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
2-10-15 &
12-15-15 and 9-2-2021 and 8-19-2023 and 3-5=2025
and 3-22-17
No comments:
Post a Comment