MERRY CHRISTMAS!/IN THE STILLNESS OF OUR HEARTS

IN THE STILLNESS OF OUR HEARTS


In the STILLNESS of our hearts=
TODAY=the NEWBORN CHILD
Has come


BRINGING ALONG with him NEW HOPE-and
New DREAMS for us ALL=the ability
That all things
Will be made NEW


There is ALWAYS something
SPECIAL in the air at Christmas=
A new season=FAMILY GATHERINGS=
New HOPE abounding


“And the WORD became flesh
And made his DWELLING among us
…................” John 1:14


CHILDHOOD wonders from Home
To HOME=Family gatherings around=
YES=but there is STILL MORE to come


YES=behold the light and
The celebrations=the SAME message
In Christ's birth UNTIL TODAY


IN THE STILLNESS of our
HEARTS=we FEEL the newness=
We feel the AWE=we feel
The COMING of OUR LORD


“SEE=I will CREATE
New heavens and a NEW EARTH


The former things
Will NOT be remembered
Nor will they
Come to mind” Isaiah 65:17


“'Go stand in
The temple courts'
He said,


'And TELL the people
All ABOUT this new life'” Acts 5:20


“PRAISE be to the God
And Father of our LORD
Jesus Christ


In his GREAT MERCY
He has GIVEN us NEW BIRTH
Into a LIVING HOPE


Through the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ
From the dead


And into an INHERITANCE
That can NEVER PERISH=
Spoil=or fade” 1 Peter 1:3-4


IN THE STILLNESS
Of our HEARTS
We find NEW HOPE=new LIFE=
And NEW BEGINNINGS this Christmas


This CHRISTMAS DAY=let us
Sit in SILENCE=listening=let us
Let the NEWBORN CHILD=come
To us=in the STILLNESS
OF OUR HEARTS


HEAVENLY FATHER=we sit in SILENCE
Just WAITING for you


“So I REMAINED
Utterly SILENT


NOT even saying anything good
But my anguish INCREASED” Psalm 39:2


“Even fools are THOUGHT WISE
If they keep SILENT


And DISCERNING
If they HOLD their tongues” Proverbs 17:28


Dear God=OUR HEAVENLY FATHER=
Today we sit in SILENCE
And with OPEN HEARTS


May the WORD MADE FLESH
Be BORN in us=again today=
In the STILLNESS OF OUR HEARTS


MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!
I LOVE YOU!


In the names of Jesus and HIS HEAVENLY FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
12-25-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti