A SPECIAL KIND OF HOPE=BRINGING LIFE

A SPECIAL KIND OF HOPE=
BRINGING LIFE


Today we read about Jesus
BRINGING a SPECIAL KIND of HOPE
To a widow=the widow NAIN
To be SPECIFIC


Who just lost her SON=in so MANY
Of the stories=SOMEONE comes to Jesus
And ASKS for help


But TODAY=this time Jesus SEES the
Woman=and IMMEDIATELY acts
With GREAT COMPASSION to her suffering


“When the LORD saw her
He was MOVED with pity
For her and said to her


'DO NOT WEEP'=he stepped forward
And TOUCHED the coffin........
And he said


'Young man--------I tell you ARISE!'” Luke 7:13-14


This woman had not only
Just lost her SON-
But as a woman


In a patriarchal society-
She had NOT ANY PROTECTION


But Jesus BRINGS LIFE
And HOPE out of a desperate situation


A SPECIAL KIND OF HOPE=Jesus
BRINGING LIFE=
Out of a dire situation


As he did with me
WHEN I was on my deathbed
When I was 22=next January
I WILL BE 63 years young


“YES=my soul=
Find REST in God
My HOPE=comes from him” Psalm 62:5


“But those
Who HOPE in the Lord
Will RENEW their strength


They will SOAR on wings
Like eagles
They will run
And NOT grow weary


They will walk
And not be faint” Psalm 40:31


There is a SPECIAL KIND of HOPE
In the LORD=there is a SECOND CHANCE
With the LORD=A special KIND OF HOPE!


We FIND God=we find JESUS
At the CROSSRODS of our life=a devastating rejection=
A major health crisis-we ARE
At the CROSSROADS of our life


Like the Widow NAIN=Jesus will STEP UP
And give us a SPECIAL KIND of HOPE=
At the CROSSROADS of our life


“THIS is what the Lord says:
'Stand at the CROSSROADS and LOOK
Ask for the ancient paths-


And WHERE the good way is-
And WALK in it


And you will FIND REST-
For your souls


But you said-
'We will not walk in it'” Jeremiah 6:16


Like the widow Nain= we need
To SOMEHOW get the LORD'S ATTENTION
We need to get HIS HELP


For a SPECIAL KIND OF HOPE=
HOPE out of a hopeless situation=
LIFE out of death


Like the widow NAIN'S SON


“The Lord is MY LIGHT
And my SALVATION-
whom shall I fear?


The LORD
Is the STRONGHOLD of my life-----
Of whom shall I be afraid” Psalm 27:1


“In him was LIFE
And the life that was LIGHT
Of ALL MANKIND


The light SHINES in the darkness
And the darkness
Has NOT overcome it” John 1:4-5


So IF you come to
The CROSSROADS of your life
REACH OUT to Jesus
Reach out to the Lord


For a SPECIAL KIND OF HOPE=and
A special KIND OF LIFE and LOVE


In the name of Jesus OUR LORD=and HIS MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-15-19 for TUESDAY 9-19-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston