RECOMMITTING OURSELVES
TO LOVING GOD AND OTHERS
(breaking bad habits)
The word “LENT” means to
Lengthen or long days
It is-traditionally- a time-
To RECOMMIT OURSELVES
To loving God and to loving others
It is also a time
When TRADITIONAL Christians-
(Catholics-some Protestants-and Anglicans)
Give up something
And so IF you are looking
To give up something
I suggest bad habits
I can think of a few
That I have
That I wish that I didn't
“........Judge your fellow men justly
You shall not go about
Spreading slander among your kins” Leviticus 19:15-16
I think gossip and slander
Are at least one bad habit
That we all have
In varying degrees
Some much less so
Some much more
Dear Lord-if we have
Any gossip in us
We ask you to HELP US
To remove it
And to recommit ourselves
To LOVING God
And to loving others
HELP us
To remove this from our hearts-
Our minds-and our souls
“A gossip
Betrays a CONFIDENCE
But a trustworthy person
KEEPS A SECRET” Proverbs 11:13
“A perverse person
STIRS up conflict
And a gossip
Separates close friends” Proverbs 16:28
Dear Lord-we pray
HELP US to return to you
This Lent
By loving you
By loving others
And by breaking our bad habits
Particularly gossip
Bad habits
Are tough to break
But by CONCENTRATING ON LOVE
We can do it
FELLOWSHIP and the GRACE OF GOD
Gives us the light and the STRENGTH
For LIFE-RENEWING CHANGE
“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
An not be faint” Isaiah 40:31
Let us take the journey
Of FAITH THIS LENT
And RECOMMIT OURSELVES
To LOVING GOD-and
LOVING OTHERS
Dear Lord-
LET it be so
Robert P. Wallman
2-15-16 and 8-06-2021
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco
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