GUIDED TO LOVE UNIVERSALLY AND INCLUSIVELY
I wonder
What percentage of people
Really have a handle
On morality and ethics
In today's world
I wonder what percentage
Of people
Can actually live
With a CLEAR CONSCIENCE
Based on the evening news
And based on
Some of the stories I have heard
I have a hunch
That it is
NOT REAL HIGH
“I speak the truth in Christ-
I do not lie-
My conscience
JOINS with the HOLY SPIRIT........” Romans 9:1
We really have
To LIVE in tune with God
We really
Have to be guided
By the Holy Spirit
To have a clear conscience
“So I strive ALWAYS
To keep my conscience clear
Before God and man” Acts 24:16
What a noble thought
Paul writes with
And yet so very difficult
To do
I too
ALWAYS strive to do this
And it can only be done
IF we are guided by the Holy Spirit
And if we
Always try to be righteous
Under God
And in our dealings with our neighbors
This can only be done
If we are ROOTED
In union with God
“How good and pleasant
It is
WHEN God's people
Live together in UNITY” Psalm 133:1
“Make every effort
To KEEP the unity
Of the spirit
Through the bond of peace
There is one body
And one Spirit
Just as you were called
To ONE HOPE
When you were called
ONE Lord-one faith-one baptism-
One God and Father of ALL
Who is over all
And through all-and in all” Ephesians 4:3-5
WE PROCLAIM a universal
And inclusive church
Yet many of us only associate
With those that are like us
People we understand
And like
We may not like
Some people
We may not like
Some of their actions
And yet
We are ALL part of the church
ONE church-one God-and one FATHER
Like my mom used to tell me:
LOVE draws a circle
And pulls people in
And hate draws a circle
And pushes people out
WE are at least
TO ATTEMPT to pull
All people within the circle
The SPIRIT asks
Each one of us that
To attempt to LOVE
UNIVERSALLY AND INCLUSIVELY
Dear Lord-we pray
HELP US to be there for all
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
10-29-15and 7-26-2026
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.
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