APPRECIATING OUR GIFTS!

APPRECIATING OUR GIFTS


We all have
Been given
GIFTS from God the Father


We have ALL been TOUCHED
By the many signs
Of God's love and GOODNESS


“Then some of the scribes
And Pharisees said to him=
'Teacher=we wish to see
A SIGN from you'” Matthew 12:38


APPRECIATING the GIFTS
From GOD the FATHER


We have been GIVEN
The precious ability
To LOVE
And receive love


And to APPRECIATE
What is beautiful
In our lives


God gives us the GIFTS
To BRING JOY to ourselves=
And others=
AND TO HIM


APPRECIATING the GIFTS
From God the FATHER!


“For the wages of sin
Is death


But the GIFT OF GOD
Is eternal life
In Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 6:23


“I wish that all of you
Were as I am


But each of you
Has your own GIFT
FROM GOD


One has this GIFT-
Another has that” 1 Corinthians 7:7


“Every good and PERFECT GIFT
Is from above


Coming down from the Father
Of the heavenly lights-
Who does not change........” James 1:17


And our GREATEST GIFT
Is LIFE=and the BEST
We can do


Is to USE OUR LIFE
To praise God=the Father=
And his SON=Christ Jesus


Sometimes we FORGET
What we have been given=
And that can CAUSE
A lot of unhappiness
Within us


The scribes and PHARISEES
Were not satisfied
With their lives


They wanted more=
They wanted a SIGN
From Christ


And that could be
A LESSON for all of us=
NOT being satisfied
With our gifts
And our LIVES FROM GOD


“Jesus performed
Many other SIGNS
In the presence
Of his disciples


Which are not recorded
In this book” John 20:30


TODAY we pray
That we may=
More deeply= APPRECIATE
The GIFTS-
We have received


And for the WAYS=to recognize
HOW they have ENRICHED
Our lives


Today we say THANK YOU
For the GIFTS of our life


And the gift of
ETERNAL LIFE with Christ Jesus


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our GIFT-GIVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
7-19-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth E. Grabner, C.S.C.