FOLLOWING JESUS!
We are coming off
Of weeks of the
CONTEMPLATION of the prophecy
And expectations=and darkness and light
We have celebrated Jesus' birth=
And his BAPTISM=and now we are getting back
To ordinary time
And HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY
“As he passed by
The Sea of Galilee=
He saw Simon
And his brother Andrew-
Casting their nets
Into the sea=
They were fishermen
Jesus said to them=
'COME AFTER ME=and I will make you
Fishers of men'” Mark 1:16-17
We too=like Simon and Andrew=
And the brothers John and James
And ALL of the other apostles
Are to come after
AND FOLLOW JESUS=we are
To be the MODERN DAY
21st century apostles=
We are to FOLLOW HIM
In love=in word and in deed=
And in forgiveness and kindness
FOLLOW JESUS!
“Moses summoned all Israel
And said=
Hear Israel=the decrees and laws
I declare=in your hearing today
Learn them=
And be sure to FOLLOW THEM” Deuteronomy 5:1
“Then Jesus=
Said to his disciples=
'Whoever wants to be
My disciple-
Must deny themselves
And take up their cross
AND FOLLOW ME'” Matthew 16:24
“When he has brought out
All his own
He goes on ahead of them
And his sheep-FOLLOW HIM
Because they know his voice” John 10 :4
Jesus has just been born=
He is the WORD MADE FLESH
God came to us=
As a helpless human child
Now we FLASH FORWARD=
To Jesus at the age of thirty
And BEGINNING his public ministry
And CALLING his first apostles
They forsake it all=
And FOLLOW HIM=as
We should all do too
We are to COME after Jesus=
We are to
FOLLOW HIM=we are
To LIVE the Word of God
“FOLLOW the way of love
And eagerly desire
Gifts of the Spirit=
Especially prophecy” 1 Corinthians 14:1
“FOLLOW GOD'S EXAMPLE=
Therefore as dearly loved children” Ephesians 5:1
Dear Lord=we hear YOUR CALL-
And we are FOLLOWING=
Just like the original apostles
And brothers=Simon and Andrew
FOLLOWING HIM!
Wherever he may lead
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our forever loving-LEADING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-09-21
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn
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