SUCCEED” Psalm 20:4


“He answered,
'LOVE the Lord your God
With all your HEART
And with all your strength
And with all your mind


And LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
As yourself'” Luke 10:27


Are our hearts not
OPENING and “BURNING”
BURNING WITH LOVE


As we REVEL in
The GRACIOUSNESS of God”


Robert P. Wallman
4-18-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek