FINDING OURSELVES=
BY THE GIVING OF OURSELVES
When I was 22=I made
A PROMISE to God=basically
To live for ALL OTHERS
My family=my friends=and
All others
I have found the MEANING
For my life=in that SIMPLE PROMISE=
To live for others=for the PURPOSE
OF GOD
“'Anyone who loves their life
Will lose it-
While anyone
Who hates their life
In this world
Will keep it
For eternal life
Whoever SERVES ME
Must follow me
And where I am
My SERVANT
Will also be
My Father will HONOR
The ONE who serves me'” John 12:25-26
BASICALLY=God is telling us
We find ourselves
By the GIVING OF OURSELVES
For others
In GOD'S NAME
I have found this
To be TRUE
And it is the 12th STEP
For the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
In the persons' sobriety=it is
NOT complete=until it is
SHARED WITH OTHERS
It is a PRINCIPLE that
Is TRUE for all of us
LIVING in God's kingdom
We truly FIND OURSELVES
When we live for others=
For God=and for all others
FINDING MEANING in our lives
By GIVING of ourselves
“They read from the
BOOK of the Law of God
Making it clear
And giving the MEANING
So that the people understood
What was being read” Nehemiah 8:8
Nurses-teachers-coaches=
And many others
In ALL walks of life
Have found this principle
To be true too
Jesus tells us=that when
A grain of wheat dies
And FALLS to the ground
It bears much fruit
When we die
To ourselves
WE LIVE
We live
In GIVING of our lives away
For others=
We find MEANING in giving
“But since
You excel in everything--------
In faith-in speech-
In knowledge-In complete earnestness
And in the love
We have kindled in you
See that you also excel
In this GRACE OF GIVING” 2 Corinthians 8:7
My dear FRIENDS=I hope
You have FOUND YOURSELF=in
This life=and meaning
By the GIVING OF YOURSELVES
For others
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ever loving=EVER GIVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-9-19 and 9-30-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
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