KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING=IT IS the way=OF THE CROSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING

(It is=the WAY=of the CROSS)

 

The CROSS of Christ-the cross of Jesus=for us=is the WAY                                          

TO SALVATION=it is the CAUSE for our HOPE=the SOURCE=

But it is so easy=TO TAKE it for granted=THE CROSS is the reason

FOR OUR LOVE=Keep the love flowing=it is the WAY

OF THE CROSS=and it is=a RIVER OF LOVE

 

“And being found=In appearance as a man=He humbled himself=

By becoming obedient to death=even death ON A CROSS”                                                       Philippians 2:8

We see the CROSS EVERYWHERE=in steeples=on CHAINS around

Our necks=and on altars=it is so EASY=to take it=for granted

 

We forget=that there was a man hanging there=HIS LOVE=crying out

For all of humanity=He is OUR EXAMPLE=it is UP to us=to KEEP
THE LOVE FLOWING=Like a river=to do it=like a RIVER of Jesus’ love

It is=THE WAY OF THE CROSS=KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING!

 

“So I have come down=to rescue them=from the hand  of

The Egyptians=and to bring them=Up out of that land=to a

Good and spacious land=FLOWING with milk and honey=the

Home of…….”                                                                                                                                                Exodus 3:8

 

THE CROSS=was the gruesome reality of Christ=We FORGET

Jesus did it just for us=for you and ME=IF we are the followers

Of Christ=the cross is SOMETIMES=our gruesome reality too=We

NEED to love=IN spite of the CROSS=We need to keep that

RIVER of love FLOWING=even is spite of our CROSSES

 

“Then he said to them’=’Whoever wants to be my disciple=Must

Deny themselves=and take up their CROSS daily=and follow me’”                                       Luke 9:23

 

“For Christ did=not send me= to baptize=but to preach the

Gospel=not with wisdom and eloquence=lest the CROSS of Christ=

Be emptied of its power”                                                                                                                     1 Corinthians 1:17

 

“May I never boast=except IN THE CROSS=of the Lord Jesus Christ=

Through which the world=has been crucified to me=and I to the world”                           Galatians 6:14

 

Yes=Jesus EMPTIED himself of everything=his CROSS=his tears

Has become a river of love=for all of us=FOR OUR SALVATION

 

May each of us=with EVERY little cross=that we FACE in this life=

KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING=just as Jesus’ life did=it is IN the love

That we show=the POWER OF GOD=It is OVERCOMING our crosses=

That Christ’s love and our love=flow through=to the world=It is

THE POWER=of the Holy Father God

 

“You see=at just the right time=WHEN we were still POWERLESS

CHRIST died for the powerless”                                                                                                             Romans 5:6

 

Dear Lord=we PRAY=we never take you=or the CROSS of Jesus

For granted=and we let you=FLOW OUT OF US==for all

Of time=KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING!=it is=the way=OF THE CROSS

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=OF our ever LOVING=ever living=ever

VICTORIOUS=over the cross=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-10-2024

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.