ENCOURAGE AND TOUCH SOMEONE!
Today we celebrate
The VISITATION=Mary's visitation
To Elizabeth=BOTH
Were with child
The gospel accounts say
Elizabeth was FILLED
With the Holy Spirit
Have you ever WONDERED-
How Elizabeth's voice might
Have ENCOURAGED Mary=
Might have TOUCHED Mary=
And helped Mary=move forward
In her MISSION with God?
“Elizabeth FILLED with the Holy Spirit
Cried out-in a loud voice and said=
'Most BLESSED are you
Among women=and blessed
Is the fruit
Of your womb'” Luke 1:41-42
Elizabeth ENCOURAGED
And touched Mary=
WHO can we
ENCOURAGE AND TOUCH today?
With our voices=How can
The SPIRIT use us?
ENCOURAGE AND TOUCH SOMEONE TODAY!
“You Lord=
Hear the desire
Of the afflicted
You ENCOURAGE them=
And your listen=to their cry” Psalm 10:17
“The people read it
And were glad
For its ENCOURAGING MESSAGE
Judas and Silas=who themselves
Were prophets=said much
TO ENCOURAGE=and strengthen the believers” Acts 15:31-32
Elizabeth HELPED build community
By proclaiming-
The faithfulness of God
It was LIFE-ALTERING=probably
For both of them
And it can be=for us too
If we LET the Holy Spirit
Into our hearts=and do something
To ENCOURAGE AND TOUCH SOMEONE!
Today=on their path
And on their journey with
THE LORD!
“Saul also=went to his home
In Gibeah=
Accompanied by valiant men
Whose hearts=had been TOUCHED” 1 Samuel 10:26
“People brought
All their sick to him
And begged him
To let the sick
Just TOUCH=the edge
Of his cloak=
And all who TOUCHED it
Were healed” Matthew 14:35-36
We will NEVER KNOW=how Elizabeth's
AFFIRMATION=touched Mary=
And we will
Never know
How our words and actions
Have TOUCHED someone else's life
ALL we can do
IS COOPERATE
With the HOLY SPIRIT
And HOPE we TOUCH and
ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TODAY!
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our always ENCOURAGING Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
5-30-2021
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! To all of you=and may we all REMEMBER all of our
FALLEN SOLDIERS TODAY
Love you ALL!
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