INCREASING TRUST AND LOVE

 

INCREASING TRUST AND LOVE

Mary remembered and PONDERED

Everything in her life=the SAME

That most of us do=

The good and the bad

But what EXACTLY

Did Mary ponder

She REFLECTED on everything=

Gabriel's announcement=Jesus' conception=

Her visit to Elizabeth

Joseph's initial anguish and

His INCREASING TRUST AND LOVE

She pondered on=

The ARDUOUS TRIP to Bethlehem=

The birth in the stable-

The visit of some shepherds

NOT just the good things=

But the painful and mysterious things

OF GOD

For Mary knew=nothing was BEYOND

The SCOPE of God's love

In her life

And we SHOULD KNOW=nothing

Is beyond=the scope of God's love

IN OUR LIVES

“Mary kept all these things-

REFLECTING ON THEM

In her heart” Luke 2:19

In this NEW YEAR=let us

RENEW ourselves=let us remember

And ponder the things

That comprise=our daily lives

Whether they are pretty=painful

GOOD=or steeped in

The MYSTERY OF GOD

Let us renew ourselves

In the KINGDOM OF GOD=

Let us know that=EVERY DETAIL

Of our lives=matter to God

“Create in me=a pure heart=O GOD

And RENEW=a steadfast spirit

Within me” Psalm 51:10

“But those who hope

In the Lord=

Will RENEW their strength

They will soar

On wings like eagles=

They will run-

And not grow weary

They will walk

And not be faint” Isaiah 40:31

May we ALL RENEW

Our faith and TRUST in God

Just like Mary did

KNOWING that nothing

Can happen to us=

That is BEYOND the reach

Of God's SAVING LOVE

INCREASING OUR TRUST AND LOVE

For God=just like Mary did-

Pondering and remembering

God's love for us=in the

Dark days of our lives

TRUSTING GOD!

“TRUST in the Lord

And do good=dwell in the land

And enjoy safe pasture” Psalm 37:3

“Now it is required

That those

Who have been given

A TRUST=must prove faithful” 1 Corinthians 4:2

Dear wise and GRACIOUS GOD=

Teach us like Mary

To remember and PONDER

All the things

In our DAILY LIFE

Both good and bad

We TRUST this to you=

Just like our dear Mary did

In Jesus' name =and in the name of our ALWAYS FAITHFUL FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

1-01-2021

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.