REBUILDING YOUR LIFE

REBUILDING YOUR LIFE


Today we read
In HAGGAI=about the Israelite people
And their RETURN from exile


“Go up into the hill country
Bring timber
And build the house” Haggai 1:8


The people were in
BAD SHAPE=they were lethargic-
Demoralized-and exhausted


Yet they WORKED in the homes
Of the wealthy men=
INSTEAD of working on the TEMPLE=
The HOUSE OF GOD


But God THROUGH
The prophet Haggai
ENCOURAGES them to work
On the Temple=and they do it


God tells the Israelite people
“I am with you”
So they begin working
On REBUILDING the Temple


So how about you?
Have you ever felt
Lethargic-demoralized-and EXHAUSTED?


And you know
You have to REBUILD YOUR LIFE


I have=and it takes
HARD WORK


You have to decide what
You are GOING to PUT IN it
Things like love=honesty=
And SINCERITY
Are GOOD THINGS to
Start with


“For the Lord
Will REBUILD Zion
And appear in his glory” Psalm 102:16


“After this I will return
And REBUILD
David's fallen tent


Its ruins
I will REBUILD
And I will restore it” Acts 15:16


“Therefore this is
What the Lord says=
'I will return
To Jerusalem


With mercy
And my house
Will be REBUILT'” Zechariah 1:16


REBUILDING is an often difficult
Time consuming effort


If it is your life-and
You have been BROKEN=
It can take
The REST of your life


Let us HOPE AND PRAY
When we are OVERWHELMED
By work


That we hear God saying
“I am with you”
To us


Let us ask ourselves=IF we
Need to
REBUILD OUR LIFE


Let us START by trying
To live our lives
In the
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT


“But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Is love-joy-peace-


Forbearance-gentleness
And self-control” Galatians 5:22


Let us ask ourselves
WHAT DO WE NEED to do
Rebuild in our lives


And what SMALL STEP can
I take
To begin?


Dear Lord=we PRAY to you
For strength and encouragement
In REBUILDING our lives


And that we hear
“I AM WITH YOU”


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
9-25-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.