RIGHT BESIDE US

RIGHT BESIDE US


WE all go through life
The BEST that we can


But NONE of us make
It through life without
SUFFERING=yet we should CONTINUE
To PRAISE GOD


For he WALKS
RIGHT BESIDE US


NONE of us have suffered
As much as JOB
But he continued to PRAISE GOD


“The Lord gave and the Lord
Has taken away
BLESSED be
The NAME of the Lord” Job 1:21


When we look at Job's DAY
Maybe we shouldn't be
So quick to COMPLAIN
When we are
Having a BAD DAY


Listen to Job's day
He lost his oxen and herdsmen
His sheep and shepherds


And ULTIMATELY his own family=
His sons and daughters


“In all this
Job did not sin
By CHARGING God
With wrongdoing” Job 1:22


For he KNEW something
We ALL should know
God doesn't want us to suffer


And when we are suffering
He is there
RIGHT BESIDE US


He tries to LIFT us up
He=God=
Tries to UPHOLD US


“For the power of the wicked
Will be broken


But the Lord
UPHOLDS the righteous” Psalm 37:17


“So do not FEAR
For I am with you
Do not be dismayed


For I am
Your God


I will strengthen you
And help you
I will UPHOLD YOU


With my righteous right hand” Isaiah 41:10


Our God HATES to see
Us SUFFER
He tries to LIFT us up
When we are in the MIDST
Of falling


He is RIGHT BESIDE US
He is with us


The story of JOB brings us
The question=”WHY?”
Why do any of us
Have to suffer?


We have NO ANSWERS
It is part of life
Since Adam and Eve
We live in a FALLEN WORLD


But we know that we
Have a TENDER-LOVING GOD
We know he is
NOT A SPECTATOR


We know our God
Is RIGHT BESIDE US
Walking with us


“When Jesus spoke again
To the people=
He said=


'I am
The LIGHT of the world
Whoever FOLLOWS ME


Will never WALK in darkness
And will have
The LIGHT OF LIFE” John 8:12


We have a GOD
Who WALKS with us=
RIGHT BESIDE US


In our suffering=and
In our LOSS
We NEVER WALK ALONE!


In the names of Jesus and HIS HOLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-30-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.