JOURNAL=LEAN ON ME

 

JOURNAL/LEAN ON ME

“ON YOU-I DEPEND from birth; from my mother's womb you ARE my strength”   Psalm 71:6

I ALWAYS had the greatest relationship with my mom-even as a child;she was ALWAYS THERE for me-I can ONLY IMAGINE Jesus' relationship with HIS own mother-even STRONGER than my own

And as STRONG as our DEPENDENCE IS on our mother and father-it is even STRONGER ON GOD

-HAS your CREATOR truly been YOUR LIFE GIVING SOURCE since your mother's womb-HE HAS for me-DO YOU LEAN ON GOD for ALL of your strength-I can HONESTLY say I have and I do-THE LORD GOD is my strength 

it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE-and a great day to lean on GOD-FOR ALL of our STRENGTH 

LEAN ON ME

Did you ever hear

The “LEAN ON ME” song

By Bill Withers

It has great great lyrics

And I often imagine

It is God saying or singing

These words to us

“Sometimes in our lives

We ALL have pain

We ALL have sorrow

But IF we are wise

We know

That there is

ALWAYS TOMORROW”

That is God

Talking to you and to me

“MY strength and my courage

IS the Lord........”                                                   Isaiah 12:2

That is God

Telling us

To LEAN on him

We need God's DIVINE STRENGTH

That is what ALLOWS us

To face

The most challenging of situations

WE NEED God

For if

We try to do it alone

We just limp along

Without the inner strength

That comes from God

“It is the Lord

Who arms me with strength

And MAKES MY WAY perfect”                                                  2 Samuel 22:33

We need to lean 

On the one

Who PROMISES

To be there for us

And-IN FACT

ALWAYS is there for us

DIVINE STRENGTH

In the most challenging

Of situations 

Is what we NEED

To get us through

“LEAN ON ME

When you're not strong

And I'll be your FRIEND

For it won't be long

Till I'm gonna need someone

TO LEAN ON”

We all need God

AND EACH OTHER

To make it through

“TRUST in the Lord

With all your heart

And lean not

On your own understanding”                                               Proverbs 3:5

So when you are down

And in trouble

And need the strength

To carry on

The Lord says:

                                                 LEAN ON ME

Robert P. Wallman

May 31st, 2014

PS        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Sister Joyce Rupp, O.S.M

12-19-14. and 2-23-2022