WE DO NOT ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME

WE DON’T ALL=HAVE=

TO BE THE SAME

 

Isn’t it WONDERFUL

That we LIVE in a world

With so much DIVERSITY

 

IT IS=as long as

We RESPECT each other=

And their DIFFERENCES

 

We DON’T ALL have to be alike

In order to get along=We just have to RESPECT

Each other=no matter

What we/they look like

And what they BELIEVE

 

EVERYONE is entitled

To their point of view

 

“In my FATHER’S HOUSE=

There are MANY dwelling places”                                                                                                     Johm 14:2

 

And there is a ROOM for all

As long as they LIVE by

THE GOLDEN RULE-

 

And Jesus’ teachings on LOVE=

On forgiveness=and ON the BEATITUDES

 

LIVE!=the GOLDEN RULE

DO unto others=it can be=IT IS

That simple

 

There is a REASON God

MADE us all different

There is a reason for your DIVERSITY

 

You are UNIQUE-you are

GOD’S MASTERPIECE=and he loves you

Because he MADE YOU

 

There is NO ONE ELSE in this world

EXACTLY LIKE YOU

 

“COME-let us

BOW DOWN in worship

 

Let us kneel

Before the Lord=OUR MAKER”                                                                                                       Psalm 95:6

 

“HE is the MAKER=

Of heaven and earth-

The sea=

And EVERYTHING in them-

 

He REMAINS faithful forever”                                                                                                              Psalm 146:6

 

“I PLANTED the seed

Apollos watered it

But God

 

Has been MAKING it grow

So neither the one-who planted

 

Nor the one who waters

BUT ONLY GOD=

Who makes things GROW”                                                                                                1 Corinthians 3:6-7

 

YES-we all are DIFFERENT

And we all GROW=in DIFFERENT ways

 

Physically=spiritually=and emotionally

 

And we all can have

Our OWN UNIQUE spiritual gifts=

To GIVE to the world

In whatever way that we CAN

 

For me=it’s usually through

Cards and gifts=poems=

Or a KIND or ENCOURAGING WORD=

In some way=shape=or form

 

WHAT is it for you?

How is the HOLY SPIRIT

Working in your life?

 

We are MADE differently

In this world=and they are

UNIQUE TO YOU

 

“For

WHAT makes you different

From anyone else?

 

What do you have

That you did not receive?

 

And IF-

You did receive it-

WHY do you boast

As though you did not?”                                                                                                            1 Corinthians 4:7

 

MY FRIENDS=we do NOT all

Have to be the same

 

We can ALL have a

COMMOM CAUSE=

No matter what package we come in

 

LIKE a friend of my Father’s

USED to say to him:

“Bob=when God made you=He BROKE the mold=

 

And he beat the hell

OUT of the mold maker”

 

That is probably TRUE

Of all of us

 

YES=like Jesus said=

There are MANY ROOMS-in

My FATHER’S HOUSE

 

And each and everyone of us

Is WELCOME THERE I am sure

 

In Jesus’ name

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-11-17

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O’Donoghue