Saturday, November 25, 2023

OTHER CHRISTS!

 

ENCORE=11-25-2023

OTHER CHRISTS

 

 

 

 

ENCORE 11-25-2023

 

WITNESS

 

 

8-5-13

 

 

OTHER CHRISTS

 

If we are true Christians

True true Christians

Our mission in life

Is to become other Christ’s

Albeit

Maybe smaller---more miniature versions

And to make his word---God’s word

Come alive in today’s world

 

Picture this

 

You meet your cousin

At the river

He baptizes you

And as you come up

Out of the water

Heaven opens up

And the Spirit of God

In the form of a dove

Descends upon you

 

Lightening flashes on him

And a voice says,

 

“This is my dear Son

With whom I am well pleased”                                                      Mark 3:13-17

 

You—one of John’s disciples

Take this all in

From that moment on

You know that your life

Will never be the same

 

John himself said,

“I must decrease---and he must increase”

From that moment on

John’s disciples followed Jesus

 

So must it be with us

If we are truly to become other Christ’s

In this world

 

We must die to ourselves---our selfish sinful selves

And as Jesus himself said,

“If anyone would come after me

He must deny himself

And take up his cross

And follow me”                                                             Mark 8:31

 

We live in a Godless society

Becoming a little more so each day

 

A poet once wrote:

“He has

No hands but your hands

He has no feet

But your feet

He has no mouth

But your mouth…….”

 

If God’s word

Is to truly come alive again

In today’s world

It is up to us

 

Saint Paul once said,

“I have been crucified with Christ

And I no longer live

But Christ lives in me

 

The life I live in the body

I live by faith in the Son of God

Who loved me

And gave himself for me”                                                       Galatians 2:20

 

Each one of us

Has been handcrafted by God

Our own unique selves

To live a life---and do a job

That no one else can do

Only us

 

And part of that job

Is to make God come alive again

In today’s world

 

Finally---dear Lord

We pray

That you shine in us and through us

 

And we become so much like you

That when the world looks at us

It sees no longer us

 

BUT YOU---OTHER CHRISTS

 

In today’s world

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-29-11

 

 

---GOD’S LOVE IS FREE---WE JUST HAVE TO SAY YES

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        8-5-13

 

 

10-25-14

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and 3-22-17

 

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