AN OPEN DOOR FOR ALL
Today we FIND OUT=that we ALL
Are invited to be
Part of Jesus' FAMILY
We too are INVITED to be
His BROTHERS and SISTERS=it is
AN OPEN DOOR FOR ALL
“For whoever does
The WILL OF GOD
Is my brother and sister
And mother” Mark 3:35
It is AN OPEN DOOR=
For all=
All we have to do
Is SAY YES
And DO the will of God
Jesus didn't limit
His family membership
It wasn't just for JEWS=
But also for Gentiles=NOT just
For men=but for women
For all people of ALL RELIGIONS=
All we have to do
Is say yes to love=
SAY YES to the LOVE of God
His family=
WAS AN OPEN DOOR FOR ALL
“I desire
To do your WILL
My God
Your law
Is within my heart” Psalm 40:8
“Anyone who chooses
To do
The WILL OF GOD
Will find out
Whether my teaching
Comes from God
Or whether
I speak on my own” John 7:17
“For I have not hesitated
To proclaim to you
The whole WILL OF GOD” Acts 20:27
Yes=we are Christ's brothers
And sisters=
All we have to do
Is be OPEN
To do the
Will of God
It is an OPEN DOOR
For us all=
To be a part
Of JESUS' FAMILY
God's family is open
To women=to people of color=
To slave and slave owners=
To the rich and the poor=
And to BOTH
SINNERS and saints
We are PART of his family=
We are Jesus' own
Brothers and sisters=
And you are MINE TOO
“But if a widow
Has children=
And grandchildren
These should learn first of all
To put their
Religion into practice
By caring for
THEIR OWN FAMILY
And so
Repaying their parents
And grandparents
For this is
PLEASING to God” 1 Timothy 5:4
And Jesus wants us
To be part of
HIS OWN FAMILY=
His brothers and sisters
All we have to do
Is say YES
To the WILL OF GOD
It is an OPEN DOOR
FOR US ALL
In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-27-20 and 4-22-2023
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick
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