RESPONDING WITH A GRATEFUL YES

RESPONDING WITH A GRATEFUL YES


God made a PROMISE
To Mary=one that
Was FULL of mystery


Though Mary didn't UNDERSTAND
HOW the promise
Would be fulfilled


Or HOW
It would affect her life=
She responded with
A resounding YES


She received the PROMISE
Of God and said “YES”


“Blessed are you
Who believed
That what was spoken


To you-by the LORD
Would be FULFILLED” Luke 1:45


I think maybe
We ALL= can learn something
From this


The Lord makes PROMISES
To us=too
He promised us that
He would always be


With us=and he is=
With his ADVOCATE=his Holy Spirit


The Lord helps us
KEEP our promises too


I promised God=NOT KNOWING
If I would live to
Make another breath


“To LIVE for my family=friends=
And all people everywhere
IF I LIVED”


I will be 65 years old
Next January=God willing


“RESPONDING WITH A GRATEFUL YES”


“My comfort in my suffering
Is this


Your PROMISE=PRESERVES
My life” Psalm 119:50


“Hopes placed in mortals
Die with them


All the PROMISE
Of their power
Comes to nothing” Proverbs 11:7


“He redeemed us
In order
That the blessing


Given to Abraham
Might come to the GENTILES
Through Christ Jesus


So that by faith
We might receive
The PROMISE of the Spirit” Galatians 3:14


And the Lord
Has left us with the ADVOCATE-
His HOLY SPIRIT


The Lord promised us
If we love him
We will bear FRUIT


And he PROMISED US
Our relationship with him
Will last FOREVER


So we are with him
Forever=
In life and death


“The Lord is NOT SLOW
In keeping his PROMISE


As some understand slowness
Instead=he is patient
With you


Not wanting anyone to perish
But everyone=
To come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9


God's promises are full
Of mystery=like Mary
We DON'T KNOW
How they will


Be fulfilled=in our lives
ONLY THAT THEY WILL


But like Mary
We can RESPOND
With a trusting heart
And a GRATEFUL “YES”


Dear Lord=we are grateful
For the PROMISES of our life


In Jesus'=and his FATHER'S NAME=that are so full of PROMISE


Robert P. Wallman
5-30-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.