THE SOFT GENTLE TOUCH OF GOD AND JESUS

THE SOFT GENTLE TOUCH
OF GOD AND JESUS
God and Jesus do NOT always
Clobber us=with their message=
They reach out in a
SOFT GENTLE WAY
Like a gentle breeze-
On a hot summer night
"A bruised reed he
Will not break
A smoldering wick
He will not quench........"                                                                                                      Matthew 12:20
This verse speaks to us
Of the SOFT-GENTLE touch of God=
God lets us be FREE
To choose our own path
It is THIS LIFE that
Clobbers us=
When we make poor choices
Sometimes even-our good choices
LEAD US ASTRAY
In God and Christ's
SOFT gentle touch
We can sense
The PRESENCE OF GOD
"A GENTLE answer
Turns away wrath
But a harsh word
Stirs up anger"                                                                                                                                Proverbs 15:1
"........for I am GENTLE
And humble in heart
And you will find rest
For your souls
For my yoke is easy
And my burden is light"                                                                                                        Matthew 11:29-30
"Be completely humble
And GENTLE=
Be patient
Bearing with one another
IN LOVE"                                                                                                                                         Ephesians 4:2
SOMETIMES=we have to remember
When the tough-difficult times come
That GOD CAN BE in them too-
He could be trying to
STEER us in a new direction=
He could be REACHING OUT
And trying to steer us
To his COMFORTING PRESENCE
Our LIVING-LOVING God
Is always present=
Sometimes it is
Just a TOUCH=
A gentle presence
Calling us to a deeper
TRUST in God
The soft gentle TOUCH
Of God and Jesus
We LOOK for God
In the great and POWERFUL
Wind=in earthquakes=in fire
But he is often
In a "GENTLE WHISPER"
As 1 KINGS 19:12=tells us
God is GENTLE-
GOD IS SOFT
Our God is a GREAT GOD=
And is in the big
Things=of this world
But he is soft and gentle too=and
He likes to put us
AT EASE
"May I continue
To find favor
In your eyes
My Lord,'=she said
'You have put me
At EASE by speaking kindly
To your servant.......'"                                                                                                      Ruth 2:13
So when you are
LOOKING for God and Jesus' answer
Sometimes just look
For their SOFT GENTLE TOUCH
In the name of Jesus=and the GENTLE LORD GOD OUR FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
7-18-19

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue