WE ARE NEVER HELPLESS=WHEN WE HAVE GOD=IN OUR LIVES

 

WE ARE NEVER HELPLESS

WHEN WE HAVE GOD

IN OUR LIVES

One thing

That I have come to learn

And realize in this life

Is that

We are NEVER HELPLESS

When we have God

LIVING in our hearts

For even when we come

To the end of our own power

When we can do nothing

On our own

God can STILL DO

Amazing things in our life

In fact

That is WHEN

God CREATES his greatest miracles

In Luke 9

Jesus tells us

The most amazing thing

“Jesus-KNOWING their thoughts

Took a little child

And had him stand before him

Then he said to them,

'WHOEVER welcomes this little child

In my name

Welcomes me;

And whoever welcomes me

Welcomes the one who sent me

For it is the one

Who is least among you all

Who is the GREATEST'”                                                 Luke 9:47-48

What is it

That makes a child

“The least among all of you?”

CHILDREN are a lot of

Great things

They are funny-they are smart-

And they are joyful

In many ways

They are the BEST of us

They are innocent

And often without expectation

But children-especially young children 

Can be HELPLESS and dependent

They are often vulnerable

To harm from adults

But that is WHEN

God can create the greatest miracles

In us

WHEN we come 

To the end of our own power

And we are dependent on God's

“Power BELONGS to you God”                                                Psalm 62:11

“You God-are awesome

In your sanctuary

The God of Israel

Gives POWER and strength

To his people”                                                                          Psalm 68:35

We are NEVER helpless

When we have God in our lives

THE POWER of God

Can OVERCOME ALL

ALL of Jesus' miracles

Were dependent on GOD'S POWER

As can be seen

As the POWER OF GOD

In the death of his own Son

The power of God

The power of Jesus

The power of LOVE

CAN AND DOES overcome all

It's HUMBLING to recognize

How HELPLESS we can be

Even in certain situations

As adults

Particularly in death and illness

In finances and in relationship

After relationship

“ARISE-Lord-lift up your hand-

O God

Do not forget the helpless”                                                    Psalm 10:12

For when we come

To ACCEPT ourselves and others

In our weakness

Rather than strength

We welcome Jesus 

And we can see God

In his greatest power

THE POWER to create a miracle

In us

And in our very lives

Robert P. Wallman

9-27-15

Ps     INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eva Tushnet

3-13-2019 and 7-30-202!