THEY HAD=AND=
WE HAVE EACH OTHER
The sequence of the events=
For the apostles=
MUST have been mind-boggling
The crucifixion=death and
RESURRECTION of Jesus=must have
Beyond imagination-
For Mary Magdalene-
And the other apostles
THEN he walked the mountains-
The terrain and the hills with them
For 40 days
What I FIND HEARTENING
Is that-
THEY HAD EACH OTHER
TOGETHER=in the upper room
-As we have each other=
OUR family and our friends
In the hallways and rooms
Of our lives
“Then they RETURNED
To Jerusalem
From the mount
Called Olivet.........
When they
Entered the city
THEY went to the UPPER ROOM
Where they were staying
…......
ALL these devoted themselves
With one accord
To PRAYER.........” Acts 12:14
THEY HAD=and=
WE HAVE EACH OTHER
TOGETHER=unified and LOVING=
Having each other
IS what makes life work
In this world
“How GOOD and pleasant
It is
When God's people
LIVE TOGETHER in unity” Psalm 133:1
“I-in them-
And you in me-
So that they may be
BROUGHT to complete unity
THEN the world know
That you sent me
And have loved them
EVEN as you have loved me” John 17:23
“.........UNTIL we all
Reach UNITY in the faith
And in the knowledge
Of the SON OF GOD
And become mature
ATTAINING to the whole measure
Of the FULLNESS of Christ” Ephesians 4:13
To be TOGETHER=ALL OF US=
Under the LOVE of God=
And ONE FAITH
They had each other=
WE have EACH OTHER TOO
They were=the apostles were
PRAYING together=
In the vast unknown
Of their lives
After Jesus died
WE have each other
As we MOVE FORWARD
With out lives
The vast UNKNOWN
Of our lives
The apostles were
SHOCKED some 2000 years ago
As they went through
The UNKNOWN
We-ALL-go through
Major transitions and reversals
In out lives
WHEN we go though transitions
LORD=Help us=to know=
You are always with us
In our INNER ROOM
“BUT when you PRAY
Go into your room
CLOSE the door
And pray to your Father
Who is unseen
Then your Father
Who SEES what is done
In SECRET-will reward you” Matthew 6:6
Dear Lord=THEY HAD EACH OTHER=
And you=all those years ago
As we do today=
WE HAVE EACH OTHER=
And YOU
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
5-28-17 and 10-24-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston
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