GIFTS FROM GOD!

 

GIFTS FROM GOD!

 

Jesus’ life=was

A GIFT FROM GOD=it

Set the EXAMPLE=as to

HOW=we all are to LIVE

 

The SCRIPTURES=the commandments=and

Jesus in the EUCHARIST=are all GIFTS

To us too

GIFTS FROM GOD!

 

“Gross=is the heart=of this people

They will hardly=HEAR with their ears=

They have CLOSED THEIR EYES…….”                                                                                            Matthew 13:15

 

Sometimes we ALL=CLOSE

Our eyes=our ears=and our HEARTS

To the COMMANDS=from our God

TO HIS GUIDELENES=for our life

 

It is TIME=to listen

To the people of God=to the prophets

To the apostles and Saints=and to Jesus Himself

 

MAYBE=if we did=our world

WOULD NOT=be in the shape

That it is in=RIGHT NOW=let us BEGIN

To pay attention=TO CHRIST’S LIFE

 

Let us begin to=PAY ATTENTION

To those=GIFTS FROM GOD

 

“Praise the Lord=Blessed are those

Who fear the Lord=who find great delight

IN HIS COMMANDS”                                                                                                                     Psalm 112:1

 

“…….For I delight=IN YOUR COMMANDS

Because I love them”                                                                                                                      Psalm 1119:147

 

“My son=do not forget=my teaching

BUT KEEP MY COMMANDS=In your heart”                                                                            Proverbs 3:1

 

It is NOT EASY=to live in this world

Or to LOVE=but our Lord=wants us

To KEEP HIS COMMANDS

And RETURN TO HIM

 

Our LORD=wants us=to FOLLOW

THE EXAMPLE of his own life=the

Scriptures=and his commandments

 

Jesus didn’t avoid=

THE SINNERS of his time=the tax collectors

The adulterers=and all the others

 

He told them=TO RETURN to him

And sin no more=just like he tells us

He gave us=THE GIFTS FROM GOD=and

The EXAMPLE OF LOVE=he set

With his own life

 

“If you=RETURN TO THE LORD

Then your fellow Israelites=and your children

Will be shown compassion

 

By their captors=and will

RETURN to this land=for the Lord

Your God=is gracious and compassionate”                                                                            2 Chronicles 30:9

 

“Come let us=RETURN TO THE LORD

He has=torn us to pieces=but

He will heal us

 

He has injured us=but he will

Bind up our wounds”                                                                                                                Hosea 6:1

 

The COMMANDS and SCRUPTURES

Form our God=are NOT casual suggestions

Rather they are the gift=they are THE EXAMPLES

Of how we are to live=they are=GIFTS FROM GOD!=Our God

 

Who longs to PROTECT US=and wants us to

RETURN TO HIM=GIFTS FROM GOD!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=OF OUR FOREVER LIVING=forever loving=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-11-2023

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Kathleen Swartz McQuaig