YOU BELONG TO GOD!
Our God-Our loving-
PROTECTIVE God
Is greater than the evil
In this world
If we but CHOOSE GOD
“Children-
Be on your guard
Against idols” 1 John 5:21
Easy to say
But not so easy
To do
There are so many things
In this world
That challenges us
To place them above God
Promising goodness
But NOT delivering
The idols of today are
The SAME as they always have been-
The things we put above God and families
Money and materialism-sex-alcohol-
Drugs-pornography-etc., etc., etc.
It can even be another person
Or group of people
That aren't any good for you
Don't sacrifice your lives
To the idols of this world
“If the world hates you
Keep in mind
That it
Hated me first
If you
Belonged to the world
It would love you
As its own
As it is
You do not belong
To the world
But I have CHOSEN YOU
Out of the world
That is WHY
The world hates you” John 15:18-19
You belong
TOTALLY to God
“Who has a claim against me
That I must pay?
Everything under heaven
BELONGS to me” Job 41:11
Eternal life
IS already in us
ALL we have to do
Is to KEEP our priorities in order
And choose GOD AND FAMILY
Over the idols
In this world
CHOOSE what is true and good
For our souls
“Now CHOOSE LIFE
So that you
And your children may live
And that you may LOVE
The Lord your God
Listen to his voice
And hold fast to him
For the Lord
IS YOUR LIFE
And he will give you
MANY years in the land
He swore to give
To your fathers-
Abraham-Isaac-and Jacob” Deuteronomy 30:19-20
And we must always REMEMBER
We are the ADOPTED CHILDREN
Of God
We are inquisitive
We are tempted
We can REACH
For God and FAMILY
And the good things
Of this world
Or we can choose
The idols of our world
(sex-money-worldly values-etc., etc., etc.)
What path
Are you going to choose?
The choice is ours
But remember
YOU BELONG TO GOD!
Robert P. Wallman
1-8-16
INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sister Macrina Wiederkehr,, O.S.B.
Ps 12-16-&-17-18 and 10-20-2021
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