WELCOMING HIM FOREVER

WELCOMING HIM FOREVER


Don't you just hate it=
The stores seem like
They are STARTING to prepare
For Christmas-
AS early as Halloween


But how about Isaiah=
The POET OF ADVENT=
He is hanging lights
And trimming the tree=600 years
BEFORE the big day


“Comfort=give comfort
To my people
Says your God” Isaiah 40:1


And on and on and on=
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem” Isaiah 40:2
“Make straight in the wasteland-
A highway for our GOD” Isaiah 40:3


Yes we are to prepare
Ourselves=for the COMING of
The Lord=this Advent
And every Advent


We need to MAKE ROOM
In our hearts
For the coming of the LORD


Yes WELCOME our Lord FOREVER=
Every day this Advent and
Every day of OUR LIVES


Make room for the COMING
Of Jesus=CELEBRATE!


“Whoever WELCOMES
One of these little children
In my name
WELCOMES ME


And whoever WELCOME ME
Does not welcome me
But the one
Who sent me” Mark 9:37


“........and you will
Receive a RICH WELCOME
Into the eternal kingdom
Of our Lord
And Savior Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:11


“Anyone who WELCOMES them
Shares in
Their wicked work” 2 John :11


Yes we need to PREPARE
For the Lord=this Advent
As Christmas approaches


We need to prepare for
The Lord
With self-examination
And repentance


But Advent is NOT
A gloomy time=
It is a JOYFUL TIME


And no matter how
FAR we have STRAYED
From Jesus=he will come
And FIND US


The question is=is WHEN he finds us
Will he find a WELCOMING HEART?


Will he find a JOYFUL HEART=
Just waiting for JESUS?


“Worship the Lord
With gladness


Come before him
With JOYFUL SONGS” Psalm 100:2


“May your father and mother
Rejoice=May she who
Gave you birth
BE JOYFUL” Proverbs 23:25


This Advent PREPARE ROOM
For the Lord


And be JOYFUL-
As you wait for him-
LIKE ISAIAH


In the name of Jesus=and in the name of our ever PATIENT FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
12-9-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick