SIGNS OF GOD'S LOVE

SIGNS OF GOD'S LOVE


The Pharisees were PESSING Jesus=
They were looking for some
KIND of sign=that Jesus
Was the MESSIAH


But the TRUTH was=the only
SIGNS they were going to get
Were the signs that Jesus
Had already been giving


The signs of HIS GOODNESS=love=
Generosity and compassion=he was
SHOWING them=as he shows us
The signs of his
EVERY DAY LOVE


“The Pharisees came forward
And began to ARGUE
With him=seeking........


A sign from heaven
To test him


Jesus sighed
From the depth
Of his SPIRIT” Mark 8:11-12


The truth is that the PHARISEES
Ill-willed testing shows us
That their HEARTS were
ALREADY CLOSED


How about us?=Are our hearts
COMPLETELY closed too?


Closed to God and Jesus' everyday
Love and coincidences=they saw
People HEALED=demons cast out
The dead RAISED=and thousands fed
BY a few loaves of bead
And fish


WE read about the MIRACLES
Everyday in the bible=
Are our hearts HARDENED too?


CAN'T we SEE the signs
Of God's and Jesus' every day LOVE
In our lives?


“And God said=
'This is the SIGN
Of the COVENANT
I am making


Between me and you
A covenant
For ALL generations to come


I have set my RAINBOW
In the clouds
And it will be


The SIGN of the COVENANT
Between me and the earth'” Genesis 9:12-13


Signs of GOD'S LOVE=
Includes the RAINBOW=
The covenant of the LORD


“Then some of the Pharisees=
And teachers of the law
Said to him=


'Teacher=we WANT to see a sign
From you'” Matthew 12:38


“'WHAT are we going
To do with these men?'=they asked


'EVERYONE living in Jerusalem knows
They have PERFORMED-
A notable SIGN=


And we CANNOT DENY IT'” Acts 4:16


SIGNS OF GOD'S LOVE


As long as we KEEP
Our eyes and ears open=
We can EXPERIENCE goodness
And understand it


We see GOD'S LOVE every day
In a bird singing=in/when
We RENEW ourselves and
FEEL RESTORED
As well as


WHEN family and friends CALL
To check in on us


Or when children or grandchildren
TEACHING us new things


Dear God=Dear Lord=
Help us to keep our EYES and EARS OPEN
To see the SIGNS OF GOD'S LOVE
Every day of our lives


In the names of JESUS and his MOST GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
2-11-18





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