JUNE 1^st, 2012

MY WORST SIN

PORNOGRAPHY AND ME

I am going to confess to you

To the world

My deepest-darkest-secret

I can do it now

Because, I believe,

I have finally beat it

Beat it

Because of my faith in the Lord

For much of my life

I was addicted to pornography

I rationalized it

By saying I wasn’t hurting anyone

I know now-I was hurting someone-myself

I have many women friends

So I don’t think it was affecting my relationships

But truth be known-I don’t know

And now I ask myself,

“What if that woman in the picture

Was my child, my sister, my friend, my niece?”

I wouldn’t like it very much

All I can say is-it wasn’t

But it is someone’s child, someone’s sister,

Someone’s niece or friend

Maybe even someone’s mother

And they deserve the SAME RESPECT

As I would give my very own

Respectfully-

Robert P. Wallman

June 1^st, 2012

Ps       “I confess my iniquity

            I am troubled by my sin”                              Psalm 38:18

           “That if you CONFESS with your mouth

            “JESUS IS LORD”

            And believe it in your heart

            That God RAISED him from the dead

            You will be SAVED

             For it is with your heart

             That you believe and are justified

             And it is with your mouth

             That you CONFESS and are saved”                        Romans 10:9 & 10

MAY 31^st, 2012

STAY TRUE

Stay true

To your goals

Stay true

To your dreams

Stay true

To what is in your heart

In your eyes and soul

Keep that gleam

Stay true

To God

Stay true

To love

Stay true

To yourself

It is in your soul

That your dream does live

Stay true

To your dreams

Because in your heart and soul

The dream does live

Robert P. Wallman

8-10-06

Ps        “If you love me-you will obey what I command

             And I will ask the Father

             And he will give you another Counselor

             To be with your forever-THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

 

             The world cannot accept him

             Because it neither sees him or knows him

             For he lives with you and will be in you”                                          John 14:15-17

             Jesus said to the Jewish people who believed in him:

             “Then you will know the truth

              And the truth WILL SET YOU FREE”                                        John 8:32

MAY 31^st, 2012

STAY TRUE

Stay true

To your goals

Stay true

To your dreams

Stay true

To what is in your heart

In your eyes and soul

Keep that gleam

Stay true

To God

Stay true

To love

Stay true

To yourself

It is in your soul

That your dream does live

Stay true

To your dreams

Because in your heart and soul

The dream does live

Robert P. Wallman

8-10-06

Ps        “If you love me-you will obey what I command

             And I will ask the Father

             And he will give you another Counselor

             To be with your forever-THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

 

             The world cannot accept him

             Because it neither sees him or knows him

             For he lives with you and will be in you”                                          John 14:15-17

             Jesus said to the Jewish people who believed in him:

             “Then you will know the truth

              And the truth WILL SET YOU FREE”                                        John 8:32

MAY 30^th, 2012

A TRACE OF GOD

I can’t help myself

I have to write

I can’t help myself

I have to write

I have to write

About GOD’S LOVE

I have to write

About his love

I have to write

About all he has done for me

I have to write

About God up above

I have to write

About his mercy

I have to write

About his kindness

I have to write

About his forgiveness

And if I am

Very very lucky

Maybe someone

Maybe somewhere

Someone will see

A trace of God in me

I hope so

Because

I see

A trace of God in you

Robert P. Wallman

6-01-06

Ps      “You show that you are a letter from Christ

            The result of our ministry

            WRITTEN NOT with ink

            But with the SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD

            NOT on tablets of stone

            But on TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS”               2 Corinthians 3:3

MAY 29^th, 2012

GOD HEARS ME CRY

When I am down

When I am troubled

When I no longer want to try

God hears me cry

When I am feeling so low

I just want to die

God hears me cry

When I no longer know what to do

When I see no hope

For me or for you

God hears me cry

When I am feeling so miserable

That I even don’t know

If I can face another day

God hears me cry

When the bills are rolling in

And I don’t have anything to send out

God hears me cry

But most of all

Even when I am facing ALL these things

God hears me cry

God hears my cry of love

My cry of thanks

And my cry

OF HOPE IN TOMORROW

Robert P. Wallman

6-6-07

Ps        “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous

              And his ears are attentive to their CRY”                                     Psalm 34:15

            “I waited patiently for the Lord

             He turned to me and heard my CRY”                                          Psalm 40:1

   

            “Out of the depths I CRY to you,

             O Lord hear my voice

              Let your ears be attentive

              To my CRY for mercy”                                                  Psalm 130:1

             

THE OLE’ FLAG By Sean Morris

-posted with his permission

It’s gotten a bit frayed now

Its cotton culler’s faded see,

Aroun’ the edges, ah, well

Guess it’s a lot like me.

It’s been in the dooryard nigh’ on

Four generations, Lord knows,

Attached to the Ole Pole awavin’

Any way the wind blows.

The Ole’ Flag can still bring on

A glow of emotion, a sigh

When it snaps to an’ stretches out

Like cloth pinned to the sky.

Its culler’s once were carried with pride

Aroun’ the world just ‘bout everywhere

In theatres of war where heroes died

So that others would breathe free air.

I’ve seen it in the sunrise

Sil’vry dew hung on the bars,

An’ against the golden sunset

That bursts into blindin’ stars.

The Ole’ Flag, how proud it flies

Yet half-mast would befit it best,

When this last ol’e soldier dies

An’ goes to his LONG rest

Sean Morris

1-26-09

MAY 28^th, 2012

WELCOME HOME PRODIGAL SON

In the 15^th chapter

Of Saint Luke’s Gospel

Jesus tells us the story

Of the lost son

And his loving father

We call it

The story of the Prodigal Son

What is interesting

Is never once in the story

Is the word, “prodigal” used

The young son

Sets off  for a distant land

And squanders his wealth

On wild living

How many of us

Haven’t made a mistake or two

When we were young

When famine hits

And after he has squandered everything

He decides to go home

And throw himself

On the mercy of his father

But to his surprise

Instead of being angry

His father throws a party for him

To the father’s surprise

The older brother

Refuses to join the party

He feels he has been slighted

Because he has been loyal and dependable

Which brings us to the point

Which of us isn’t guilty of something

Something done or something left undone

For every sin committed

There are 100 good deeds

Left undone

For every violent act

There are 100 acts of

Coldness, indifference, and condescending attitudes

We ALL deserve

A second chance

As Dickens wrote,

“There is so much bad in the best of us

And so much good in the worst of us

It ill becomes any of us

To speak badly of the rest of us”

WELCOME HOME “PRODIGAL” SON

Robert P. Wallman

5-19-10

Ps        This writing was inspired by the teaching of Father

            Leo Clifford  ( 1922-2012  )

For the father said to his lost son when he returned home:

            “For this son of mine was dead

             And is alive again

             He was lost-and now is FOUND

             So they began to celebrate”                                   Luke 15:24

And he threw a PARTY for him

This is exactly HOW our father-GOD-

Will treat us when we RETURN TO HIM

   

WHO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit---the Spirit of God

Is also known as the counselor

It is the Word of God

Active and alive

In his believers

Isaiah 11 tells us,

“The spirit of the Lord

Will rest on him

The spirit of wisdom and understanding

The spirit of counsel and power

The spirit of knowledge

And of the fear of the Lord

And he will delight

In the fear of the Lord”                                             Isaiah 11:2

Christ himself

Was anointed with the spirit,

“Heaven opened up

And the Spirit descended upon him

In bodily form

And a voice said,

“You are my Son

Whom I love

With you I am well pleased”                                      Luke 3:22

Think about it

Who in the history of civilization

Spoke with more love

Than Jesus Christ

The Holy Spirit is simply

The Spirit of God

The Spirit of love

The Spirit of truth

Jesus tells us

He will never abandon us

He tells us

That even though

He is no longer with us

He will leave a Counselor with us

To help us make the right decisions

The decisions that God wants us to make

Because the Spirit

Lives in followers of God

The Holy Spirit

Teaches believers about God

And reveals God’s secret wisdom

To the believer

So that the believer’s faith

Will NOT REST

On the wisdom of faith

But on the POWER OF GOD

“No eye has seen

Nor ear has heard

No mind has conceived

What God has prepared

For those who love him”                                     1Corinthians 2:9

“The Spirit himself

Testifies with our spirit

That we are God’s children”                                        Romans 8:16

Let the SPIRIT OF GOD

Let the spirit of love

Let the spirit of life

LIVE IN YOU

Robert P. Wallman

10-29-11

Today-5-27-12-is the feast of Pentecost

MAY 27^th, 2012

THE HUMAN ELEMENT

God’s plan is sure

God’s plan is true

God’ word

Is always on the mark

Is it in you

Even in the best of we humans

Who try to be true

Who always

Try to do our very best

Sometimes we fail

It has happened to me

Has it ever happened

To you

The human element

Leaves us weak

The human element

Leaves us vulnerable

The human element

Leaves us

With us an Achilles heel

Jesus Christ

Had that human element

But he triumphed

Over it all

Jesus Christ knew

He had to show

The human element

In order to fail

But he was

Willing to do it

In order

To triumph over it all

We try and try and try

To triumph

Over our human element

I only

Know one thing about it

And that is

Without God in our heart

We are

Doomed to fail

Without God

The human element

Leaves us

Doomed to fail

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-06

Ps       “Since the children have flesh and blood

            He too shared in their humanity

            So that by his death he might destroy him

            Who holds the power of death

            -That is- the devil

             And free those who all their lives

             Were held in slavery

             By their fear of death

      

             For surely-it is not angels he helps

             But Abraham’s descendants

             For this reason he had to be made

             Like his brothers in every way……..”                                          Hebrews 2:14-17

           

MAY 26^th, 2012

SEARCH ME-STRETCH ME-LEAD ME

Search my heart

Search all the way through

Tell me

What is in there

Please tell me

How I can improve

Search me- stretch me-lead me

Stretch my faith

Please teach me

How to reach beyond myself

Stretch my hope Lord

Stretch it

So that all my hope is in you

Search me-stretch me-lead me

Lead me to your love Lord

I searched all the way through

Lead me to your love Lord

Please tell me what to do

Search me-stretch me-lead me

Search me-stretch me-lead me

So that I can find you

So that I can find you

Robert P. Wallman

6-21-06

Ps        “I the Lord SEARCH the heart

             And examine the mind

             To reward a man

             According to his conduct

             According to what his deeds deserve”               Jeremiah 17:10

MAY 25^th, 2012

TALENT

We all

Have talent

In this world

Some more than others

In the 25^th chapter

Of Saint Matthew’s Gospel

Jesus tells the story

Of the parable of the talents

The man who has 5 talents

Brings back 10

The man who has 2 talents

Brings back four

But he man with one talent

Buries his talent

What are we

Doing with our talent

In today’s world

Are we using

Our talent

To spread God’s love

You say

You don’t have any talent

But we all do

We can all

Have a kind heart

We all can have

A listening ear

We all can have

A smile

For another human being

So we

Ask you Dear Lord

To use us

In whatever way you can

To spread God’s love

And to

Look for no reward

BUT YOUR LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

5-5-10

Ps       “For by the grace given me

            I say to every one to you:

            “Do not think of yourself

              More highly than you ought

              But rather think of yourself with sober judgment

              In accordance with the faith God has given you

              Just as each one of us

              Has one body with many members

              And these members do not all have the same function

              

              So in Christ we who are many

              Form one body

              And each member belongs to all the others

             

              We have different gifts

               According to the grace given us”                          Romans 12:3-6

             

THE RUMMAGE SALE---THE TOUCH OF A MASTER’S HAND

Do you know

What a rummage sale is

It is

Something that they used to have

Maybe still do

After a person dies

You know the items:

        perhaps a woman’s wedding or prom dress

        or the tux or suit a man got married in

        maybe a lamp or an old desk

        or some personal items

        like books or jewelry

        some old furniture

        and over there in the corner sits an old piano

        with no one giving it much attention

People---men and women---are coming and going

Buying everything

While the piano continues to sit there unnoticed by everyone

Over there in the corner

A little while later

An elder gentleman comes in

Sits down at the piano

And begins to play

And beautiful music

Comes out of this old piano

People are clamoring about

And the bids keep getting higher---higher---yet higher

What changed its worth

Of course---it is

The touch of a master’s hand

We too

Are like the old piano

Trying to build a life

On all the wrong things:        greed and materialism

                                               sexual lust and perversions

                                               our addictions---drugs-alcohol-and pornography

                                               and whatever else in our life that we are putting above God

SO WHAT CHANGES US

Of course

It is the touch of God

THE TOUCH OF A MASTER’S HAND

The moment

We realize that we are a CHILD OF GOD

That God loves us

With an everlasting---never-ending

UNCHANGING kind of love

The moment we realize our worth

The ONLY worth that matters

Comes from God

“These have come

So that your faith

Of greater worth than gold

Which perishes even though refined by fire---

May be proved genuine

And may result

In praise, glory, and honor

When Jesus Christ is revealed”                                                          1 Peter1:7

“Instead---it should be that your inner self

The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit

Which is of great worth in God’s sight”                                                 1 Peter 3:4

Your worth

Your REAL worth

Can only be found in God

And found through

THE TOUCH OF A MASTER’S HAND

Robert P. Wallman

1-5-12

******************        inspired by a message by Father Leo Clifford---1922-2012

                                            MAY HE REST IN PEACE

MAY 24^th, 2012

LOVE PREVAILS

When the world

Has knocked you down

When the world

Has spun you around

And you have nothing else left

Please know this

Love prevails

Love prevails

In every time

Love prevails

In every circumstance

Please know this

Love will prevail

When you are down

To your last dime

When you are feeling empty inside

Please know this

Love prevails

Love prevails

In every season

Love prevails

When there is no logical reason

Please know this

Love prevails

Please know this

LOVE PREVAILS

Robert P. Wallman

6-19-06

Ps       “Many are the woes of the wicked

            But the Lord’s UNFAILING LOVE

            Surrounds the man who trusts in him”                          Psalm 32:10

           “LOVE NEVER FAILS

            But where there are prophecies

            They will cease

            Where there are tongues

             They will be stilled

            Where there is knowledge

             It will pass away

             For we know in part

             And we prophesy in part

             But when PERFECTION comes

             The imperfect disappears”                                1 Corinthians 13:8

LOVE PREVAILS

MAY 23^rd, 2012

EVERY CHILD

Every child should have chance

Every child should have life

Every child should have hope

And how can they hope

When there is no food

On the table

And how can they hope

When we persist in labeling

All the time

They are being used

And how can they hope

With no one to believe in

How can they hope

When all they know is sin

Let’s give every child

Something ( and someone ) to believe in

And let’s begin

By letting every child

KNOW

That we believe in them

Robert P. Wallman

4-12-06

Ps        “But if anyone-causes one of these little ones

             Who believe in me to sin

             It would be better for him

             To have a large millstone hung around his neck

             And to be drowned in the depths of the sea”                   Matthew 18:6

Happy Birthday Jasmine-I hope you are well

Saint Rita of Cascia/Saint of the Impossible

The first time I ever heard of Saint Rita was in the 2002 movie, “The Rookie.”

Saint Rita, along with St. Jude, is known as the patron Saint of desperate cases.

She lived from 1377 to 1437.

She wanted to become a nun, but in deference to her parents, she married.

Her husband was violent and unfaithful.  She endured her husband’s insults

And infidelities.  They had 2 sons.  After 18 years, her husband was murdered.

Her sons subsequently died too.

She then become a nun.  She is known for her holiness and miracles.  She is also

Known as the Saint of matrimonial difficulties.

So if you need the impossible, or are in need of a miracle in your marriage,

She might be a good place to start.

Today is her feast day.

Robert P. Wallman

May 22^nd, 2010

MAY 22^nd, 2012

GIVE MERCY

Give mercy

Give love

Give God’s forgiveness

Like it was

Coming from above

She lied

I cried

She cried

I tried

I couldn’t cut through

What she was carrying inside

So many memories

So much hurt

We have to forgive others

And ourselves

And ourselves

In order

Just to get by

So many memories

So much hurt

You have to forgive others

And ourselves

And ourselves

In order

Just to get by

She lied

I cried

She cried

I tried

I tried

I couldn’t cut through

What she was carrying inside

Give mercy

Give love

Give God’s forgiveness

Like it was

Coming from God himself

Coming from up above

Give the MERCY OF GOD’S LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

4-19-06

Ps        “So speak and act

             As those who are going to be judged

             By the law who gives freedom

             Because judgment without mercy

             Will be shown to anyone

             Who has NOT been merciful

              MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT”               James 2:12-13

             “BLESSED are the merciful

              For they will be SHOWN MERCY”                          Matthew 5:7

PASSION---DO YOU HAVE IT

One of my favorite movies

Is a movie called “SERENDIPITY”

In it---our hero Jonathon Traeger

Loses the two loves of his life---in the same night

One woman is his fiancée  

The other is his soul mate

Whom he hasn’t seen in about 8 years

As Jonathon and his best friend

Walk down the street

Jonathon looks at his best friend ( a professional obituary writer ),

And says,

“Did you write my obituary?”

His friend looks back and says,

“The Greeks didn’t believe in obituaries

They just asked one question:

Did he have passion?”

Passion is defined as a powerful emotion

Such as love, joy, hatred, anger;

Or to have boundless enthusiasm for something

So, I’ll ask you

Do you have boundless enthusiasm for anything

If so, for what

And two more questions:

Do you have boundless enthusiasm for loving God?

Do you have a passion for loving others?

If your answers to these two questions are yes

You are fulfilling or attempting to fulfill

What Christ tells us

Are the two greatest commandments

In Matthew 22  ( 22:35-46 )

An expert in Jewish law

Is trying to trap Jesus

He asks,

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment

 In the law?”

Jesus responds,

“Love the Lord your God

With all your heart

And with all your soul

And with all you mind

This is the first

And greatest commandment

And the second is like it

Love your neighbor as yourself

All the law

And the prophets

Hang on these two commandments”

Jesus lived his life with such passion

For God and for others

That the last hours of his life

Between the last supper and the crucifixion

Are called---THE PASSION

But the truth is

His entire life is THE PASSION

Well Jonathon did lose his fiancée

But he did wind up with his soul mate

As the movie ends

They are celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary

So finally---my wish for you is this

That you live your life with such passion

That when you reach those white pearly gates

Saint Peter looks at you ( and me ), and says,

“Yes-thou art too with Jesus

Your very nature betrays you

Come on in our good and faithful servant”

Robert P. Wallman

2-5-12

MAY 20^th, 2012

MY FRIEND NICHOLIS                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!

He is

A man

Of about 40

He is

A man of love

He is a man

Of God

He is a man

Of up above

My friend Nicholis

He is

A man of caring

He is

A man of encouragement

He is

A man of kindness

My friend Nicholis

He is

A modern day Banrabas

He is an encourager

Acts 6:3-7

Is what

He is all about

A man of wisdom and love

My friend Nicholis

We share

A love of God

We share

A love of the spirit

We share

A love

Of helping others

Maybe together

We can begin

To change this world

My friend Nicholis

I am BLESSED

To know him

I am BLESSED

To call him my friend

This one is for you

Our modern day Barnabas

This one is for you

My friend

My friend Nicholis

Robert P. Wallman

4-13-10

Ps        “For everything that was written in the past

             Was written to teach us

             So that through endurance and

             ENCOURAGEMENT of the Scriptures

             We might have HOPE

             May the God

             Who gives endurance and ENCOURAGEMENT

             Give us a spirit among yourselves

             As you follow Christ Jesus

              So that with one heart and mouth

              Glorify the God and Father

              Of our Lord Jesus Christ”                                       Romans 15:4-6

     

MAY 19^th, 2012

IT’S PARADISE

Lord-wherever I am

It’s paradise

As long as

I am with you

It’s paradise

In my heart

It’s paradise

In my soul

It’s paradise

All over the world

Lord-you are so very cool

Lord-it’s paradise

In Pittsburgh, Pa.

It’s paradise

In Virginia too

It’s paradise

All over the world

As long as

I am with you

It’s paradise

In Miami, Florida

It’s paradise

In Palm Beach Gardens too

It’s paradise

All over the world

As long as

I am with you

It’s paradise

In my heart

It’s paradise

In my soul

It’s paradise

All over the world

Lord-you are so very cool

Lord-wherever I am

It’s paradise

As long as

I am with you

As long as

I am with you

Robert P. Wallman

5-20-06

Ps        The good thief said, “Jesus remember me

            When you come into your kingdom”   

             Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth

             Today you will be with me in PARADISE”                                     Luke 23:42-43

            “And I know that this man

             Whether in the body or apart from the body

              I do not know-but God knows

              Was caught up to PARADISE

              He heard inexpressible things

              Things that man is NOT permitted to tell”                            2 Corinthians 12:3-4

             “He who has an ear—let him hear

             What the SPIRIT says to the churches

              To him who overcomes

              I will give the right

              To eat from the TREE OF LIFE

              Which is the PARADISE OF GOD”                                 Revelation 2:7

        

MAY 18^th, 2012

I WANT TO BE

I want to be

Kind to my mother

I want to be

Kind to my sisters too

I want to be

Be kind to everyone

I want to make everyone

Feel brand new

I want to forgive my enemy

I want to turn the other cheek

I want to embrace

All life has to offer

I want to make everyone

Feel brand new

I want to make everyone

Feel brand new

Robert P. Wallman

4-20-06

Ps        “I will give you a NEW HEART

             And put a new spirit in you

             I will remove from you your heart of stone

             And give you a HEART of flesh”                             Ezekiel 36:26

            “You were taught

              With regard to your former way of life

              To put off your old self

              Which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires

              To be MADE NEW in the attitude of your minds

             And to put on the new self

             Created to be like God

             In TRUE righteousness and holiness”                         Ephesians 4:22-24

             “Yet I am writing you a NEW COMMAND

               Because the darkness is passing

              And the true light is already SHINING”                         1 John 2:8

WHEREVER YOU ARE

Wherever you are---

Are you a disciple of Jesus Christ

Before we answer that question

Maybe we should know

Who or what a disciple of Jesus Christ is

In John, 8:31, Jesus tells us himself

What a disciple of his is

“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,

“If you hold to my teaching

You really are my disciples”

So where are we

To proclaim his teachings

The answer is simple

And the answer is

WHEREVERYOU ARE

It can be

In our neighborhood

It can be

In our backyard

Or it can even be

In our own home

And what is great is

We don’t even have to say a word

They will know we are Christians

BY OUR LOVE

They will know we are Christians

By our kindness

They will know we are Christians

By our forgiveness

And what about our children

In today’s world

What does Jesus say

“And if anyone

Gives even a cup of cold water

To one of these little ones

Because he is my disciple

I tell you the truth

He will certainly not lose his reward”                            Matthew 10:42

A far cry from sexual abuse

Wouldn’t you say

What if

We treated our children with love

Instead of abusing them

“It would be better

For him to be thrown

Into the sea

With a millstone tied around his neck

Than for him

To cause one of these little ones

To sin

So watch yourselves”                                                   Luke 17:2 & 3

We can be a Christian

If we are a prisoner

In a prison cell

We can be a Christian

As a patient in a hospital room

We can be kind

To a child

Wherever we find them

In short

We can be a Christian

WHEREVER we are

Jesus said,

“Go into the whole world

And proclaim the Gospel

To every living creature”                                            Mark 16:15

ALL we need to do is

CARRY GOD’S LOVE with us

In our hearts

And share it

With whoever God puts in our lives

WHEREVER WE ARE

Robert P. Wallman

1-27-12

Ps        inspired by a message in Living Faith 1-25-12

            by Sister Melanie SVOBODA S.M.D.    .            ..

MAY 17^th, 2012

HOW MUCH COURAGE

HAVE YOU GOT

How much courage have you got

How hard have you worked

How long have you fought

To get to this place in your life

Which you have always sought

Had to get to this place

In order to get to the next stage

I remember-planning it all so well

In my idle thoughts

Now again

When all looks lost

I get this urge-to throw in the towel

Even if-it’s only for awhile

But somehow-I have to remain strong

Even when my life

Is turning out all wrong

How much courage have you got

Do you remember how hard that you fought

Can you rise to the occasion again

To fight a battle-you know you can’t win

But maybe just holding your own-is a win

Can you rise to the occasion again

Remember how hard that you fought

Do you want to throw in the towel

How much courage have you got

It comes from inside-but I can’t say where

I want to quit

But I searched all through me-and there is NO QUIT in there

And somehow-I continue to care

I fight through the hopelessness and fear

And with the future-looking so very bleak

And feeling like I have been thrown

To the snakes in the pit

I do things-others would never dare

How much courage have you got

How hard have you worked

How long have you fought

Do you want to throw in the towel

If you do-then do it now

You got the towel in your hand

But the hand is not moving anywhere

Because you can’t

You’ve been in too many tight spots

The things that you have learned

And the things that you have taught

To let it all go for not

How much courage have you got

How long have you worked

How hard have you fought

To get to this place in your life

Which you have always sought

Had to get to this place

In order to get to the next stage

Can you rise to the occasion again

To fight a battle that you know-YOU CAN’T WIN

But holding on is a win

And as long as you got life

You will find the COURAGE

To do it again and again

Robert P. Wallman

3-2-1981

Ps       “The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,

           “TAKE COURAGE!  As you have testified in Jerusalem

            So you must also testify in Rome”                                     Acts 23:11

           “Be on your guard-stand firm in the faith

            Be men of COURAGE

            DO EVERYTHING IN LOVE”                                    1 Corinthians 16-13