Saturday, January 29, 2022

DIFFICULT=LET US KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN CHRIST JESUS

 







DIFFICULT=KEEP MOVING FORWARD

IN CHRIST JESUS


We LIVE in difficult

Times today=I am SURE

They were DIFFICULT

Back in Jesus' times too


Especially when HE

Went back

To his home town=and

They REJECTED HIM


“He was amazed

At their

LACK OF FAITH”                                                                                                 Mark 6:6


What a difficult TIME=

It must have been

For Jesus


To go back to

Your home=difficult

With DOUBT=blank stares

And rejection


These days are difficult times

For us too=

In today's world


This world LACKS FAITH=

And there is violence=conflict=

And so LITTLE HARMONY

In this world


All we can do

Is keep

MOVING FORWARD

In Christ Jesus


Keep being a PRESENCE

Of God=and Jesus

And LOVE=in this world

FOR OTHERS


Hopefully when others=

Think of us=others will THINK

Of God and LOVE TOO


“In the shelter

Of your PRESENCE

You hide them

From all human intrigues


You keep them safe

In your dwelling

From accusing tongues”                                                                                   Psalm 31:20


“Where can I go

From your Spirit?

Where can I flee

FROM YOUR PRESENCE?”                                                                        Psalm 139:7


“To him-

Who is able


To keep you

From stumbling

And to present you


Before his GLORIOUS PRESENCE

Without fault

And with great joy........”                                                                                      Jude :24


WHERE was the FAITH

Of Jesus' family=friends=

And neighbors=

OF HIS COMMUNITY?


How DIFFICULT it

Must have been

For Jesus


But Jesus kept

MOVING FORWARD in faith


And that is all

We can KEEP ON DOING=

Is keep moving forward

IN FAITH=in this world


“For in the gospel

The righteousness of God

Is revealed


A righteousness

That is BY FAITH

From first to last


Just as it is written

'The righteous 

Will live BY FAITH'”                                                                                            Romans 1:17


So let us KEEP LIVING

In the BEATITUDES

In this DIFFICULT WORLD


Let us FOLLOW

The example of Jesus=

And encourage others=

As we keep MOVING FORWARD

In the LOVE of Jesus


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR EVER LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman

2-4-20 and 1-29-2022



Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr,  O.S.B.


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