ALL SIDES OF LIFE

ALL SIDES OF LIFE

 

Jesus EXPERIENCED all sides of life

The SAME as we all do=

BOTH darkness and JOY

 

“PAY ATTENTION=to what I am

Telling you=The SON OF MAN

Is to be HANDED over to men”                                                                                    Luke 9:44

 

Life OFFERS us all KINDS of experience

The JOYS of love=the beauty of NATURE=

And the GIFTS of sight and sound

 

UNFORTUNATELY=there is tragedy

In life too=as Jesus FOUND OUT

All too well

 

He EXPERIENCED failure=

He experienced betrayal- and he

Experienced loss=LOSS of his

Very own life

 

He CHOSE to experience

Bothe the HAPPY SIDE and the

Dark side=as we all do

 

Jesus KNEW all sides of LIFE

The happy side and the SAD-dark side

He knew the LOVE OF FAMILY LIFE

LOVE with his mother and father

 

He experienced the PLATONIC LOVE of

And WITH a GOOD WOMAN=and with Mary Magdalene

He had HAPPY times and joyful times

 

“But may the RIGHTEOUS be glad

And REJOICE before God

May they be HAPPY and JOYFUL”                                                                                   Psalm 68:3

 

“Is anyone HAPPY?  Let them sing

SONGS OF PRAISE!”                                                                                                               James 5:13

 

Let us GATHER around the CHRISTMAS TREE

And sing songs of HAPPINESS

About our Lord Jesus Christ

 

And yet the LORD KNEW

The dark times of life

He ACCEPTED disappointment-betrayal

And even=DEATH on the cross

 

But the cross GAVE WAY

To the RESURRECTION

=And a NEVER ENDING JOY

 

We too WILL EXPERIENCE all sides

Of life=and may we REMEMBER

The darkness ULTIMATELY PASSES-

And our JOY will LAST FOREVER

In the KINGDOM of our Lord

Jesus Christ

 

In the name of OUR LOVING FATHER

And Christ Jesus his SON

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-29-17

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.