TRAVEL WITH HUMILITY=AND=LEAVE THE OUTCOME UP TO GOD

TRAVEL WITH HUMILITY=AND=
LEAVE THE OUTCOME TO GOD


We think we are HOT STUFF=
We think we have=
A lot of great ideas


But the REALITY IS=NOT everyone
Will welcome us in life=not
Everyone will say “YES” to
OUR great ideas


Or AGREE with our DEEPLY
Held thoughts and convictions


“Whatever place does not welcome you
Or LISTEN to you


Leave there=and shake the dust
OFF of your feet.........” Mark 6:11


In a way=it is a RELIEF
To read these words=as Jesus
SENDS OUT the twelve


It certainly EXPLAINS a lot
About the REACTION we get
From some people in this world


And it is a relief to KNOW
That we aren't the first
To get this reaction


Jesus and his FOLLOWERS
Were greeted in this SAME WAY


Travel with HUMILITY=
Leave the outcome
UP TO GOD


“In your majesty
Ride forth VICTORIOUSLY


In the cause of truth=
HUMILITY=and justice
Let your right hand


Achieve awesome deeds” Psalm 45:4


“WISDOM'S instruction
Is to fear the Lord


And humility
Comes BEFORE HONOR” Proverbs 15:33


“By the HUMILITY and
Gentleness of Christ
I appeal to you---------


I-Paul---------
Who am “timid”
When face to face with you


But”BOLD” toward you
When away” 2 Corinthians 10:1


In this BUSY and narcissistic world=
People don't want to even
GREET YOU=let alone
Spend time with you


It HURTS=
To be received this way


But Jesus says=to
DUST OFF the reception=
KEEP up the journey=and keep on
MOVING FORWARD with an open heart


And LEAVE the OUTCOME
Up to God


“REMEMBER your leaders
Who spoke the WORD of God
To you


Consider the OUTCOME
Of their way of life
And IMITATE their FAITH


Jesus Christ is SAME yesterday=
And today=and FOREVER” Hebrews 13:7-7


“For it is TIME
For judgment to begin
With God's household


And IF it begins with us-
What will the OUTCOME BE
For those who-
Do NOT obey=
The GOSPEL OF GOD?” 1 Peter 4:17


Keep moving forward=and TRAVEL
With HUMILITY


OFFER love and compassion=
Do good works=and SPREAD
The GOSPEL with your life


Leave success/failure and THE results
UP TO GOD


And always=ALWAYS=
Travel with HUMILITY


In the names of Jesus and HIS most LOVING and GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-31-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jennifer Christ

SAINT JOHN BOSCO=A SAINT FOR THE CHILDREN

Saint John Bosco---a Saint for the children










Today when
The sexual abuse of young children
Is so prevalent
It is heartening
To look at the past
To the lives
Of some of the Saints


John---actually called Don Bosco
Was born in 1815
His father died
When he was 2 years old


His mother brought him up
In extreme poverty
He was so poor
That when he entered the seminary
In 1831
His clothes and shoes
Had to be donated


He was ordained in1841
And soon thereafter
He began his life’s work
Which was the education
Of young apostolate boys---and young men
Particularly in working class families


He also worked in the slums---in prisons
And was appointed a chaplain
At a refuge for young girls


After leaving as chaplain for the girls
He lived in poverty with his mother
And 40 destitute young boys


Don Bosco had a charismatic personality
Had great oratory skills
Was an eloquent preacher
And popular writer


“Don” was also a visionary
A wonder worker
And had an extraordinary gift
For handling difficult children


Usually without punishing them
But with gentleness and a firm hand


A typical day for Don
Was to take the boys to Mass
Followed by a picnic in the country---games---
And a catechism class


Don Bosco
Founded the Salesian order
And also The Daughters of our Lady Help of Christians for girls


It is important to remember
That at a time
When the Catholic church is taking so much criticism
About the handling of the abuse scandal
And rightfully so


Important to remember
All the good the Catholic Church has done
In the building up of faith
For BOTH adults and children
Through men like Saint John Bosco
Down through the years


John “Don” Bosco
A Saint for us all
But particularly


A SAINT AND MAN FOR THE CHILDREN


Robert P. Wallman
2-5-12


Ps Don Bosco’s feast day is January 31^st




misc. WITNESS 1-31-14

THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS!

THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS!


Jesus always SPOKE the
Most amazing words=those in his MINISTRY
Were “ASTONISHED”=usually in ADMIRATION
Of him


But those in his hometown
RESENTED him=those who KNEW
Him best=BUT those of us who
Are CHRISTIANS=run into resentment too=
From time to time


“When the SABBATH came=
He began to teach
In the synagogue


And MANY who heard him
Were ASTONISHED” Mark 6:2


When Jesus says, “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR,”
Or “Judge not,”=how amazing=how ASTONISHED
We all become


But when he says “TURN the other cheek,” or
“Eat my body-drink my blood”=how many of us
Shake our head=and fail to get it


Yet truly they STILL are
ASTONISHING WORDS=whether we
GET them or not


“When Jesus
Had FINISHED saying these things


The crowds
Were AMAZED at his teaching
Because he taught


As ONE who had authority
And NOT as their teachers
Of the law” Matthew 7:28


“The disciples were
AMAZED at his words
…........” Mark 10:24


The DISCIPLES were even
MORE AMAZED and said to each other=
'WHO then=can be SAVED?'” Mark 10:26


Those amazing=those ASTONISHING WORDS
Of Jesus


“Utterly AMAZED-they asked-
'Aren't all these who
Are speaking Galileans?=then
How is it that each of us
HEARS them in our native language
….....?'” Acts 2:7


The HOLY SPIRIT
Comes at Pentecost=
It is the Holy SPIRIT=shining light=
On the ASTONISHING WORDS of Jesus


Those ASTONISHING WORDS!


Jesus tells us to TAKE UP
Our cross DAILY=and NOT to expect
ANY better treatment
Than he himself got


Yes=those ASTONISHING WORDS=of Jesus=
These words that will LAST
FOREVER and ever
UNTIL the end of time


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away


BUT my words will
NEVER pass away” Matthew 24:35


“Simon Peter answered him=
'Lord-to whom shall we go?=
You have the words
Of ETERNAL LIFE


We have come to BELIEVE
And to know
That you are
The HOLY ONE of God'” John 6:68


Yes=SRCIPTURE verses=the
Words of Jesus=are ASTONISHING
In all sorts of ways


And they are CHALLENGING=challenging us
To LIVE the CHRISTIAN life=
And love like Jesus


Yes=now we have to LISTEN again=
Each day of our lives=
And become ASTONISHED by his words
OVER and over again=until
The end of time


THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS of Jesus


In Jesus' name and in his WORDS UNTIL the END of time=
And in the AMAZING LOVE of our HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-30-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen

DIVINE=BUT HUMAN TOO

DIVINE=BUT HUMAN TOO


Jesus was DIVINE=but he
Was also HUMAN=he had ALL
The traits and FEELINGS and temptations=
Of EACH one of us


But unlike us=he OVERCAME each
And every temptation that he had


“He gave strict orders that
NO ONE should know this


And said that she should =be given
SOMETHING to eat” Mark 5:43


ISN'T it remarkable that after
ALL the hubbub=that the FIRST
Thing that Jesus did AFTER RAISING
The girl from the dead


Was to make sure=she had
Something to eat=FULL of presence
Of mind=that Jesus was=KNOWING full well
What it was to be HUMAN TOO


He was down-to-earth=our Lord
AND Savior=He was not above
Anything=or any of us=yet we know
That he was DIVINE too


“For since the
CREATION of the world
GOD'S invisible qualities--------


His eternal power and DIVINE nature--------
have been clearly seen


Being understood
From what has been made
So that people
Are WITHOUT EXCUSE” Romans 1:20


“Through these-
He has given us
His very GREAT
And precious promises


So that through them
You may participate
In the DIVINE NATURE


Having escaped
The corruption of the world
CAUSED by evil desires” 1 Peter 1:4


Yes=we take great COMFORT
In this


Jesus KNOWS that we have to
Take CARE of the human side
Of our lives too


He KNOWS-
We NEED to eat=
Sleep=Take care of our cars=
And EVEN do laundry too


Jesus was DIVINE=but he had
A DUAL nature=he was HUMAN too


He=Jesus wants us to be=
PEOPLE OF FAITH=but he doesn't
EXPECT us to neglect our
Human needs


“You judge
By HUMAN STANDARDS


I pass judgment
On NO ONE” John 8:15


“Peter and the other apostles replied:
'We MUST obey God=rather=
Than human beings'” Acts 5:29


“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 the tablets
Of HUMAN HEARTS” 2 Corinthians 3:3


We NEED to EMULATE the life
Of our Jesus Christ=being AWARE
Of the human


But BEING people of faith=LIVING
With the DIVINE NATURE
Of Christ too


In the names of Jesus and HIS MOST LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-29-18


Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue

TELL PEOPLE!

TELL PEOPLE!


Has God=has Jesus=made a
DIFFERENCE in your life=if so=
Tell people=tell your FAMILY=
TELL your friends=
Tell the WHOLE WORLD


It is easy to WORSHIP GOD=
Inside of church=it is warm=
It is dry=and the LIGHTS are on


NOT so easy-though-to take God=
To take Jesus=out into this
VERY cruel world


But that is our JOB as CHRISTIANS=
To PROCLAIM the good news of
The Lord=and to LIVE
The good news


“.............
The man who had been possessed
PLEADED to remain with him


But Jesus would NOT permit him
But TOLD him instead


'GO HOME to your family and announce
To them=
ALL that the Lord=in his pity=
Has DONE for you'” Mark 5:18-19


YES TELL PEOPLE=tell everyone=
PROCLAIM the good news
Of the Lord=taking it
TO THE STREETS


“ALL people will fear
They will PROCLAIM
The works of God


And PONDER
What he has done” Psalm 64:9


“The SPIRIT of the Lord
Is on me
Because
He has anointed me


To PROCLAIM
Good news to the POOR


He has sent me to
PROCLAIM FREEDOM
For the prisoners


And recovery of sight
For the blind
To SET the oppressed free


To PROCLAIM the year
Of the LORD'S FAVOR” Luke 4:18-19


Yes=tell the people ABOUT THE LORD=
About all the GOOD
He has done for you=in your life


As we LEAVE the church
We KNOW=we will encounter struggles=
We know it will be
UNCOMFORTABLE in the street


Yes=it is much more COMFORTABLE=
INSIDE of the church=but we REAL CHRISTIANS=
We are called
To step OUTSIDE of our comfort zone


TELL PEOPLE about God
Tell people about what
The LORD has done for you
In your life


Yes I will go out=
I will go tell
THE GOOD NEWS of the LORD
I will TELL PEOPLE=ABOUT what the Lord has done


I will STEP OUTSIDE
Of my comfort zone
I will step outside
INTO the streets=with
The word of God
THE WORD OF LOVE


“May your unfailing LOVE
Be my COMFORT


According to your PROMISE
To your servant” Psalm 119:76


“Praise be
To the God and Father
To our Lord Jesus Christ


The Father of compassion
And the God
Of all COMFORT


Who COMFORTS US
In all our troubles


So that we can comfort those
In ANY trouble
With the COMFORT
We ourselves=RECEIVE from God” 2 Corinthians 1:3


Dear Lord=may we be UNAFRAID
To SHARE our stories of
The Lord=and all of his GOODNESS


We will TELL PEOPLE
In the names of Jesus and the ONE TRUE FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-28-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn

HIS VOICE IS FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS

HIS VOICE IS FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS


Jesus was FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS=
During his years on earth


He USED his voice to heal
Others=to PREACH the word of God=
And to BRING as much good=as he could
DURING his time here on earth


UNFORTUNATELY=many of us in
This world=don't want to hear
The PROPHETIC VOICES of God


We didn't 2,000 years ago=and
We still don't want to hear them
TODAY


“A prophet like me=from among
YOUR OWN KIN” Deuteronomy 18:15


Jesus found out ALL too well
That people don't want
To HEAR from you


DON'T want to hear
The word of GOD
Especially from someone you know


KEEP your heart OPEN
Keep your ears open
Keep on listening
For the WORD OF GOD


No matter where it comes from
No matter WHO it
Comes from


EVEN if it is from
A priest or preacher
That you personally
Don't like


Jesus USES other voices
To speak to you/me/US
In LOVING KINDNESS


“ANYONE who withholds kindness
From a friend


Forsakes the fear
Of the ALMIGHTY” Job 6:14


“In a surge of anger
I HID my face from you
For a moment


But with EVERLASTING KINDNESS
I will have
COMPASSION on you


Says the Lord
Your REDEEMER” Isaiah 54:8


His voice=GOD'S VOICE=
Is full of EVERLASTING KINDNESS
For us and for our lives


“And God RAISED us up
In Christ
And seated us
With him


In the heavenly realms
In Christ Jesus


In order
That in the coming ages
He might SHOW
The incomparable riches


Of his grace
Expressed in his KINDNESS
To us in CHRIST Jesus” Ephesians 2:6-7


Even today=we REJECT
The KINDRED VOICE=of our brother
Christ Jesus


But the psalmist tells us=to
BE AWARE to LISTEN
To the voice of Christ


We may just SURPRISE OURSELVES
In how well
We know his voice


And how much KINDNESS AND LOVE
There is for us
In his voice


MAY we always hear your VOICE=
My dear Jesus=my dear Lord=
And my dear God=and its LOVING KINDNESS


In the names of Jesus and his ALL LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-28-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco

GROWING IN GOD=ALL IS GOOD!

GROWING IN GOD=ALL IS GOOD!


When I LOOK BACK on all
The UNEXPECTED TURNS=roads=
And CHANGES in my life


I SEE that during
The most DIFFICULT CHALLENGES
Of life=is when
I GREW the most


It is when I BECAME
A better person=
ALL IS GOOD!


“Give me back
The JOY of your salvation
And a WILLING spirit
SUSTAIN in me” Psalm 51:14


I CRINGE when I think how
Arrogant I was=I realize NOW=
You CANNOT live life with rigidity


I REALIZE that bumps
In the road have OPENED
My heart and made me
A more COMPASSIONATE PERSON


A person who is LESS judgmental
Of others=and their lives=
ALL IS GOOD!=I am=we are
GROWING IN GOD


“Let the Lord
JUDGE the peoples


VINDICATE me Lord
According to my righteousness
According to me INTEGRITY
O most HIGH” Psalm 7:8


“For the LORD
Is our JUDGE
The Lord is
Our lawgiver


The Lord is our king
It is he
Who will judge you” Isaiah 33:22


“I care very little
If I am JUDGED
By you


Indeed=I do not=
Even judge myself” 1 Corinthians 4:3


Sometimes it is HARD
To continue to TRUST God
In the midst
Of unforeseen events


When we get an unexpected illness=
Have a job change=or have
MAJOR disappointments in life


When we have
These kind of things=it
Is good to REMEMBER
Our ENTIRE faith journey


It is good to remember
How we GREW in God BEFORE
And how God
Will CONTINUE to help us


Whether things are good
Or bad
We will continue
Tot GROW IN GOD


And God will continue
To SUSTAIN US


“From him
The whole body
JOINED and HELD together


By every supporting ligament


GROWS=and builds itself up
In LOVE


As each part
DOES its work” Ephesians 4:16


“They have lost connection
With the head
From WHOM the whole body


HELD together as
Its ligaments and sinews


GROWS as God
Causes it to grow” Colossians 2:19


My dear FAITHFUL GOD=
Please LIGHTEN my heart


As I seek
To UNDERSTAND your ways
And continue to GROW


I will REMEMBER ALWAYS=
ALL IS GOOD!=as I continue
To GROW IN YOU


In Jesus' name and the name of JESUS' all loving=all glorious FATHER


Robert P Wallman
1-25-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

GOD'S KINGDOM IS GROWING

GOD'S KINGDOM IS GROWING


Do you know that RIGHT
This moment=that GOD'S KINGDOM
Is growing?


EVERY time your will FOLLOWS
GOD'S WILL=God's kingdom grows=
Sometimes=it grows=even
Despite you=despite us


“It is like a MUSTARD SEED that
When it is sown
In the ground


Is the SMALLEST of all the seeds
On the earth” Mark 4:31


Jesus tells us that the
KINGDOM of God starts out small
Like a mustard seed


But it is destined to GROW
And EMBRACE all of us
With its fullness


Yes=God's KINGDOM is always GROWING
And hopefully=it is always
GROWING in us too


“In the same way
The GOSPEL is bearing fruit
And growing


Throughout the whole world---------
Just as it has
Been doing among you


Since the day you heard
And truly understood
GOD'S GRACE” Colossians 1:6


GOD'S KINGDOM IS GROWING!
In you=and in me=and
THROUGHOUT the whole world


“.........So that you
May LIVE a life worthy
Of the Lord=and please him
In every way


BEARING FRUIT=in every good work=
Growing in the knowledge of God” Colossians 1:10


“WE ought ALWAYS
To thank God
For you =brothers and sisters


And rightly so
Because your FAITH
Is growing more and more


And the LOVE all of you have
For one another
Is increasing” 2 Thessalonians 1:3


Yes=our FAITH is GROWING=and our
LOVE for each other is GROWING too


And because of it
GOD'S KINGDOM is growing


We don't hear a lot
Of good things in the news=
But I ASSURE you
Good things are happening


People CARING for their sick loved ones=
People donating their TIME too=
FEEDING the poor


A lot of people VOLUNTEER
Their time and efforts=out of
The GOODNESS of their hearts


Much of this CONTRIBUTES to
The GROWING KINGDOM of God


The kingdom of God
BEGINS with God's initiative=but it
Takes our COOPERATION
With the PLAN of God
For it to work


“Do not those
Who plot evil go astray


But those=
Who PLAN what is good
FIND love and faithfulness” Proverbs 14:22


The KINGDOM of God
Is indeed GROWING


Dear Lord= we PRAY that we COOPERATE
With your PLANS for the kingdom


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

EXAMINE LIFE'S LESSONS=THE HARD WAY

EXAMINE LIFE'S LESSONS=THE HARD WAY


Life can be CRUEL=it can
TEACH us lessons=but sometimes
We just don't want to
Get it= and we have


To COME to GOD'S LESSONS
In our life=THE HARD WAY


Learning God's lessons=the
HARD WAY


Today we read about
The CONVERSION of Saul into Paul


One day Saul is living life=
KILLING all the Christians=including
Stephen=the FIRST Christian martyr


“Since I could see NOTHING
Because of the brightness
Of that light=


I was LED by hand
By my companions
And entered Damascus” Acts 22:11


In an instant=Paul becomes BLIND=
Helpless= and left without
A sense of direction


WHEN we are
On the wrong road=
GOD TURNS our life around
And leads us
In a new direction


Learning life's lessons=
THE HARD WAY


“Ah-Sovereign Lord-
You have made the heavens
And the earth


By your GREAT POWER
And outstretched arm


NOTHING is too HARD
For you” Jeremiah 32:17


“In EVERYTHING I did
I showed you that
By this kind of HARD WORK


We must HELP the weak=
REMEMBERING the words
The Lord Jesus himself said=


'It is MORE BLESSED
To give=than to receive'” Acts 20:35


“I KNOW your deeds
Your HARD work
And your perseverance” Revelation 2:2


Yes=there is NO EASY WAY
To LEARN life's lessons=there is
NO easy way
To TURN your life around


Paul LEARNED his lessons=well=
And went on to become the MESSENGER
To the GENTILES=and help
Change the world


There is NO TELLING what
Might bring about the changes
In our life


A death of a loved one= a job loss=
An UNEXPECTED TURN of events


Life can BLINDSIDE us=it CAN
POINT US in a direction=
An opposite direction


And it takes FAITH
To get it right=to WORK through things=
To TURN ourselves around


FOLLOWING the letter of
The law CANNOT DIRECT US=
Only by following CHRIST'S LOVE
Can we get it right


Follow the narrow way
FOLLOW IN FAITH


“ENTER through the NARROW gate
For wide is the gate
And BROAD is the road
That leads to destruction


But SMALL is the gate
And narrow the road
That leads to LIFE
And only a FEW
Find it” Matthew 7:13-14


EXAMINE life's lessons=they are HARD=
Find FAITH=Find love=Find LIFE


Jesus did=Saint Paul did=I did=
I HOPE you do too


In Jesus' name and the name of OUR HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah Meister 

KNOWING THE WORD OF=AND THE LOVE OF GOD

KNOWING THE WORD OF=AND=
THE LOVE OF GOD


In chapter 3 of Mark=Jesus
Tells us a parable about
THE WORD OF GOD


And the DIFFERENT KINDS of soil
In our hearts=of those of us
Who are LISTENING


“A SOWER went out to sow=and as
He sowed=some SEED fell on the path
….....other seed FELL on rocky ground
….....SOME-fell among thorns---and some---
On rich soil and PRODUCED FRUIT” Mark 4:3-5, 7-8


What is the CONDITION
Of your heart? Is your heart---
RICH in soil----------for RECEIVING
The WORD of God=
For receiving the LOVE OF GOD


Keep your hearts OPEN=even if
It is NOT right now=at some point


The WORD of God
The LOVE of God
Will begin to GROW in your heart


“But those
Who HOPE in the Lord
Will RENEW their strength


They will SOAR
On wings like eagles
They will run


And not grow weary
They will WALK
And not be faint” Isaiah 40:31


KEEP your hearts open
For the LOVE of God
Keep your ears open
For the WORD of God=
KNOW and LOVE
The WORD OF GOD


“........
See how the FLOWERS
Of the field grow
They do NOT labor or spin


Yet I tell you
That not even Solomon
In all his splendor
Was DRESSED-
Like one of these” Matthew 6:28-29


Sometimes=the WORD of God=
Does not GROW in us
Right of way


Sometimes GOD'S LOVES leaves us DRY=
In our hearts=UNTIL a storm comes
And DRENCHES our soul


That is WHY we always
Have to keep our hearts OPEN=
Until that day=when our hearts are READY=
To LOVE the word of God=
And LIVE that LOVE


“Sacrifice and offering
You did not desire--------


But my ears
You have OPENED---------


Burnt offerings and sin offerings
You did not require” Psalm 40:6


“I will OPEN my mouth
With a PARABLE


I will utter hidden things
From of old--------” Psalm 78:1


So keep your HEARTS OPEN
Keep listening for
The WORD of God


And someday
The seed will START to GROW


And our lives
Will bear FRUIT
That comes from listening to


And LIVING the LOVE OF GOD


In the names of Jesus and HIS MOST LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston

WE ARE FAMILY!

WE ARE FAMILY!


The 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates were
A GREAT baseball team=
Led by Willie Stargell-
They were world champions


And their mantra was=”WE ARE FAMILY”


Jesus LOVED everyone=and considered
EVERYONE=as in his FATHER'S WILL=would have it=
As his FAMILY=I kind of FEEL
The same way


“For whoever
DOES the will of God
Is my brother=and sister=
And mother” Mark 3:35


Jesus LOVED his mother and father=
And brothers and cousins=they were
HIS FAMILY


I too have had the GREATEST
FAMILY=the greatest parents=the greatest
Sisters=and the greatest COUSINS=
And extended family


Family implies UNITY=togetherness=and LOVE=
That is what the PITTSBURGH Pirates were=that
IS what the HOLY FAMILY WAS=that is what
MY FAMILY IS+God=HOW I love
MY FAMILY


What a world this would be=
IF we all lived together=
With togetherness and UNITY=YES what
A family should be=
What we COULD BE=
We should be ONE IN UNITY


Let us all LIVE IN UNITY
Let us all=BE ONE


“How GOOD and pleasant
It is when GOD'S PEOPLE
Live TOGETHER IN UNITY” Psalm 133:1


LIVE as one=LOVE AS ONE=
What a world this could be=
If we TRULY loved that way


“.........I in them--------
And you in me--------
So they may be
BROUGHT to complete unity


Then the world will KNOW
That you sent me
And HAVE loved them=even
As you have LOVED ME” John 17:23


Leaders lead by EXAMPLE=
Jesus did it=by BEING=
The PERSONIFICATION of love


Willie STARGELL did it=by being
The BEST baseball player alive
In 1979


“Make every EFFORT to
KEEP the the unity of the SPIRIT
Through the BOND OF PEACE” Ephesians 4:3


We are family=we are LOVE=
We are one in SPIRIT=in truth=
And in UNITY


Jesus essentially says=
“Yes=YES YOU=you are my brother=
My sister=my mother


NOT my Father=that is GOD=
But everything else is OPEN
In my world”


Jesus says=WE ARE HIS FAMILY=
He says=LOVE each other


GOD=how I love=and
HAVE LOVED my family


“God sets the lonely
In families


He leads out the prisoners
With singing
But the rebellious live
In a sun-scorched land” Psalm 68:6


Let us ALL live like the
HOLY FAMILY=let the world
LIVE AS ONE!


In the name of Jesus our LORD=and in the name of the MOST HOLY FAMILY


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick

A VOICE FOR LIFE

A VOICE FOR LIFE


As someone=who has SURVIVED
Numerous life and death experiences=
On my birthday=no less=there is NO ONE
More PRO LIFE than me


And yet I BELIEVE=it is a
PERSONAL CHOICE=for each
And EVERY ONE of us


GIVE LIFE a chance=give a VOICE=
GIVE HOPE to the hopeless


EVERYONE needs a VOICE=give LIFE
A CHANCE


“A house.........divided against itself=will NOT
Be able to stand” Mark 3:25


I am INSPIRED by the MANY
PEOPLE who show up for
The PRO-LIFE march=God gave me
NUMEROUS CHANCES at life=give someone
Else a CHANCE at life


GIVE THE HOPELESS A VOICE


“The VOICE of the Lord
Is over the waters


The God of glory thunders
The LORD thunders
OVER the mighty waters” Psalm 29:3


A voice of ONE CALLING
“in the wilderness=
PREPARE the way for the Lord


Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God” Isaiah 40:3


“THEIR VICE has gone out
Into all the earth


Their words
To the ENDS of the world” Romans 10:18


LIFE is GOD'S GIFT
To us=what we do with it
IS our gift back to God


God has GIVEN me so
MANY chances at life=I
Keep TRYING to get it right


I believe EVERYONE should
At least have the CHANCE
To make the BEST LIFE
They can for themselves


The first PRO-LIFE march
Was in 1974 and had over
20,000 people there


THIS YEAR there will be
HUNDREDS of thousands people PRESENT
And they will PRAY FOR=and
MARCH for LIFE at the US CAPITOL


“You make KNOWN to me
The path of life


You will FILL ME
With JOY in your presence


With eternal pleasures
At your right hand” Psalm 16:11


“For those who FIND ME
Find life=
And receive FAVOR
From the Lord” Proverbs 8:35


“For whoever WANTS to save their life
Will LOSE IT=but whoever
LOSES their life for me
And for the GOSPEL
Will SAVE IT” Mark 8:35


OUR FAITH speaks to us=
To PRAY for others today


Those who WANT LIFE=and
Can't have it=whatever the reason


WHO is in MORE NEED
For our prayers=than the
VOICELESS=and the UNBORN?


The MILLIONS who never get
A chance to have a LIFE
Let us=THROUGH OUR PRAYERS=
GIVE THEM A VOICE


In the name of Jesus and his MOST LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-21-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE!

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE!


You CANNOT see it-feel it=
Or touch it=but the
KINGDOM OF GOD is here
LIVING in each one of our HEARTS


(Jesus said)=”The Kingdom of God
Is at hand=REPENT=and
BELIEVE in the GOSPEL” Mark 1:15


MANY of the readings today
Speak of REPENTANCE


God asks Jonah to PREACH repentance
To the people of Nineveh=
At first=he says NO


But the second time
He OBEYS GOD=and preaches
REPENTANCE to everyone


We too should repent in
TODAY'S WORLD=because I don't
Think=the KINGDOM of God
has ever been closer


It is HERE=in this world=
Despite the fact that we
Are NOT living like it


The KINGDOM of God
Is HERE=it is CLOSER
Than you think


“Yours Lord=is the greatness
And the power


And the GLORY=and the majesty
And the splendor
For everything in heaven
And earth


Is YOURS
Yours Lord=is the kingdom
You are EXALTED=as HEAD=
Over all” 1 Chronicles 29:11


“His KINGDOM=will be
An everlasting kingdom
And all rulers
Will WORSHIP and obey him” Daniel 7:27


“AFTER his suffering=
He presented himself
To them


And GAVE many convincing PROOFS
That he was ALIVE


He appeared to them
OVER a period of 40 days
And spoke about
THE KINGDOM OF GOD” Acts 1:3


The kingdom of GOD is NEAR
And it will LAST
On this earth=forever=
And ever


The Lord tells us
To seek his WAYS=to live
HIS WAYS


TEACH me your ways O LORD=
And I will=we will=
LIVE forever and ever


And we will WALK the KINGDOM
Of God=here on this earth


Jesus tells us=
“The KINGDOM of God
Is at HAND”


It is NOT WAY up high
It is not way over there
IT IS HERE=it is HERE=
RIGHT here in OUR HEARTS


TEACH me your ways=O LORD


“SHOW ME your ways=Lord=
Teach me your paths” Psalm 25:4


“For your ways=
Are in FULL VIEW
Of the Lord


And he EXAMINES
All your paths” Proverbs 5:21


Our REPENTANCE
Does NOT cause the KINGDOM
Of God to appear


Our repentance is our
JUBILANT RESPONE to God's kingdom
Already BEING HERE=
LIVING IN OUR HEARTS


In the names of the SON Jesus=and HIS MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-19-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.

WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH

WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH


I think we ALL
Go though periods of time
In our lives
WHEN we QUESTION our FAITH


NO MATTER how much faith
That we have=I think
EVEN Jesus did


“When his relatives=heard of this
They set out
To SEIZE him
And they said=


'He is OUT of his mind'” Mark 3:21


I WONDER how Jesus felt
When his FAMILY=
Reacted this way


I wonder IF even Jesus DOUBTED
When those he was
CLOSEST to=even doubted him


THIS sounds like a MODERN
DAY REACTION of a family member
To an ITINERANT PREACHER


To have SOMEONE strike out
On their own=PREACHING a
Completely NEW RELIGION


ANY family member
Would have their DOUBTS


But Jesus CONTINUED to
Move FORWARD in FAITH


It is my GUESS that even
The HUMAN SIDE of Jesus
EXPERIENCED some doubts


“Jesus replied, 'TRULY I tell you
If you have FAITH
And do not doubt


NOT only can you do
What was done
To the fig tree


But also
You can SAY to this mountain


'Go throw yourself
Into the sea'
And it will be DONE” Matthew 21:21


“He said to them=
'WHY are you troubled
And why do doubts
RISE in your minds?


LOOK at my hands and my feet
It is I myself!


TOUCH me and see=
A ghost= does NOT have
Flesh and bone
As you see I have'” Luke 24:38-39


“BE MERCIFUL to those
Who doubt=save others
By SNATCHING them
From the fire” Jude :22-23


WHEN our doubts
THREATEN our faith=we NEED to
STILL keep moving forward


Even Jesus=in his moments
Of humanity=must have had TEMPTATION
And with temptation
Comes DOUBT


But NO ONE=this world
Has ever seen=had more faith
Than Jesus


So I am SURE
He UNDERSTANDS=all too well
When our doubts
THREATEN our faith


“Then he touched their eyes
And said:
'According to your FAITH-let it
BE DONE to you'
And their sight was RESTORED” Matthew 9:29-30


We ALL have QUESTIONS
About our FAITH=but Jesus IS
THE ANSWER


KEEP moving forward in FAITH


Robert P. Wallman
1-19-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVIING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'DONOGHUE

1-19-18=THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO LIVE=LIVE WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION

THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO LIVE=
LIVE WITH MERCY AND COMPASSION


Today=on my 63^rd BIRTHDAY=I want
To REMIND YOU ALL
That there is a BETTER WAY
To LIVE


Show MERCY AND COMPASSION=pay it
FORWARD=LIVE with LOVE=forget bitterness
Forget revenge


There is a BETTER WAY
To live


(Saul said to David)=”For if a man
MEETS his enemy=
Does he send him away UNHARNED?


May the Lord always REWARD you=generously=
For WHAT you have done
THIS DAY” 1 Samuel 24:20


Other than Jesus' own life=there is
No better way of LIVING with
MERCY and COMPASSION


Than David=SPARING Saul's life
Over and over again


DESPITE the fact that Saul
Was TRYING to kill David


PAY IT FORWARD=live
With MERCY AND COMPASSION


“Remember Lord=
Your great mercy and love


For they are from
Of old” Psalm 25:6


“BLESSED are the merciful
For they
Will be SHOWN MERCY” Matthew 5:7


“But because
Of his GREAT LOVE
For us


God=who is rich
In MERCY
Made us ALIVE
With Christ


EVEN when we were dead
In transgressions


It is by GRACE
You have been SAVED” Ephesians 2:4-5


And we should SHOW
That same grace=that same MERCY
That same love
To others=David did


THERE is a BETTER WAY
To live=PAY IT FORWARD=
Your love and compassion


It was PAYBACK TIME
For Saul=David's BIG CHANCE to
Get even


To TAKE Saul out of his life
For good=but INSTEAD
David offered MERCY and the CHANCE
For RECONCILIATION


David only CLIPPED Saul's robe
And SHOWED COMPASSION


“ALL this is from God
Who RECONCILED us to himself
Through CHRIST


And gave us
The ministry of RECONCILIATION=


That God was reconciling
The WORLD to himself
In CHRIST


NOT counting people's sins
Against them


And he has COMMITTED US to
The MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION” 2 Corinthians 5:18-19


PAY FORWARD love=mercy=and
COMPASSION=it is the ONLY
WAY to live


It is the BETTER WAY


Robert P. Wallman
1-18-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Melanie Rigney




Pss TODAY on my 63^rd birthday=I just want to REMIND YOU
That I LOVE YOU ALL very much

And to PAY IT FORWARD
You are ALL very SPECIAL to me


Love=Robert

1-19-18

GOD CHOOSES YOU!

GOD CHOOSES YOU!


Out of ALL of the people
In all of the world
GOD CHOOSES YOU!


YES=he has a PLAN for you
And your life=
Just like he had
A plan for DAVID=and his slingshot=
Against Goliath


“You CANNOT go up
AGAINST the Philistine
And fight with him


For you are ONLY a youth-
While he has been a WARRIOR
From his youth” 1 Samuel 17:33


God CHOOSES you=God
Has a PLAN for your life


And with GOD on your side
There is NO obstacle
That can stand up against you


That is right=GOD CHOOSES YOU!=
And he will GIVE you
Whatever you NEED to
FULFILL YOU PLAN for your life


“CHOOSE my instruction
Instead of silver


KNOWLEDGE=rather
Than choice gold” Proverbs 8:10


“All things
Have been COMMITTED to me
By my Father


No one knows
The SON=except the Father
And no one knows the Father
EXCEPT the Son


And those to whom
The Son CHOOSES
To reveal him” Matthew 11:27


“You did not CHOOSE me
But I CHOSE YOU
And appointed you


So that you might go
And bear FRUIT----------
Fruit that will LAST----------


And SO whatever you ask
In my name
The Father
Will give you


This is my command:
LOVE EACH OTHER” John 15:16-17


And that is EXACTLY
The point=
GOD CHOOSES YOU!


And if you LOVE God
And love others=there is nothing
You cannot accomplish with
Your life


God chooses you=God
Has a PLAN for your life


God USES unlikely vessels like
David=like Moses the stutterer=and
Like Mary=and Joseph and Jesus=to be
THE HOLY FAMILY!


The point is NOT that David won=
It is that GOD CHOSE DAVID
Of all people


And GOD CHOOSES YOU and me
Because we are ALL SPECIAL
In God's eyes


“IF you show SPECIAL attention
To the man
Wearing fine clothes


And say
'Here is a GOOD seat
For you'


But say to the POOR man
'You stand here,' or,
'Sit on the floor
At my feet'


Have you not discriminated
Among yourselves=to become JUDGES
With evil thoughts” James 2:3-4


The point is that we are ALL SPECIAL
In the eyes of God=
And that God does indeed
CHOOSE US


Dear Lord=we say “YES” to the PLAN
That you have for our lives with
NO RESERVATIONS


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
1-17-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose

OUR GIFTS TO GOD

OUR GIFTS TO GOD


What ARE the GIFTS
That you have
To BRING to God?


Are you bringing
ALL OF YOU?=including
You fear=and your shame?


God wants it all=ALL=
That you have


“.........Jesse presented 7 sons
Before Samuel=but Samuel
Said to Jesse


'The lord has NOT chosen
Any one of these'


Then Samuel asked Jesse
'Are these ALL the sons
That you have?'


Jesse replied='There is STILL
The youngest=who is TENDING
The sheep'” 1 Samuel 16:10-11


BRING all of your GIFTS
To God=HE can work his
BIGGEST MIRACLE though your flaw


He did so with me=
And he CAN do it with you


EXPECT a MIRACLE=and bring ALL
Of your gifts to GOD


Jesse TRIED to withhold David=
But David is the GIFT
That God wanted


What are you TRYING to
WITHHOLD from God?


“For the Lord
Is a SUN and shield


The Lord BESTOWS
Favor and honor


No good thing
Does he withhold
From those


Whose WALK is blameless” Psalm 84:11


“Cursed is anyone
Who WITHHOLDS JUSTICE
From the foreigner


The fatherless
Or the widow” Deuteronomy 27:19


BRING all of your gifts
All of your QUALITIES=
EVEN your fear and your shame
To the Lord


The Lord works MIRACLES
Through our biggest weaknesses
He DID IT with me


He will do it with you
Bring all of your GIFTS
To the Lord
Let the Lord decide


The Lord chose David=
The Lord chose Jesus' mortality
He CHOSE my health
To TURN me around


WHAT WILL he do for you?
What GIFTS can you bring him?


“A gift
OPENS the way
And ushers the giver


Into the PRESENCE
Of the great” Proverbs18:16


Peter replied=
'Repent and BE baptized
Every ONE of you


In the NAME of Jesus Christ
For the forgiveness
Of your sins


And you will RECEIVE
The GIFT of the HOLY SPIRIT” Acts 2:38


God will NOT REST until
We BRING that part of ourselves
That we FEEL SHAME in


The Lord=MAY=
See BEAUTY in it


In Jesus Name,


Robert P. Wallman
1-16-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jessica Mesman Griffith

TOTAL CHANGE=CHANGING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

TOTAL CHANGE=CHANGING FROM
THE INSIDE OUT


We are just two weeks
INTO the new year=and our
NEW RESOLUTIONS


How are you doing with them? Losing
Weight? Working out? And BEING a
GENTLER kinder person?


Jesus REMINDS Us in today's
SCRIPTURAL reading that total CHANGE=
Must come from the inside=OUT


Don't look back=CHANGE yourself=
Change from the INSIDE-out


“NEW wine is poured into FRESH wineskins” Mark 2:22


Today=of course=we DON'T use
Wineskins=we USE bottles=jugs=or boxes


Jesus might say: “STOP supergluing
The cracks=or patching the boxes
With duct tape”


Regardless=the point is=change=
TOTAL CHANGE=takes changing
From the INSIDE OUT=that is=
IF you do want
To truly change


“The SPIRIT of the Lord
Will come powerfully
Upon you


And you will prophesy with them
And you


Will be CHANGED
Into a different person” 1 Samuel 10:6


“If you really CHANGE
Your ways and your actions


And DEAL with each other JUSTLY
…..............” Jeremiah 7:5


“.................
My HEART IS
CHANGED within me
All my compassion
Is aroused” Hosea 11:8


Yes CHANGE=TOTAL CHANGE=
Arouses us
From the INSIDE OUT


It FIRES UP our compassion
=it CHANGES us into
Loving=kind=caring people


We CHANGE from
The inside out


We become=NEW=
IN THE LORD!


Become NEW in the Lord
In 2018!


“Sing to the Lord
A NEW song


For he has done marvelous things
His right hand
And his holy arm


Have worked SALVATION
For him” Psalm 98:1


“A NEW command=I give you=
LOVE one another


As I have loved you
So you MUST LOVE one another


By this EVERYONE=will know
That you are my DISCIPLES
If you LOVE ONE ANOTHER” John 13:34-35


YES=REPLACE your old wineskins
With new wineskins
From the INSIDE OUT


TRANSFORM yourself into a
LOVING=CARING individual
And disciple of Christ
In 2018


LET the world KNOW
That you LOVE and Care


CHANGE from the INSIDE OUT


In the names of Jesus and our GLORIOUS LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-15-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.

AGING AND WISDOM=GRACE=AND CHARACTER

AGING AND WISDOM=GRACE=
AND CHARACTER


WHEN I was younger
I was a little bit
More IMPULSIVE


I didn't always think things through
But as I have gotten older=
I would like to THINK=
I have a little more WISDOM=
A little more CHARACTER=
Maybe even a TOUCH OF GRACE


“Then Eli UNDERSTOOD that the Lord
Was CALLING the youth” 1 Samuel 3:8


The Lord called Samuel three
Times=but in his youth=
And LACK of experience
Samuel THOUGHT it was Eli


Eli was an ELDER who
Was going BLIND
“His eyes had lately grown so WEAK
That he could NOT SEE”


With Eli's vast experience
And WISDOM=Eli realized=
The LORD is CALLING Samuel=and
That he has a PLAN
For his life


Let us GIVE THANKS
For the ELDERS of our community
And the elders of our church
Whose WISDOM helps us mature


And helps us CHANGE OUR LIVES


“The fear of the LORD
Is the BEGINNING
Of WISDOM


ALL who follow his precepts
Have good understanding


To him
BELONGS eternal praise” Psalm 111:10


“BLESSED are those
Who FIND WISDOM


Those who gain understanding” Proverbs 3:13


“It is=because of him
That you are in Christ Jesus


Who has BECOME for us
WISDOM from God
That is


Our righteousness=holiness=
And REDEMPTION” 1 Corinthians 1:30


My grandfather USED to say
“You CAN'T put old heads
On young bodies”


I wish I would have been
A little bit LESS IMPULSIVE
When I was younger


With my EXPERIENCE in life=
CAME a little more CHARACTER=
A little more of GOD'S GRACE and
Some INTEGRITY


Thinking things THROUGH a
Little bit more=BEFORE ACTING


Eli HELPS Samuel=with his WISDOM
And character=
Eli's wisdom is a VITAL COMPONENT


Samuel would have NEVER RECEIVED
His CALLING if it wasn't for
His aging MENTOR=Eli


“And NOW my daughter=
Don't be afraid


I will DO for you
ALL you ask


All the people of my town=
KNOW that you are a woman
Of NOBLE CHARACTER” Ruth 3:11


“Not only so=but we also GLORY
In our sufferings


Because we know that
Suffering produces perseverance=
Perseverance-character=and CHARACTER=
Hope” Romans 5:3-4


Like Eli=I have grown and aged
IN wisdom=grace=and CHARACTER


And I hope I can SHARE
These qualities with the YOUTH
Of this world


And that you CAN TOO


In Jesus' name and the name of our GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-14-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce RUPP, O.S.M.

DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU!

DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU?


WHOEVER you are=wherever you are=I
Want to ask you=


Do you KNOW that God
LOVES YOU and do you KNOW
That God WANTS the very BEST
For you?


“WE have come to know
And to BELIEVE
In the LOVE


That GOD HAS for us” 1 John 4:16


Jesus' apostles and disciples
Of yesteryear knew it
And KNEW it so much


That they could PERFORM MIRACLES=
Because of their FAITH
In the Lord!


I WONDER if we=his apostles
And disciples of today know it=
I wonder if we LOVE=
With that SAME FAITH


God LOVES us so much=that in fact=
NOTHING in this world
Can separate you from GOD'S LOVE


And EVERYTHING in this world
WORKS for the purposes
Of God's love for you


“And we know
That in ALL things


God WORKS for the good
Of those who love him-
Who have been CALLED


According to his purpose” Romans 8:28


“For I am CONVINCED
That neither death nor life
NEITH angels or demons


Neither the present
Nor the future
Nor ANY POWERS


Neither height nor depth
Nor anything else
In all creation


Will be able to SEPARATE us
From the LOVE OF GOD
That is in
Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 8:38-39


Do you BELIEVE these two
SCRIPTURAL readings? If you do=and
LIVE this way=you are a POWERFULFORCE


Do you KNOW & BELIEVE in
The POWER of God's love for you?


I DO=and he is the REASON
I am STILL standing today


I BELIEVE in God and Jesus
So much that I tell EVERYONE
“GOD LOVES YOU and so do I”


I really BELIEVE that=and I HOPE
That my life
REFLECTS that truth


“If you believe
You will RECEIVE
Whatever you ASK for
In PRAYER” Matthew 2:22


“The TIME has come,” Jesus said
“The kingdom of God
Has come NEAR


Repent and BELIEVE
The GOOD NEWS” Mark 1:15


BELIEVE the good news
That GOD LOVES YOU
And believe=that so do I


WHEN you know that God is
In your corner=it gives you
A CONFIDENCE that is REAL


Do you KNOW that
God LOVES YOU?


He does=live it=BELIEVING IT
Has made ALL the difference
In my life=and I believe


IT WILL in yours


In the names of Jesus and GOD our LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-13-18

FINDING AND LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE

FINDING AND LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE


I have ALWAYS
had a GOOD LIFE=a life
THANKS to my family and friends


But I only FOUND
The ABUNDANT LIFE=a life
FULL OF BLESSINGS=when
I UNITED my life to
God and Jesus


“I have COME=
That they may have life


And have it MORE ABUNDANTLY
Says the Lord” John 10:10


The Lord has BLESSED ME
With supreme BLESSINGS=a life
That goes PLACES that I
Have never thought that I could go


I have FOUND abundant life=in God
The Father and his SON=Jesus


“The clouds
POUR down this moisture


And abundant showers
Fall on mankind” Job 36:28


“They CELEBRATE
Your abundant goodness


And joyfully sing
Of your righteousness” Psalm 145:7


“For if
By the trespass
Of the one man


Death reigned
THROUGH that one man


How much more
Will those who RECEIVE
GOD'S ABOUNDANT provision of GRACE


And the gift of righteousness
REIGN in life


Through the ONE MAN=
Jesus Christ” Romans 5:17


I have been TOTALLY BLESSED
By God and Jesus=I have
EVERYTHING that I need


Because God and Jesus have USED
My family and friends to
Put BLESSING after blessing
In my life


I have a nice apartment
With a beautiful VIEW=
A roof over my head=
FOOD on the table


And a couple of dollars in my pocket
What more do I need?
What more CAN I ask for?


I have the BLESSINGS of God and
The BLESSINGS of my
Family and friends


I am blessed
I am a CONTENT man
I am LIVING THE ABUNDANT LIFE


“The BLESSING of the Lord
Brings wealth
Without painful toil for it” Proverbs 10:22


“I will
MAKE them and the places
Including my hill a BLESSING


I will send down
SHOWERS in season
There will be
Showers of BLESSING” Ezekiel 34:26


Because I have GOD
And Jesus in my life
I am LIVING LIFE ABUNDANTLY


And IF you have God and Jesus
In your life=SO ARE YOU


In the names of Jesus=and OUR HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-12-18

63 AND COUNTING=THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES=PSALM 90

63 AND COUNTING=THANKS FOR
THE MEMORIES=PSALM 90


Dear Lord=next FRIDAY=if
It be willing and PLEASING
To you God=


I will TURN 63
Years young=and COUNTING


It DOESN'T seem that long ago now=
But 41 years ago=in
A HOSPITALIZATION-
That BEGAN on my 22^nd birthday
I was given up for dead


THANK YOU Lord=for the MEMORIES=
The memories of my mom-my dad-
My SISTERS=my extended FAMILY=
And my friends


A memory is a TREASURE
That Can't be REPLACED
By any amount of wealth


“With you=O Lord
Is the FOUNTAIN OF LIFE


And in the light
We SEE LIGHT” Psalm 36:9


And Psalm 90
Says it perfectly=


“Our days MAY COME
To 70 years
And eighty IF we are strong” Psalm 90:10


I DON'T KNOW when
My life will end
I GUESS none of us
Really know


But I do KNOW God
Has BLESSED me with
A RICH LIFE


NOT in terms of money or wealth
But in BLESSINGS FROM God
And experiences and PEOPLE


THANKS for the MEMORIES
Thanks for your BLESSINGS=O LORD
You have given me MORE
Than I could have
EVER imagined for myself
WHEN I was 22


63 and COUNTING=
COUNTING MY BLESSINGS=
Counting my BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES


“TRULY I tell you=
WHEREVER the gospel is preached
Throughout the world


What she has done
Will also be TOLD
In MEMORY of her” Matthew 26:13


“But Timothy has just NOW COME
To us from you


And has brought GOOD NEWS
About your FAITH and LOVE


He has told us
That you ALWAYS have
PLEASANT MEMORIES of us


And that you LONG to see us
Just as we LONG
TO SEE YOU” 1 Thessalonians 3:6


A girl friend TOLD me WHEN I
Was 22=she was a PALM READER=
That I had an EXTREMELY short life span


“NO=wait a minute,” she said
“IT picks back up”


While my life span
Until I was 22=
Was my own life span


My YEARS since then
I DEDICATE to God=my FAMILY=
And my friends


For WHATEVER I am=it is God
And ALL OF YOU=who have MADE ME
Into what I TURNED OUT to be


I thank you for your FAITH=
Your LOVE=your PRAYERS


63 and COUNTING=THANKS for the MEMORIES
And maybe one more year


I LOVE YOU ALL!=
With gratitude=and love=and I HUMBLY SAY


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!


Robert P. Wallman
1-11-18

LOOKING FOR A KING=THE REAL KING!

LOOKING FOR A KING=THE REAL KING!


Today in 1 Samuel=we read
ABOUT the elders of Israel
REQUESTING a KING


Samuel was DISHEARTENED
But the Lord was even
More so


“But when they said=
'GIVE us a KING
To lead us'


This displeased Samuel=
So he PRAYED
To the Lord
And the Lord TOLD HIM


'LISTEN to ALL that
The people are saying to you


It is NOT YOU
They have REJECTED


But they have rejected me
AS THEIR KING'” 1 Samuel 8:6-7


And IN the New TESTAMENT
We read about THE REAL KING=
The ONCE and FUTURE KING=Jesus


Jesus=KING for ALL of eternity=
THE LORD Jesus CHRIST


“IMMEDIATELY=Jesus KNEW
In his SPIRIT
That this is
WHAT they were thinking


In their HEARTS
And he said to them=
'WHY are you thinking
These things


Which is EASIER to say
To this paralyzed man


'Your sins are forgiven'
Or to say
''GET UP=take your mat
And walk'


But I want you to KNOW
That the SON of Man
Has AUTHORITY on earth
To forgive sins” Nark 2:8-10


YES=in America=CONTRARY to
What some may think=
We have NO KING


We have three branches
And CHECKS & BALANCES


But the Lord GOD ALMIGHTY
The Lord Jesus Christ=
Is KING for all eternity=
And for ALL of time


He is
THE REAL KING!


ALL the power and authority
On earth=and in HEAVEN=
RESTS with the Lord


“One thing=God has spoken=
Two things=I have heard=


'POWER BELONGS to you-God-
And with you Lord=
Is UNFAILING LOVE'


And-'You REWARD everyone
According to what
They have done'” Psalm 62:11-12


“Jesus replied=
'You are in ERROR-
Because you do NOT KNOW
The SCRIPTURES=or
The POWER OF GOD
…............” Matthew 22:29


“For I am NOT ASHAMED
Of the GOSPEL


Because it is=
The POWER OF GOD


That BRINGS salvation to everyone
Who BELIEVES=


FIRST to the Jew-
Then to the Gentile” Romans 1:16


For there is just ONE KING
Over us all=THE REAL KING=
For all of TIME=and from the
LINE OF DAVID=


The LORD Jesus Christ


In the names of the LORD Jesus=and his
MOST LOVING GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-11-18

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR GOD


In today's GOSPEL
We read about Jesus
Healing a man with LEPOSY


Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE for God
Nothing is impossible for Jesus
ALL things are POSSIBLE for God


“A man with leprosy
CAME to him
And BEGGED him on his knees


'IF you are WILLING
You can make me CLEAN'


Jesus was INDIGNANT
He reached out
And TOUCHED the man


'I am willing,' he said,
'BE CLEAN'


IMMEDIATELY=the leprosy=
Left him
And he was CLEANSED” Mark 1:40-41


NOTHING is ever IMPOSSIBLE for God
Nothing was EVER impossible for Jesus as


He WALKED the hills
And countryside


TEACHING=preaching=and HEALING
For all


NOTHING is impossible for God=
NOT even in today's world
As he has KEPT me alive=


For 41+ years=after the DOCTORS=
Gave me up
For dead


God CAN do all
Jesus CAN DO all=and they do


“He replied=
'Because you have so LITTLE FAITH=
Truly I tell you


IF you have FAITH
As small-
As a mustard seed


You can SAY to this mountain=
'MOVE from here to there'


And it will move=
NOTHING will be IMPOSSIBLE
For you'” Matthew 17:20-21


“Jesus replied,
'What is IMPOSSIBLE
With man
IS POSSIBLE with God'” Luke 18:27


“But God RAISED HIM
From the dead


FREEING HIM
From the agony of death
Because it was IMPOSSIBLE


For death to KEEP
Its hold on him” Acts 2:24


YES=our God
Is WITHOUT LIMITS=
Our Jesus is WITHOUT LIMITS


Even TIME has NO HOLD
On God=
Our God=Our Jesus=
Have NO LIMITS


HE is the GOD of
The LIVING=and lives
FOREVER and ever without limits


“GREAT is our Lord
And mighty in POWER
His understanding has NO LIMIT” Psalm 147:5


“For the ONE
Whom God has SENT
SPEAKS the words of God


FOR GOD=
Gives the SPIRIT=
Without limit” John 3:34


God is=Jesus IS=
The GOD of the living=and
NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE for
The Father and the SON


In the names of Jesus and HIS MOST LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-10-18

HERE I AM LORD=SEND ME!

HERE I AM LORD=SEND ME


Three times Samuel THOUGHT
Eli was CALLING HIM=but in fact=
It was the LORD


And Eli EVENTUALLY figures it out
And EXPLAINS it to Samuel


“Then Eli REALIZED
That the Lord
Was CALLING the boy


So Eli told Samuel
'Go and lie down
And IF he calls you say'


'Speak Lord=
For your SERVANT is listening'


So Samuel went
And LAY DOWN in his place” 1 Samuel 3:8-9


I can just IMAGINE
Samuel saying=”Lord-here I am=
SEND ME”


And isn't that something
We should all ANSWER
When the Lord asks


“WHOM SHALL I SEND?”


And isn't that something
That=Isaiah did say
As well as Jesus with
HIS ACTIONS and his
WORDS of proclamation


“Then I HEARD the VOICE
Of the Lord saying=
“Whom shall I SEND?
And WHO will go for us?”


And I said=
'HERE AM I=SEND ME'” Isaiah 6:8


And that is also ONE
Of MY FAVORITE SONGS=
“Here I AM LORD=SEND ME”


And I stand BEFORE the Lord
With Samuel=With Isaiah=and in
Some SMALL little way=like Jesus=
Saying


“HERE I AM LORD=SEND ME!”


Help me to STAND
Before the Lord God
With courage and FAITH


As he CALLS upon us=
Help me=HELP us
To STEP FORWARD


SEND ME LORD! Send us!


And help us ALWAYS
To REMEMBER
That where Jesus goes=
We will FOLLOW


“HERE I am Lord=SEND ME=and
SEND US”


“Jesus replied=
'Let us GO somewhere else-----
To the nearby villages------
So I can PREACH there also


That is WHY
I have come'


So he traveled
THROUGH OUT Galilee


PREACHING in their synagogues
And driving out demons” Mark 1:38-39


“SEND ME your light
And your faithful CARE
Let them lead me


Let them BRING me
To your holy mountain
To the place=
WHERE YOU DWELL” Psalm 43:3


Dear LORD=when DECIDING who you
NEED in this whole world


Always REMEMBER=
HERE I AM LORD=here we are=
Send me=SEND US!


In the names of Jesus and his MOST LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman

1-9-18

KEEPING YOUR VOWS=MIRACLE BABIES=AND GOD IS IN CONTROL

KEEPING YOUR VOWS=MIRACLE BABIES=
AND GOD IS IN CONTROL


Hannah was a woman
Who was BARREN=and she
PRAYED to the Lord


IF he would GIVE
Her a baby=
She would DEDICATE HIM
To the Lord=and of course=
She did


“So in the course=of time
Hannah became pregnant=
And gave BIRTH to a son


She named him Samuel=saying=
'Because I ASKED the Lord
For him'” 1 Samuel 1:20


Samuel went ON to
BECOME a great PROPHET
For the LORD


And then we have Mary=
Who became pregnant=by the
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION


She too KEPT her VOWS=to our
FATHER=the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY


“After John was put
In prison=Jesus went into Galilee=
PROCLAIMING the GOOD NEWS of God


'The time has COME,' he said
'The kingdom of God
Has come NEAR=


Repent and BELIEVE
The good news'” Mark 1:14-15


KEEPING OUR VOWS=Miracle BABIES=
Like Samuel and Jesus=and their mothers=
Hannah and Mary


God is in CONTROL=I too have tried
To KEEP my deathbed PROMISE=
VOW to the LORD
“To LIVE for my FAMILY=my friends=
And for ALL people everywhere”


Like Hannah=like Jesus=I have kept
My VOW to the BEST
Of my ability


But I could DO NOTHING=
Without the BLESSING of the Lord=
GOD IS IN CONTROL!


“But the man
Who has SETTLED the matter
In his own mind


Who is under NO COMPULSION
But has CONTROL
Over his own will
…............” 1 Corinthians 7:37


“Do you know
How God CONTROLS the clouds


And makes his lightning flash? Job 37:15


Yes=God is in CONTROL
He HELPS us KEEP OUR VOWS=
For vows are SACRED


Yes=MIRACLE BABIES=The prophet=Samuel=
To Hannah
And our Lord and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
To the VIRGIN Mary


I thank God for my own
MOTHER and for being there
ALL the days of my life


And I thank God for ENABLING
Me to keep my VOWS and
For being there for mom and dad
As they PASSED ON
From this life


“I will FULFILL
My VOWS
To the Lord


In the PRESENCE
Of all his people” Psalm 116:14


Today we PAY HOMAGE to
Hannah and Samuel=and to Jesus
And MARY=for FULFILLING
Their PROMISES to the Father


And I ask Jesus=and the FATHER
To CONTROL the future=so that I
Can CONTINUE to TRY
And FULFILL MINE


In the names of Jesus and his MOST LOVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-8-18

GOD'S WORDS DO NOT RETURN EMPTY=HOW ABOUT OURS?

GOD'S WORDS DO NOT RETURN EMPTY=
HOW ABOUT OUR WORDS?


GOD'S WORDS go where
They will=they ACCOMPLISH
The DESIRES of the Lord=
And EVERY single ONE
Of his PURPOSES


How about our words?
Do we USE them
To PRAISE the Lord?
Do we use them
To ENCOURAGE OTHERS?


“........so is my WORD
That goes out
From my mouth


It will NOT return
To me empty


But will ACCOMPLISH
What I desire


And ACHIEVE the purpose
For which I SENT IT” Isaiah 55:11


God's words ACHIEVES
The purposes of his HEART


DO our words
WORK for God=or do we USE our words
For our own SELFISH interests?


PRAISE the Lord
ENCOURAGE others
Let your words


Work for GOD TOO


And John the BAPTIST'S
Words were NOT empty words


“And this was his message:
'AFTER me
Comes the one
MORE powerful than I


The strap of whose sandals
I am not worthy
To stoop down and untie


I BAPTIZE you with water
But HE will baptize you
With the HOLY SPIRIT'” Mark 1:7-8


And Jesus TRAVELED the countryside=
Healing and PREACHING=
And SHARING his words with us=
UNTIL the end of time


“And the words
Of the Lord
Are FLAWLESS


Like silver purified
In a crucible
Like gold=REFINED seven times” Psalm 12:6


“Anxiety weighs DOWN
The heart=
But a KIND WORD
Cheers us up” Proverbs 12:25


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away


But my words
Will NEVER PASS AWAY” Matthew 24:35


God's words do NOT RETURN
EMPTY=our words do not either=
IF we USE them to PRAISE GOD


And to ENCOURAGE OTHERS to
Help BENEFIT their lives


“I will PRAISE the LORD
Who counsels me


Even at night
My HEART instructs me” Psalm 16:7


“I am SENDING him to you
For the express PURPOSE


That you may KNOW
About our circumstances


And that he may
ENCOURAGE YOUR HEARTS” Colossians 4:8


YES=GOD'S words ACCOMPLISH
The purposes in our life


And so do OURS=IF we
PRAISE GOD=and ENCOURAGE OTHERS
With our words and our LIVES


In Jesus' name and name of HIS GLORIOUS FATHER


Robert P. Wallman

1-7-18