THAT PERSONAL TOUCH

 

THAT PERSONAL TOUCH

Two thousand years ago

It wasn't quite so easy

To keep in touch with people

No telephone-no face book-

No instagram-e-mail-or even twitter

PERSONAL TOUCH ONLY

“For God did not give us

A spirit of cowardice

But rather of power

And love-and self-control” 2 Timothy 1:7

Don't get me wrong=I use

Face book and e-mails daily

But I have never sent a text

In my life-NOT even one

I still like to give people

A HUG-

HAND WRITE notes and cards

And send birthday cards

THAT PERSONAL TOUCH

“She said to herself,

'If I only

TOUCH his cloak

I will be HEALED'”

“Jesus said to her,

'Take heart daughter,'

He said,

'Your FAITH has healed you'

And the woman was healed

At that moment” Matthew 9:21-22

In Jesus' time

ALL they had

Was personal talk-

And personal touch

Research-suggests-

That people's hearts and minds

ARE more likely to be changed

By PERSONAL CONTACT

And-by my own experience-

I LOVE the one-on-one contact

The one-on-one approach

The one-on-one phone call-

the one-on-one e-mails

And one-on-one personal talk/touch

Through HUGS-notes-cards-etc.,

Jesus KNEW-

Jesus understood that this is

The BEST form of contact

TOUCH ME-HEAL ME

Jesus did MOST oh HIS HEALING

One-on one

“He sent out

HIS WORD

And healed them

He rescued them

From the grave” Psalm 107:20

Jesus sent out the twelve

“HEAL the sick

Raise the dead

Cleanse those

Who have leprosy

FREELY you have received

Freely give” Matthew 10:8

And today-we are his apostles

We are the 12

I WISH I could sit down

And tell every single person in this world

HOW MUCH God loves us/LOVES THEM

How much God loves

EACH and every one of us-

INDIVIDUALLY

GOD'S POWER of love

God's power to CHANGE the world

Comes from that personal touch

That personal contact

May you FEEL it today

If not from me

From someone that you LOVE & respect

From someone with whom you have

THAT PERSONAL TOUCH

Robert P. Wallman

1-25-16

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

1-29-2019 and 1-23-24-2021