LIVING THE AUTHENTIC LIFE!

LIVING THE AUTHENTIC LIFE


Do you live
An authentic life


By that I mean
Are your words-actions-
And prayers along the same lines


Or are you hypocritical
Like so many of us are today


Authentic means
“To be real or genuine”
(NOT copied or false)


By my account
Jesus Christ
Was the most authentic man
Who ever lived


He was
BORN in the spirit
He lived and died
In the spirit


And WHEN he
Left this world
He left his SPIRIT OF LOVE behind
For all of us


His spirit of love
His spirit of forgiveness
And his spirit of kindness


“Jesus journeyed
From one town and village
To another


Preaching and proclaiming
The GOOD NEWS
Of the KINGDOM of God” Luke 8:1


For a Christian follower
A life only makes sense
If it is in
The footsteps of Jesus


LIVING love and kindness
Acting love and forgiveness
And praying for others
And wishing them LOVE AND HAPPINESS


And forgiving them
IF they have offended you
In some way


WITH Jesus-there is
Not only purpose
But meaning and direction


UNCONDITIONAL LOVE-unlimited compassion-
And living with real hope and true peace


And if you are living these things
You are living an AUTHENTIC LIFE
Just like Jesus


“The REALITY-however-
Is found in Christ” Colossians 2:17


“For my flesh is REAL food
And my blood is real drink


Whoever eats my flesh
And drinks my blood


REMAINS in me
And I in them” John 6:55-56


With Jesus
We have the LOVE
Of God
Present and available to us


Jesus guides us
Through life
Jesus shows us
How to live


He teaches us
HOW to serve one another


And he gives us
THE GREAT COMMISSION


To follow him
And SPREAD the Word
Of God


To anyone and everyone
Who is ready to hear it


“Then Jesus came to them
And said,


'ALL authority in heaven
And on earth
Has been given to me


THEREFORE
Go and make disciples
Of all nations


Baptizing them
In the name of the Father
And of the Son
And of the Holy SPIRIT


And teaching them
To obey everything
I have commanded you


And SURELY
I am with you ALWAYS
To the very end
Of the age'” Matthew 28:18-20


I can think of
NO greater life
Than DISCIPLESHIP to Jesus


And being his companion
And FRIEND
As we travel
Through life


For this is
The way to
LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE


FOLLOWING the ONE TRUE/
And most authentic life
That ever lived=IN JESUS CHRIST


Robert P. Wallman
9-17-15




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. John Dear




2-3 & 4-2019