Wednesday, May 17, 2023

IT IS EASY=TO SLIP AWAY FROM GOD!

 







IT IS EASY=TO SLIP AWAY=FROM GOD'S PRESENCE


We all remember SOLOMON

In his youthful years=

And how CLOSE

He was to GOD


But in his later years

HE SLIPPED

From his spiritual presence

And he became CARELESS

In his devotion

To God


“........his heart was NOT

ENTIRELY with the Lord

His God........”                                                                                                      1 Kings 11:4


And verse six says

“He did NOT FOLLOW him unreservedly”                                                          1 Kings 11:6


But we all KNOW=

It doesn't take our AGE

To move AWAY from God


INTEGRITY and good habits

Can SLIP from our life


Worthy habits can DIMINISH

At any time=leaving us careless

Forgetful=or negligent

In our RELATIONSHIP

With God


It is EASY

To slip AWAY

From the PRESENCE OF GOD


BE CAREFUL=

Or you will

Slip AWAY from God too


PRAY=read the bible

Go to church=

Say the ROSARY


Do what is RIGHT AND GOOD

For it is EASY

To fall away from God

Like Solomon did


“Is not WISDOM

Found among the aged?


Does not long life

Bring understanding?'                                                                                     Job 12:12


“Children's children

Are a crown

To the AGED


And parents

Are the pride

Of their children”                                                                                           Proverbs 17:6


We should be getting

CLOSER to God as we MATURE=

We should be doing

What is right


But it is easy

TO SLIP AWAY from God's

PRESENCE=we start to stray

We move away


We should take TIME OUT

DAILY=to REFLECT on God

And his presence

IN OUR LIFE


RENEW God's presence

In you DAILY=or soon

You will FIND YOURSELF

Slipping away like Solomon


“Create in me

A PURE HEART O God


And RENEW

A steadfast spirit

Within me”                                                                                                                 Psalm 51:10


Just REFLECT by yourself-

15 minutes a day=

About the PRESENCE OF GOD

In your life


And this will keep

BEHAVIORS like Solomon's

From taking over

IN your life


In the name of Jesus=and that of our EVER PRESENT GOD


Robert P. Wallman

2-15-20



Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.  

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