UPHOLDING THE GREATER GOOD
Today we read about
The COURAGE
And conviction=
Of John the Baptist
He admonished Herod
For his INFIDELITY=
In taking his brother's wife
And he LOST his LIFE=
His very head
For doing so
“When Herod heard
John the Baptist speak=
He was very
Much PERPLEXED=
Yet he
Liked to listen to him” Mark 6:20
Despite John's righteousness=
Herod could have
Had John
Executed IMMEDIATELY=
Yet he WAITED until he
Made a promise
To his wife's daughter=
His DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Meanwhile John was
UPHOLDING the GREATER GOOD
Of God
He gave up his
LIFE=for the
People of GOD'S KINGDOM
Sometimes we have
To STAND for something
In this world too
We have to
UPHOLD THE GREATER GOOD TOO
John was=and we
Need to be
UPRIGHT men and women
“In the land of Uz=
There LIVED a man
Whose name
Was Job=
This man was blameless
And UPRIGHT=
He feared God
And shunned evil” Job 1:1
“The Lord detests
The sacrifice
Of the wicked
But the prayer
Of the UPRIGHT
Pleases him” Proverbs 15:8
Yes John was
An UPRIGHT MAN=
And his life=
Pleased both God and Jesus=
He prepared the way
For his COUSIN
We have to do
GOOD=with our lives=
We have to UPHOLD
THE GREATER GOOD
And stand up for GOD
And Jesus with our lives=
We have to be
UPRIGHT PEOPLE TOO
“Rather he must be
Hospitable=one who loves
WHAT IS GOOD
Who is self-controlled-UPRIGHT=
Holy and disciplined” Titus 1:8
That is what John was
That is
WHO we must be too
Like John=
We are called
To RISK
To RAISE our voices=
And protect
THE GREATER GOOD
Dear Lord=we pray=
HERE WE ARE=SEND US
In the name of Jesus=and our ever GOOD=God the FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
2-06-20 4-24-2025
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Deborah A. Meister
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