NOT A SIGN OF OUR TIMES

 

NOT A SIGN OF OUR TIMES

Jesus gave EVERYTHING

Of himself=for us

He GAVE us his LIFE=

And he gave it

FOR FREE

And he TOLD us=

"Without COST you have received

Without cost you are

TO GIVE"                                                                                                                         Matthew 10:8

Since Jesus did it=as

CHRISTIANS we are

To do the SAME

Unfortunately=GRATITUDE is

NOT a SIGN

Of our times

In this world today

So MUCH comes to us

In this world

WITHOUT COST

Our parents take CARE of us

We are EDUCATED by society

And we are given a PLETHORA

Of OPPORTUNITIES=

To try to make

Our WAY=in this world

Yet many of us think

We are SELF-MADE men=

Or self-made WOMEN

What about the COST

To others?

What about the HELP

That we RECEIVED

Along the way?

"The beginning of wisdom

Is this=get wisdom

Though it COST all you

Have=get UNDERSTANDING"                                                                                         Proverbs 4:7

Don't be like others

BE GRATEFUL for all

The HELP you have received

Even though gratitude

Is NOT A SIGN

Of our times

MAKE it a SIGN

Of your life

"Suppose one of you

Wants to BUILD a tower

Won't you first sit down

And estimate the COST

To see if you have

Enough money=to COMPLETE IT?                                                                                              Luke 14:28

We LIVE in a world

With prosperity

That would ASTOUND previous generations

I think GOD would LOVE

To see us HELP OTHERS

I think God would like us

To be GRATEFUL and WILLING

To SHARE with others

Who are NOT SO BLESSED

IF we recognize

That we have RECEIVED

WITHOUT COST

Then we would willingly

HELP OTHERS

"We wait in HOPE

For the Lord=

He is our HELP

And our shield"                                                                                                             Psalm 33:20

"In everything I did

I showed you

That by this kind

Of hard work

We must HELP the WEAK

Remembering the WORDS

The Lord JESUS himself said=

'It is more BLESSED

To GIVE than to receive'"                                                                                                   Acts 20:35

Let us LEARN

To be GRATEFUL

Then we can make

GRATITUDE=A SIGN

OF THE TIMES

Let it BEGIN=with each

ONE OF US

In Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

7-11-18

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue

ps        7-6-7-2021