ONLY ONE WAY=OVER EVIL=AND IT IS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONLY ONE WAY=OVER EVIL

(AND IT IS WITH=THE LOVE OF OUR GOD)

 

There is=SO MUCH EVIL=in this world=We see it=ALL

THE TIME=In today’s world=and ONE such evil=is MOB

VIOLENCE=The EVIL=of a whole group=STANDING TOGETER

IN HATRED=”But they CRIED OUT=in a loud voice=covered

Their ears=and rushed upon him……..”                                                                                Acts 7:57

 

THE ABOVE biblical Scripture=Refers to the STONING of Stephen=

A Christian Saint=and THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR=who patterned

His life=After that of HIS HERO=Jesus Christ=You see=Stephen KNEW

From Jesus=That there is=ONLY ONE WAY=to TRIUMPH over evil=and

It was=it is=AND FOREVER WILL BE=THE LOVE OF=the Holy Father God=

You CAN=ONLY TRIUMPH=over evil=in this way!=THROUGH
GOD’S LOVE=JUSTICE=and forgiveness

 

“Your gates=will always stand open=-they will never be shut=day or night=

So that people may bring you=the wealth of the nations--------their

Kings led in TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION”                                                                                        Isaiah 60:11

 

“But thanks be to God=Who always leads us as captives=IN

CHRIST’S TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION=and uses us=to spread the aroma=

Of the knowledge of him everywhere”                                                                                   2 Corinthians 2:14

 

“And having disarmed the powers=and authorities=He made a public

Spectacle=of them=TRIMPHING over them by the cross”                                                Colossians 2:15

 

REMEMBER=the mob violence=of those after Jesus=the Mob cried

Out=”CRUCIFY HIM”=and our Saint Stephen today=Knew this too=He

Knew that=THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY=OVER EVIL=and that it was through

OUR GOD the Father’s PERFECT LOVE=Triumphing over evil=He knew it too

From Jesus Christ’s love

 

That is WHO=Saint Stephen was to be=He was to STAND TALL=In God’s

LOVE=justice and forgiveness=As he was being stoned=HE knew=LOVE
ALWAYS WINS=”But Stephen=full of the HOLY SPIRIT=Looked up to heaven=

And saw the glory of God=and Jesus=standing at the right hand of God”                             Acts 7:55

 

You see=Stephen KNEW=Through the LIFE of Christ=that LOVE TRIUMPHS=

OVER EVIL=There is ONLY ONE WAY=OVER EVIL=and it is THROUGH THE LOVE=

Of the Holy Father God=and his SON Jesus Christ=”Forgetting what is behind=and

Straining toward what is ahead=I press on=toward the goal==TO WIN THE PRIZE=

For which God=Has called me heavenward=In Christ Jesus”                                           Philippians 3:13-14

 

“……..So that your daily life=MAY WIN=the respect of outsiders=and so

That you will not=Be dependent on anybody”                                                                      1 Thessalonians 4:12

 

CHRIST’S LOVE=WINS over evil=in his LIFE=and again in THE LIFE of=

Our Dear Saint Stephen=LIFE AND LOVE=over darkness and evil=that is

GOD’S WAY=My dear brothers and sisters=when CONFRONTING EVIL=there

Is=ONLY ONE WAY to win=and it is IN GOD’S LOVE=Mercy=and forgiveness

 

In the Names of Jesus=and in the EVERLASTING LIFE=of our Holy Father God=

Who is FOREVER LIVING=LOVING and victorious

 

Robert P. Wallman

12-24-2024

At my sister Mary’s HOUSE

 

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