DIFFICULT=KEEP FORWARD IN CHRIST JESUS

DIFFICULT=KEEP MOVING FORWARD
IN CHRIST JESUS


We LIVE in difficult
Times today=I am SURE
They were DIFFICULT
Back in Jesus' times too


Especially when HE
Went back
To his home town=and
They REJECTED HIM


“He was amazed
At their
LACK OF FAITH” Mark 6:6


What a difficult TIME=
It must have been
For Jesus


To go back to
Your home=difficult
With DOUBT=blank stares
And rejection


These days are difficult times
For us too=
In today's world


This world LACKS FAITH=
And there is violence=conflict=
And so LITTLE HARMONY
In this world


All we can do
Is keep
MOVING FORWARD
In Christ Jesus


Keep being a PRESENCE
Of God=and Jesus
And LOVE=in this world
FOR OTHERS


Hopefully when others=
Think of us=others will THINK
Of God and LOVE TOO


“In the shelter
Of your PRESENCE
You hide them
From all human intrigues


You keep them safe
In your dwelling
From accusing tongues” Psalm 31:20


“Where can I go
From your Spirit?
Where can I flee
FROM YOUR PRESENCE?” Psalm 139:7


“To him-
Who is able


To keep you
From stumbling
And to present you


Before his GLORIOUS PRESENCE
Without fault
And with great joy........” Jude :24


WHERE was the FAITH
Of Jesus' family=friends=
And neighbors=
OF HIS COMMUNITY?


How DIFFICULT it
Must have been
For Jesus


But Jesus kept
MOVING FORWARD in faith


And that is all
We can KEEP ON DOING=
Is keep moving forward
IN FAITH=in this world


“For in the gospel
The righteousness of God
Is revealed


A righteousness
That is BY FAITH
From first to last


Just as it is written
'The righteous
Will live BY FAITH'” Romans 1:17


So let us KEEP LIVING
In the BEATITUDES
In this DIFFICULT WORLD


Let us FOLLOW
The example of Jesus=
And encourage others=
As we keep MOVING FORWARD
In the LOVE of Jesus


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR EVER LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
2-4-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.