GOD IS THERE=
(IN THE ORDINARY PLACES OF LIFE)
Have you EVER gone on
A RETREAT?=ONE of my
Favorite things to do
It is USUALLY in a
Secluded place and it is EASY
To FIND God there
I can ALWAYS find God there
“Truly=the Lord
Is in this place=
Although I did not know it” Genesis 28:16
But when we COME out of
Our “RETREAT HIGH”=and go back
To our EVERYDAY life=it is
NOT always quite so easy
To REMEMBER that God is there
God is there
In the ORDINARY places
Of life
Can you find God in the course
Of a MUNDANE and ordinary
Day=WHEN
We are UP to our elbows
In dishes
In the middle of spreadsheets
On the computer
Or when our baby or CHIILDREN
Are upset?
Not quite so easy then=IS IT?
It is IMPORTANT to remember
That HE is there too=in the
ORDINARY moments of our life
GOD IS EVERYWHERE!
He is in the ordinary events
Of our life=and ordinary PEOPLE
Like you and me
You don't have to be a priest
Or a minister to have God
LIVING in you
“When they saw the COURAGE
Of Peter and John
And REALIZED
That they were unschooled-ordinary men
They were astonished
And they took NOTE
That these men
Had been with Jesus” Acts 4:13
We KNOW that God is
EVERYWHWERE=he is with us=
In the kitchen-
At the office-and with us
WHEN we are with our children
He is always PRESENT with us-
If we just pay a little bit
Of attention
“Listen-my sons-to
A father's instruction
Pay ATTENTION and gain understanding” Proverbs 4:1
“Pay attention
And TURN your ear
To the saying of the wise
Apply your HEART
To what I teach” Proverbs 22:17
“We must pay
The most CAREFUL attention-
Therefore
To what we have heard
So what we
Do NOT drift away” Hebrews 2:1
We MUST pay attention to
The fact that God is there
WHEREVER I am
In church-on retreat-and in the ORDINARY
Places of my life
Dear Lord=Be with me at my “PLACE”
Wherever I am=and wherever I may GO
In the name of Jesus OUR LORD=and HIS
MOST LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
7-10-17 and 1-18-2023
Ps Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens
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