FROM THE INSIDE OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE INSIDE OUT=

(Not from the  Outside in)

 

You and I=We FOCUS=On our bodies=We focus ON=What we put INSIDE of them=

We want to eat right=To lose weight=To IMPROVE our medical conditions=To plain

JUST LOOK GOOD=But God=Our LORD=tells us what is MORE IMPORTANT=and it is=

WHAT comes out of us=”But what COMES OUT of the man-That is what  DEFILES THEM=

Jesus went on=’What COMES OUT  of a person=is what DEFILES THEM=For it is from

WITHIN=Out of a person’s heart=That evil thoughts come=--------Sexual immorality=

Theft=murder=adultery=greed=malice=deceit=Lewdness=envy=slander=Arrogance=

And folly=ALL these evils=COME FROM INSIDE=and defile a person’”                              Mark 7:20-23

NOT from the outside=in=But it is=FROM THE INSIDE OUT=that we should focus!

 

But we FOCUS=On other things=Maybe abstaining from alcohol=Or a limited amount

Of calories=Fats=Carbohydrates=etc…=But what about  this=What about our THOUGHTS=

What about God=What about love=and KINDNESS=and forgiveness=ALL the things we=REALLY

Need=Come from the INSIDE=Out=These things make the world=A BETTER PLACE=DON’T get me

Wrong=To be physically HEALTHY=is really important=It is a GREAT BLESSING=But to be

Spiritually healthy=FROM THE INSIDE OUT=Is really what counts

 

“Who may ascend=The mountain of the LORD?=Who may stand in his holy place?=The one

Who has CLEAN HANDS=and a PURE HEART=Who does not trust=In an idol=Or swear by a

False god”                                                                                                                                                     Psalm 24:3-4

“Who can say=”I have kept MY HEART PURE=I am CLEAN and without sin?’”              Proverbs 20:9

“Depart-depart=Go out from there!=Touch no unclean thing!=Come out from it and BE PURE=

You who carry the articles=Of the Lord’s house”                                                                     Isiah 52:11

 

Let us face it=It takes a LOT=of self-control=a lot of self-monitoring=and much much

SELF RESTRAINT=To stay away from=ALL of the evils=Jesus speaks about=In today’s gospel=

EVERYONE has had some evil thoughts=From time to time=THOUGHTS of greed=malice=

Deceit=arrogance=or laziness=But we MUST SUBVERT these thoughts=We must=CONCENTRATE

On=the GOOD THOUGHTS OF GOD=Thoughts of Love=Thoughts of forgiveness=and thoughts

OF KINDNESS=Focus on THOUGHTS OF LOVE and the Holy Father God and JESUS=LIVE FROM

THE INSIDE OUT!=Be pure=Be CLEAN OF HEART!

 

“BLESSED are the PURE IN HEART=For they will see GOD”                                                 Matthew 5:8

“Do not be hasty=In the laying on of hands=and do not share=In the sins of others=

KEEP YOURSELF PURE!”                                                                                                                     1 Timothy 5:22

“All who have this HOPE in him=PURIFY THEMSELVES=Just as he IS PURE”             1 John 3:3

My DEAR SISTERS AND BROTHERS=Lent is LESS than=a week  away=KEEP the focus

ON your interior THOUGHTS=Let us FOCUS ON=Living from the INSIDE OUT=as Jesus

Himself did=NOT ON from the outside in=”CREATE in me=A PURE HEART=O God=and

Renew a steadfast spirit within me”                                                                                                      Psalm 51:10

 

Dear Lord this LENT=we ask for you to HELP US=LIVE from the INSIDE OUT=and SUBVERT

Our evil thoughts and tendencies=and FOCUS only on things LIKE LOVE=Like kindness=and

Like forgiveness=IF we do this LORD=We will have a GREAT LENT=and be MOVING EVER CLOSER

To you

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our ever LIVING=Ever loving=EVER PURE=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-10-2026

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Melanie Rigney