BEARING WITHIN US+THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST

BEARING WITHIN US
THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST


There are MANY people who
Are ILL in this world


I=myself=after surviving three acute operations
When I was 22=have SURVIVED
Many years with Crohn's disease=
And ENDURED four more intestinal operations


ALL of us have something
We have to deal with=and
ALL of us have some particular
TYPE of sin=
That we have to deal with


We all NEED doctors=need ministers and priests=
And MOST essentially
NEED God and Christ


“Those who are well-
Do NOT need a physician


But the sick do” Matthew 9:12


EVEN healthy people need personal
Health checkups=and even really
GOOD PEOPLE=need SHEPHERDING
To keep from straying


STRIVING to stay healthy is
DIFFERENT from suffering with a disease


And all of us SINNERS
Are struggling whether
We acknowledge it or NOT


Last year=Pope Francis designated it
As a year of DIVINE MERCY
And there is NOTHING like
MERCY from God=or mercy
From another to PICK US UP


We are ALL BEARING
Within US the PRESENCE OF GOD


And we NEED to give that
PRESENCE & MERCY back and forth
To one another


“Because of my INTEGRITY
You uphold me
And set me
In your PRESENCE FOREVER” Psalm 41:12


“How can we THANK God enough
For you in RETURN
For all the JOY


We have in the PRESENCE
Of our God because of you?” 1 Thessalonians 3:9


“This is HOW we know
That we BELONG
To the truth and how we set
Our hearts at REST
IN his presence” 1 John 3:19


BEARING within us
The PRESENCE OF GOD


As Christians=we bear withing us
The presence of Christ=and it
IS OUR JOB to bring MERCY
To everyone that we meet


WHETHER they know it or not


“Remember Lord-your great MERCY
And LOVE=for they
Are from of old” Psalm 25:6


“WHOEVER conceals their sins
Does not prosper


But the one who CONFESSES
And renounces them FINDS MERCY” Proverbs 28:13


“As you know
We COUNT as BLESSED
Those who have persevered


And have seen
What the Lord
Finally brought about


The LORD is FULL of
COMPASSION and MERCY” James 5:11


Dear Lord=we bear WITHIN
The HEALING PRESENCE of God
Because of you


HELP us to be a HEALING PRESENCE
And BRING MERCY to those
We encounter today


In the name of Jesus OUR LORD=
And his MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-16-17 for Thursday 9-21-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen