IT IS EASY=TO SLIP AWAY=FROM GOD'S PRESENCE

IT IS EASY=TO SLIP AWAY=FROM GOD'S PRESENCE


We all remember SOLOMON
In his youthful years=
And how CLOSE
He was to GOD


But in his later years
HE SLIPPED
From his spiritual presence
And he became CARELESS
In his devotion
To God


“........his heart was NOT
ENTIRELY with the Lord
His God........” 1 Kings 11:4


And verse six says
“He did NOT FOLLOW him unreservedly” 1 Kings 11:6


But we all KNOW=
It doesn't take our AGE
To move AWAY from God


INTEGRITY and good habits
Can SLIP from our life


Worthy habits can DIMINISH
At any time=leaving us careless
Forgetful=or negligent
In our RELATIONSHIP
With God


It is EASY
To slip AWAY
From the PRESENCE OF GOD


BE CAREFUL=
Or you will
Slip AWAY from God too


PRAY=read the bible
Go to church=
Say the ROSARY


Do what is RIGHT AND GOOD
For it is EASY
To fall away from God
Like Solomon did


“Is not WISDOM
Found among the aged?


Does not long life
Bring understanding?' Job 12:12


“Children's children
Are a crown
To the AGED


And parents
Are the pride
Of their children” Proverbs 17:6


We should be getting
CLOSER to God as we MATURE=
We should be doing
What is right


But it is easy
TO SLIP AWAY from God's
PRESENCE=we start to stray
We move away


We should take TIME OUT
DAILY=to REFLECT on God
And his presence
IN OUR LIFE


RENEW God's presence
In you DAILY=or soon
You will FIND YOURSELF
Slipping away like Solomon


“Create in me
A PURE HEART O God


And RENEW
A steadfast spirit
Within me” Psalm 51:10


Just REFLECT by yourself-
15 minutes a day=
About the PRESENCE OF GOD
In your life


And this will keep
BEHAVIORS like Solomon's
From taking over
IN your life


In the name of Jesus=and that of our EVER PRESENT GOD


Robert P. Wallman
2-15-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.