PLAIN AND ORDINARY YOU

PLAIN AND ORDINARY YOU


Do you KNOW
That God loves you
That Jesus loves you


Just the way that you are
PLAIN AND ORDINARY YOU?


He wouldn't love you
Any more
If you ACHIEVE outstanding things
And he doesn't love you
Any less=


If you accomplish nothing
With your life
He loves you
For WHO YOU ARE


He loves you
THE PLAIN AND ORDINARY YOU


“A prophet is NOT
Without honor=except


In his native place
And his own house” Matthew 13:57


Sometimes we hear
About the politicians
Who often are NOT POPULAR
In their own states
But are popular NATIONALLY


It is COMMON WISDOM
And Jesus presents it
As such


A prophet is
NOT HONORED=in
His own home town


But they=his town
RECOGNIZED his wisdom


“Coming to his hometown
He began
Teaching the people
In their synagogues
And they were amazed


'WHERE did this man
Get this WISDOM
And these miraculous powers?'
They asked” Matthew 13:54


But they didn't want
To accept Jesus as
THE MESSIAH


Maybe because of the familiarity
Maybe because they KNEW
His parents


They were looking
For a high priest
They were looking for
A military leader


They didn't want to
ACCEPT the PLAIN AND ORDINARY Jesus
They thought=he was
Just a guy from Nazareth


But we are SPECIAL
To Jesus=us PLAIN
AND ORDINARY FOLKS
Like you and me


“........since what
May be known
About God=is PLAIN to them


Because God has
Made it known to them” Romans 1:19


“When they saw
The courage
Of Peter and John


And realized
That they were unschooled
ORDINARY MEN


They were astonished
And they took note
That these men
Had been with JESUS” Acts 4:13


And us=PLAIN ordinary people
Are the 21^st century apostles
OF JESUS


His SPECIAL ORDINARY men and women
Of today


Dear Lord=please give us the
FAITH and the VISION
To see you
In EACH and every one of us
The MEN AND WOMEN of today


In the name of Jesus=and his ALWAYS LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
7-31-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose