SETTING OFF=WITH CONFIDENCE
Today=we SET OFF=
WITH CONFIDENCE
To find our Lord
We set off=
With trials and tribulations
And we KNOW=
We will have=to CARRY MANY CROSSES
But we know=we will FIND OUR LORD
At the end=of our JOURNEY
Today we BEGIN LENT
SETTING OFF=WITH CONFIDENCE
To FIND our Lord
“Gather the PEOPLE=
Notify the congregation”
Joel 2:16
The people of YESTERYEAR
Did NOT recognize=our Lord
Some 2,000 years ago
I WONDER
If it would be=any different today
For human nature=DOES NOT CHANGE
Nevertheless=today we SET OFF
To find our Jesus=at
The BEGINNING of Lent=WITH CONFIDENCE
“The fruit of the righteousness
Will be peace=its effect
Will be quietness=and CONFIDENCE FOREVER”
Isaiah 32:17
“But bless is the one=
Who trusts=in the Lord
WHOSE CONFIDENCE=is in him” Jeremiah
17:7
“So do not throw away=
YOUR CONFIDENCE
It will be richly rewarded”
Hebrews 10:35
Dear Lord=we begin our
LENTEN JOURNEY today=
And are setting off
With confidence=to find you
We know=
There will be
MANY CHALLENGES and difficulties
Along the way
But we know=we will find you
WAITING for us=with love
“But if from there=
You seek the Lord your God
YOU WILL FIND HIM=
If you seek him
With all your heart=and with
All your soul”
Deuteronomy 4:29
“Take my yoke=upon you
And learn from me
For I am gentle=and humble
In heart=and you will
FIND REST=for your souls”
Matthew 11:29
Dear Lord=we are
SETTING OFF=WITH CONFIDENCE
And joy=in hopes
Of finding you
At the end=OF OUR LENTEN JOURNEY
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our forever loving=EVER
PATIENT=Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
2-21-2023
Ps INSPIRED=by
an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Amy Welborn
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