OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!
(It is)
I am sure=all of us PARENTS=
Think about=what we are going
Tor LEAVE OUR FAMILIES=when we
Leave this world
Jesus didn’t have a family=
But he left ALL OF US=
A LEGACY OF FAITH=and a LEGACY OF LOVE
That is=OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!
To leave a legacy=of
LOVE and faith=beyond
The monetary items=we leave
OUR CHILDREN=and families
It is=OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!
“Through God’s covenant with them
THEIR FAMILY ENDURES=their posterity
For their sake” Sirach
44:12
WE all want our family=
To live on=HEALTHY AND HAPPY
After we are gone
We leave BEHIND MATERIALLY
What we can=but far more important
IS THE LOVE AND FAITH
We leave for others=LONG AFTER=we are gone
Jesus took it TO HEART=HE
Left us his CHURCH=HIS EVERLASTING LOVE
And his INFINITE FAITH
It is=OUR RESPONSILITY TOO!
To LEAVE love and faith behind
For all those we TOUCH=in this world
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!
“I will sing=
Of the Lord’s GREAT LOVE=forever
With my mouth=I will make
YOUR FAITHFULNESS known=
Through all generations”
Psalm 89:4
“For great is=HIS LOVE toward us
And the FAITHFULNESS=of the Lord
Endures forever”
Psalm 117:2
“LET LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS=never leave you
Bind them=around your neck
Write them=On the tablet=Of your heart”
Proverbs 3:3
Yes=the REAL LEGACY
We leave our FAMILIES
Is OUR FAITH=and OUR LOVE
And our own personal COVENANTS
With God
My covenant=was MADE PUBLICLY
To Father Joseph P. Newell=on my death bed=in 1977
“TO LIVE=FOR MY FAMILY=MY FRIENDS=and ALL PEOPLE EVERWHERE”
If GIVEN=a chance=to live my life
Yes=OUR LOVE AND FAITH
Is worth MORE=than anything monetarily
We leave behind
MY PARENTS=left my sisters and myself
A LEGACY OF FAITH AND LOVE=and it is
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!=to pass it along
To others
“Be joyful in hope=patient in affliction
FAITHFUL IN PRAYER” Romans
12:12
My dear friends=I HOPE
You can leave your children=some wealth
But MORE than that=may you leave
FAITH AND LOVE BEHIND for them
Your family and friends=and make sure THEY KNOW
THAT YOU LOVE THEM!
It is=OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOO!
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our FOREVER LIVING and
FOREVER LOVING=Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
5-19-2023
Ps INSPIRED=by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Steve Givens
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