NOT JUST WORDS

NOT JUST WORDS
God uses=the GOSPEL USES=
Words like=
Freedom=love=and FORGIVENESS
SOME who read these WORDS
Are actually captives
IN prison or jails
But the greater MAJORITY
Of us=are BOUND in
Our own habitual sin=or
To our weaknesses
"The Lord sets
Captives FREE"                                                                                                                                       Psalm 146:7
We are all CAPTIVES of
This world=in ONE WAY
Or another
Or MAYBE we are
Captives of our own selves=
Because of our INABILITY
To forgive
Or because-
We INSIST on
Holding a GRUDGE
We become
PRISONERS of ourselves
"My son-
If you accept MY WORDS
And store up
My commands within you........"                                                                                                    Proverbs 2:1
"Heaven and earth
Will pass away
But my WORDS
Will never pass away"                                                                                                                Matthew 24:35
"This is
What we speak
NOT IN WORDS
Taught us by human wisdom
But in WORDS
Taught by the Spirit
Explaining spiritual realities
With SPIRIT-TAUGHT WORDS"                                                                                      1 Corinthians 413
Many families are torn APART
Because of wounds=because
ONE MEMBER=is unable
To forgive another member
PRIDE sets is=and so does
Resentment-cynicism-and anger
When you are living
With these things=
It is hard
To find
The JOY IN LIFE
Maybe we NEED to
Get back to those words
That Jesus spoke so
Much about=
"FREEDOM-LOVE-FORGIVENESS"
They are NOT just words
They are the teachings
For us to TAKE TO HEART
For us
To live as FREE PEOPLE
"He upholds
The cause of the oppressed
And gives food
To the hungry
The Lord sets
PRISONERS FREE"                                                                                                                            Psalm 146:7
In the gospel=Jesus
ENCOUNTERS people broken by sin
He uses WORDS like=
"Freedom=love=and forgiveness"
IF we take them to
OUR HEARTS=and really live them
We really CAN BE FREE
In Jesus' name=and in the name of of our almighty=FREEDOM LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
6-17-19

Ps        INSPIRED by ab article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen