JOURNAL=4-16-15=WHEREVER WE ARE
“THE LORD is CLOSE to the brokenhearted” Psalm 34:19
Down through history-BELIEVERS have had to pay a price for their WITNESS-sometimes-they had to pay for it with their lives-sometimes they had to pay for it with their REPUTATION-but one thing for SURE-is that it pays to be a WITNESS for God and Christ-even if it is just for the PEACE you feel WITHIN your heart-or the PEACE that you FEEL from God and CHRIST living within you
And we can be a WITNESS WHEREVER WE ARE emotionally and spiritually-wherever we live-for our GOD IS CLOSE to the brokenhearted to those being CRUSHED in SPIRIT
WHEN the JUST cry out-Lord does indeed HEAR THEM
it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to be WITNESSES to GOD'S very love for us
WHEREVER YOU ARE
Wherever you are---
Are you a disciple of Jesus Christ
Before we answer that question
Maybe we should know
Who or what a disciple of Jesus Christ is
In John, 8:31, Jesus tells us himself
What a disciple of his is
“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,
“If you hold to my teaching
You really are my disciples”
So where are we
To proclaim his teachings
The answer is simple
And the answer is
WHEREVERYOU ARE
It can be
In our neighborhood
It can be
In our backyard
Or it can even be
In our own home
And what is great is
We don’t even have to say a word
They will know we are Christians
BY OUR LOVE
They will know we are Christians
By our kindness
They will know we are Christians
By our forgiveness
And what about our children
In today’s world
What does Jesus say
“And if anyone
Gives even a cup of cold water
To one of these little ones
Because he is my disciple
I tell you the truth
He will certainly not lose his reward” Matthew 10:42
A far cry from sexual abuse
Wouldn’t you say
What if
We treated our children with love
Instead of abusing them
“It would be better
For him to be thrown
Into the sea
With a millstone tied around his neck
Than for him
To cause one of these little ones
To sin
So watch yourselves” Luke 17:2 & 3
We can be a Christian
If we are a prisoner
In a prison cell
We can be a Christian
As a patient in a hospital room
We can be kind
To a child
Wherever we find them
In short
We can be a Christian
WHEREVER we are
Jesus said,
“Go into the whole world
And proclaim the Gospel
To every living creature” Mark 16:15
ALL we need to do is
CARRY GOD’S LOVE with us
In our hearts
And share it
With whoever God puts in our lives
WHEREVER WE ARE
Robert P. Wallman
1-27-12
Ps inspired by a message in Living Faith 1-25-12
by Sister Melanie SVOBODA S.M.D. .
MISC. WITNESS 5-02-14
4-16-15. 9-29-2021
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