CLOSER TO OURSELVES=CLOSER TO GOD

CLOSER TO OURSELVES=
CLOSER TO GOD


ANXIETY is common
In today's world=it is
Something we all DEAL WITH
In one form=or another


And yet I feel
As we GROW AND MATURE
And become closer
To ourselves


We become CLOSER TO GOD
And deal with our anxiety
BETTER than we used to


“.......Tablets that were made
By God=
Having inscriptions


On them=
That were engraved
By God himself........” Exodus 32:16


Today we celebrate the
FEAST of saint Martha=
Who is very ANXIOUS
As we read
In Luke 10


Jesus-in fact-tells her
She is ANXIOUS or at
Least worried


“Martha-Martha=
The Lord answered
'You are WORRIED and upset
About many things=
But few things
Are needed-------


Or indeed only one


Mary has chosen
What is better
And it will not be
Taken away from her'” Luke 10:41-42


Mary was INTENT on
LISTENING to Jesus
And hearing the WORD OF GOD


Becoming CLOSER TO OURSELVES
Becoming CLOSER TO GOD


Martha must have taken
Jesus to HEART


Because later on
In John12
She utters ONE of the greatest
Gospel statements of FAITH


When it appears
Her brother Lazarus
Has died=
Jesus says to her


“I am the RESURRECTION
And the life


The one who believes
In me=WILL LIVE
Even though they die


And whoever LIVES
By believing in me
Will never die


Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26


“Yes Lord'=Martha replied
'I BELIEVE
That you are the MESSIAH
The SON OF GOD


Who is to come
Into the world'” John 11:27


As we all know=the
BROTHER of Martha and Mary
Was brought back to life
By Jesus


May we all deal
With our ANXIETY
Like Martha did


By becoming
CLOSER TO OURSELVES
By becoming
CLOSER to God


Miracles still HAPPEN!
In today's world


And even if we are
ANXIOUS and troubled
Let us become LIVING TABLETS


That REVEAL God and Jesus
To others=Dear Lord
We have=COME TO BELIEVE


In the name of Jesus=and our ALWAYS calm-COMFORTABLE Father


Robert P. Wallman
7-27-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco




Saint Martha's feast day is July 29th