SHARED HOPE!

SHARED HOPE!


I have had many FRIENDS
Throughout my life=Catholic friends=
Christian friends=and friends
From all WALKS of life


With that=with MOST of them
We have had a SHARED HOPE in God=
A shared hope=IN EACH OTHER


WE supported each other=we encouraged
Each other=we were there
For each other


“Another is a FRIEND-
A boon companion-
Who will not be with you
When sorrow comes” Sirach 6:10


SORROW is a funny thing=
No matter how much
We are there
For one ANOTHER


We still have to FACE=
When it gets right
Down to it=OUR SORROW ALONE


But my family and friends-
Still PROVIDE something VALUABLE
In times of struggle


EVEN if we cannot always
Have their physical presence=
We feel their LOVE
We feel their encouragement
We will FEEL their
GOOD WISHES for us


We feel SHARED HOPE TOGETHER!


“His master replied=
'Well done
Good and faithful SERVANT!


You have been faithful
With a few things-
I will put you
In charge


Of many things
Come and SHARE
Your master's happiness'” Matthew 25:21


And I think
That is what is SO GREAT
About TRUE family
And friends


When we have GOOD FORTUNE
They are TRULY HAPPY
For us=
And they truly
SHARE their happiness=their warmth
Their LOVE with us


“The hardworking farmer
Should be the first
To receive=a SHARE
Of the crops” 2 Timothy 2:6


HOPE is a funny thing-
Even when we experience sorrow=
WE all SHARE in each others'
HOPE FOR TOMORROW


We all share
In each others'
ENCOURAGEMENT=for good things
To come to us


“Blessed are those
Whose help
Is IN the GOD of Jacob


Whose HOPE
Is in
The Lord their God” Psalm 146:5


“But those
Who HOPE in the Lord
Will RENEW their strength


They will soar
On wings like eagles
They will run
And NOT grow weary


They will walk
And NOT be faint” Isaiah 40:31


Our family and our DEAR
FRIENDS are always there
For us=we SHARE our love
With each other=and there is
Nothing better than OUR SHARED HOPE


And there is nothing better
Than hearing family and friends say=
“I am with you in the STRUGGLE
And I love you”


NOTHING BETTER than having
The PRESENCE of God and the
Presence of OTHERS
In our sorrow


SHARED HOPE=what life
Is all about


In Jesus' name and in the name of our ALL LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
2-28-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy