RESPONDING WITH NONVIOLENT LOVE

RESPONDING WITH NONVIOLENT LOVE


Misunderstanding and persecution have
ALWAYS been part
Of the human experience


And for SURE=Jesus did
NOT AVOID that part
Of the human experience


“PRAISE the Lord
For he has


RESCUED the life
Of the poor
From the power
Of the wicked” Jeremiah 20:13


LIVING a life
Of trying to pursue
PEACE and JUSTICE=and
Speaking the truth
Can LEAD TO all types
Of MISUNDERSTANDING


That is what Jesus did
In a NONVIOLENT WAY
That is
What we are to do too


CHOOSE the PEACEFUL WAY
OF LOVE


“........for kings-
And ALL those in authority
That we may live PEACEFUL
And quiet lives


In all godliness
And holiness” 1 Timothy 2:2


“........to slander NO ONE
To be PEACEABLE
And considerate


And always to be GENTLE
Toward everyone” Titus 3:2


“PEACEMAKERS who sow
In PEACE


Reap a harvest
Of righteousness” James 3:18


It is COSTLY
To pursue peace and justice
And SPEAK the truth


People may avoid us
Or call us names
And SOME may even
LOSE their lives


But JESUS taught us the way=
The way of RESPONDING
With nonviolent LOVE


“He will RESPOND
To the prayer
Of the destitute


He will
NOT despise their plea” Psalm 102:17


“In that day
I will RESPOND
Declares the Lord


I will RESPOND
To the skies
And they will RESPOND
To the earth” Hosea 2:21


YES=Jesus shows us
THE WAY=the way of
Responding in NONVIOLENT LOVE


When the crowds
Want to STONE HIM
Jesus responds


With thoughtful questions
And points out
WHAT MATTERS


He escapes=moves on
And LOVES MORE and more=
Even at the COST
Of his own life


Dear Lord=we THANK YOU
For your love


And we ASK YOU-
To help us IMITATE
Your faithful Son=and


RESPOND to persecution
WITH NONVIOLENT LOVE


In Jesus name=and in the name=of our HOLY LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
4-11-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Julia Walsh-F.S.P.A.