SMALL FAITH CAN CREATE MIRACLES

SMALL FAITH=CAN CREATE BIG MIRACLES


Do you KNOW
What a mustard seed is?


Do you have FAITH
The size of a
MUSTARD SEED?


Just a little BIT of small faith
Can lead to a
BIG MIRACLE for you=
And a big miracle
For the WORLD


“When the mustard seed
Was FULLY GROWN


It became a large bush
And “the BIRDS of the sky
Dwelt in its branches” Luke 13:19


MUSTARD SEEDS are very TINY=
They are NOT
Even a quarter of an inch wide


Yet fully grown
The plants stand about
NINE feet high


LARGE enough for
Birds to nest in


Do you POSSESS the FAITH
The size of a
Mustard seed?


IF SO=maybe you
Can CREATE a MIRACLE
For this ENTIRE WORLD


“He TOLD them another parable=
'The kingdom of heaven
IS like a mustard seed
Which a man took
And PLANTED in his field


Though it is
The SMALLEST of all seeds
Yet when it GROWS


It is the
Largest of garden plants
And becomes a TREE


So that the birds
Come and perch
In its branches'” Matthew 13:31-32


Let your FAITH GROW into
The mustard seed
Let it become LARGE


SMALL FAITH
Can equal=BIG MIRACLES


“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


HEAR THAT?
Your tiny=eensy small
BIT OF FAITH
Can create a miracle
For this world


“NOTHING” is impossible for you


SMALL doesn't scare the Lord
He can WORK MIRACLES
With the tiniest of faith
Within us


Small faith
Can EQUAL big miracles


“You ARE the GOD
Who performs MIRACLES


You display your power
Among the peoples” Psalm 77:14


We just NEED to muster up
Some strength=and FAITH
To say YES to LOVE=and


TRUST GOD=he will
DO the rest


Dear LORD=we come SMALL
And UNSURE=make a MIRACLE
Out of our lives


SMALL FAITH
CAN CREATE MIRACLES


In the names of Jesus and OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-29-18




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

LIVING THE LIGHT!

LIVING THE LIGHT


We LIVE in a
DARK dark world


Where hatred and killing
Are THREATENING
The LIGHT


Just last week=we had a BOMBER
Going after all those he
Didn't agree with=via MAIL


And then we had an ANTI-SEMITIC killer
Going after JEWISH PEOPLE
In Pittsburgh=where I am from


SADNESS and DARKNESS
all around us


“Live as CHILDREN OF LIGHT” Ephesians 5:8


We NEED to look
Back at the SCRIPTURES


We need to look back
At the LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST
To SEE the light


To see HOW
That we may NEED
To live


And we need to put
KINDNESS AND LOVE into action


LIVING THE LIGHT!


“You LORD
Keep my lamp burning


My God
Turns my darkness
INTO LIGHT” Psalm 18:28


“Come descendants
Of Jacob
Let us walk


In the LIGHT of the LORD” Isaiah 2:5


“The people
LIVING in darkness
Have seen a GREAT LIGHT


On those
Living in the land
Of the shadow of death


A LIGHT has dawned” Matthew 4:16


LIVING in the light
Of LOVE
Living in the LIGHT
Of our LORD!


The gospel=Jesus
Demands us=to separate
Our selfishness and greed
FROM OUR LOVE


We IMITATE he=Jesus
Who is
The LIGHT of the world


We imitate Jesus
WHEN we are
LIVING THE LIGHT!


And we are to live
Giving COMPASSION and MERCY
To all=NOT out of hatred
And killing people


This world has gone NUTS=
It is NOT FOLLOWING
The compassion and MERCY OF Jesus


“Who redeems your life
From the pit
And crowns you
With LOVE AND COMPASSION” Psalm 103:4


“Therefore
As GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
Holy and dearly loved


Clothe yourselves with COMPASSION=
Kindness=humility=
Gentleness=and patience” Colossians 3:12


Dear LORD=FREE us
From our fears=we move forward
SHINING our LIGHT and LOVE brightly


Our God of LIGHT=help us to
Spread goodness to others


KEEP LIVING THE LIGHT!
In the name of Jesus and HIS MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-29-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.

LIVING A GRATEFUL LIFE

LIVING A GRATEFUL LIFE


Dear FRIENDS=I implore you TODAY
To take a look BACK
At your life


And look at all the MOMENTS
God has INTERVENED in your life
For you


And help put you
On the PATH
That your life has now taken


LIVING A GRATEFUL LIFE and
I am thankful and GRATEFUL
To GOD
For ALL he has done
For me


“Jesus told him
'Go your way
Your FAITH has SAVED YOU'


Immediately he RECEIVED
His sight
And followed him
On his way” Mark 10:52


Bartimaeus =was a man
WITHOUT SIGHT
But a man of FAITH
And VISION


But how about
Me and you?
Are we people of FAITH?
Are we people of VISION?


And Bartimaeus was totally
GRATEFUL for Jesus


How about you and me?
Are we GRATEFUL
For Jesus?


Are we grateful to God
For the times
He has STEPPED IN for us?


Thankful to God
Thankful to You=
My brothers and sisters
For HELPING ME
Along the way=in this crazy life


“Let the PEACE of Christ
RULE in your hearts


Since as members
Of one body
You were
Called to peace


And be THANKFUL” Colossians 3:15


“Devote yourselves to prayer=
Being watchful and THANKFUL” Colossians 4:2


“Therefore=since we are
Receiving a kingdom
That CANNOT be shaken


Let us BE THANKFUL
And worship God acceptably
With reverence and awe


For OUR GOD=
Is a consuming fire” Hebrews 12:28


I am thankful and GRATEFUL
For life=ANY kind of life


I have almost died
So many times=and I LIVE
In UNBEARABLE PAIN=every day


Yet I am so
THANKFUL for life=
Thankful to God=
Just for life itself


I think we SHOULD be
People of faith=and
People of vision=like Bartimaeus
And be grateful to God
For every=little thing


“In the last days
God says


I will pour out
MY SPIRIT
On all people


Your sons and daughters
Will prophesy


Your young men
Will see VISIONS
Your old men
Will dream dreams” Acts 2:17


Dear Lord=dear brothers and
Sisters=thank you for ALL
You have done for me


Thank you for GIVING me a
LIFE=to be GRATEFUL FOR


In Jesus' name and in the name of OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-28-18




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

LET US BE GENEROUS OF SPIRIT!

LET US BE GENEROUS OF SPIRIT


There are ALL TYPES of ways
To GIVE of ourselves
In this world


OUR time-our money-OUR PRAYERS-
Sometimes just our own-
GENEROUS SPIRIT


“MANY rich people
Put in LARGE sums


A poor WIDOW also came
And put in two SMALL COINS
Worth a few cents” Mark 12:41-42


We all have different TALENTS-
And different amounts-
To GIVE to this world


As long as we GIVE-
What we can-in WHATEVER WAY-
That we can
We are DOING our part


In today's readings=the ANGEL-Raphael-
Tells Tobit-
ALMSGIVING is better than
Prayer and fasting


And the POOR WIDOW-
GAVE more than any
Of the wealthy donors-because-
She gave her all


WE should always give
ALL we can-in all the ways
Of our lives


Let us be GENEROUS OF SPIRIT
In giving ALL that we can


“All day long-
He craves for more


But the RIGHTEOUS GIVE
Without sparing” Proverbs 21:26


“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


“But since you EXCEL-
In everything-


In faith-in speech-
In knowledge-in complete earnestness


And in the LOVE-
We have KINDLED in you
SEE that you also excel-


In this GRACE OF GIVING” 2 Corinthians 8:7


Let us be GENEROUS-
IN SPIRIT-in every walk
Of our lives


Dear Lord-we PRAY-
That we be LESS calculating-
And more SPONTANEOUS in giving=
In whatever FORM that that is


And that we BE GENEROUS


“GOOD will come
To those who are GENEROUS
And lend freely


Who conduct their affairs
IN JUSTICE” Psalm 112:5


“A generous PERSON
Will prosper


Whoever REFRESHES others
WILL BE REFRESHED” Proverbs 11:25


Dear Lord we pray=HELP US
To be GENEROUS IN SPIRIT-
By GIVING all that we can


By giving a helping HAND-
WORDS of praise-
A listening ear-
Doing small FAVORS for others
And financial contributions-
WHEN WE CAN


We do THIS=in YOUR NAME O Lord-
And OFFER it up to you


IN Jesus' name we pray


Robert P. Wallman
6-9-17




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








10-28-18

JUDGING WHAT IS RIGHT

JUDGING WHAT IS RIGHT


There seems to BE
Sin=temptation=and evil
All AROUND US


How can we be SURE
On which WAY to go?
We have to be able
To JUDGE for ourselves


“Yo know how to INTERPRET
The appearance of the earth
And the sky


WHY do you
NOT know how to interpret
The present time?


Why do you not judge
For yourselves=what is RIGHT?” Luke 12:56-57


Are you serious Lord?
How can we KNOW
Which way is right


With so much evil and temptation
ALL around?


We have to REMEMBER
That we are all sinners


We must LOOK
At ourselves IN THE MIRROR
And identify the INTENT
Of our hearts


And then CHOOSE the way
We think is RIGHT


JUDGING WHAT IS RIGHT


“For the word
Of the LORD
Is RIGHT and true


He is faithful
In all he does” Psalm 33:4


“Kings take pleasure
In honest lips


They VALUE the one
Who speaks what is RIGHT” Proverbs 16:13


“NOT at all!
Let God be true=and
EVERY human being a liar


As it is written


'So that you
May be PROVED RIGHT
When you speak


And prevail
When you JUDGE'” Romans 3:4


Dear Lord=help us ALWAYS
To know=and be able
To JUDGE
What is RIGHT in this world


Dear Lord=
HELP US to not only be ABLE
To judge what is right
But also=to do IT


IN the names of Jesus and OUR MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-26-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach

HANGING ON TO GOD'S LOVE

HANGING ON TO GOD'S LOVE


It is a TOUGH WORLD
That we live in=
Things happen-


That throw us OFF BALANCE
In today's world


We need to STAY GROUNDED
We need to
Stay ROOTED
We need to keep on
HANGING ON TO GOD'S LOVE


“That you
ROOTED AND GROUNDED in love
May have strength........


To know
The love of Christ
That surpasses knowledge


So that you may be FILLED
With all the FULLNESS
Of God” Ephesians 3:17-18, 19


WHEN we are off balance
In life
When we are SURROUNDED
By the CHAOS
Of this world


Go BACK and READ
This passage from Ephesians


And STAY rooted and grounded
In God's love
Keep on HANGING ON
To the LOVE OF GOD


“So then
Just as your received Christ
Jesus as LORD


Continue to LIVE your lives
In him-
ROOTED and built up
In him


Strengthened in the faith
As you were taught
And overflowing with THANKFULNESS” Colossians 2:6-7


“Therefore=put on
The FULL ARMOR of God


So that
When the day of EVIL COMES
You may be able
To stand your GROUND


And after you have
Done everything to stand” Ephesians 6:13


I keep on
HANGING ON TO GOD'S LOVE
For evil days=evil happenings
Are all AROUND US


I keep on HANGING ON=
My HEART keeps returning
To the revelation
Of GOD'S PRESENCE in
The here and NOW


HANGING on to
GOD'S LOVE
Hanging on
To the PRESENCE of my God
And Jesus


“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


“HOW can we thank God
Enough for you
In RETURN for all the joy


We have
In the PRESENCE of our God
Because of you?” 1 Thessalonians 3:9


Dear BELOVED Lord=
THANK YOU for showing us
Your love


No matter how crazy
This world is=or might be


We keep on=HANGING ON
To you=and YOUR FATHER'S LOVE


In the names of Jesus=and HIS BELOVED FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-25-18




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

A MOTHER'S LOVE=THE GIFT OF A LIFE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY






A MOTHER’S LOVE---THE GIFT OF A LIFE




With the exception
Of the Blessed Mother
I feel like
My 2 sisters and I
Had the greatest Mother---
The world has ever seen


Children are a reward
From the Lord


My sister Mary
Is also one of the finest Mothers
I have ever seen


A woman devoted with love
To her 4 girls


Lindsay born in 1990
Children are a reward


Allison born in 1992
Children are a reward


“For where your treasure is
There your heart will also be” Matthew 6:21


As long as I can remember
Mary’s treasure
Has always been
Will always be
Her family---her children


Stephanie born in 1995


Children are
A reward from God
A reward for a Mother’s love


Carley born in 1997
The gift of a life
A reward from God
For a Mother’s love


Mary is also
A devoted wife
Been married to David for 23 years


“A wife of noble character
Who can find?
She is worth
Far more than rubles


Her husband
Has full confidence in her
And lacks nothing of value” Proverbs 31:10-11


Mary has also been
A devoted daughter and sister
Despite living out of town
And having a family of her own
She spent much time
With my Father and Mother---always
But particularly
As they lived out their days


Mary and I
Have always been close
Going back all the way
To when we were teenagers


This continues to this day
As she continues
To call me numerous times each week
To see how that I am


Jesus once said,
“Who are my Mother and brothers?”
And then, as if to answer his own question, said
“Whoever does God’s will
Is my brother, my sister, my Mother” Mark 3:33 & 35


In that same spirit
On Mary’s 51^st birthday
We celebrate
The gift of a life
The gift of her life


The gift of a daughter
The gift of a sister
The gift of a devoted wife


But mostly
The gift of


A MOTHER’S LOVE






Robert P. Wallman
10-8-11




Ps Mary was named after the Blessed Mother---Happy 51^st Birthday Mary---I Love You






Mary turns 55 today=October 26^th, 2015=I LOVE YOU Mary!


10-26-18=MARY TURNS 58 YEARS YOUNG TODAY
(LOVE YOU my dear sister!)

WHAT IS YOUR STORY OF FAITH?

WHAT IS YOUR STORY OF FAITH?


Today we READ about
Saint PAUL and how he is
CALLED to preach
TO the GENTILES


About the riches of CHRIST
And how by LOOKING to Jesus
We can NURTURE
Our sometimes meager FAITH


“When you read this
You can UNDERSTAND
My insight
INTO the mystery of Christ.........” Ephesians 3:4


What is your
STORY OF FAITH?
How has God? How has our Lord
STEPPED FORWARD
For you
WHEN you were
In your DEEPEST NEED?


We all have a STORY
To tell about Jesus=about God


About how we were GIVEN
A WAY OUT=when it looked
Like we had NO HOPE


I know on my own=
IN MY OWN STORY
God let me continue to LIVE
When I had a 108 degree
FEVER=due to peritonitis and gangrene


LIFE=in whatever form=IS
GOD'S GREATEST GIFT
That is MY STORY OF FAITH


What is YOUR STORY
OF FAITH?


They said
“Listen to me=Judah
And people of Jerusalem!


Have FAITH
In the Lord YOUR GOD
And you will be upheld


Have FAITH in his prophets
And you will be successful” Chronicles 20:20


“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


If you believe
You will RECEIVE
Whatever you ask for in PRAYER'” Matthew 21:21-22


Paul's excitement
About the MYSTERY OF CHRIST=
The story of Jesus
Makes me FEEL GOOD


He is MESMERIZED
WITH the mystery of Christ


Paul was CHOSEN by God
To be an AMBASSADOR
For Jesus


WE too=in today's world
Are chosen to be spokesmen
To be ambassadors
For GOD AND CHRIST


We are CHOSEN by God
Chosen by Jesus
To BE his 21^st century apostles


“For many are invited
But few are CHOSEN” Matthew 22:14


John the BAPTIST said=
“The man on whom you see
The SPIRIT come down
And remain


Is the one who
Will baptize
With the HOLY SPIRIT


I have seen and I TESTIFY
That this is GOD'S CHOSEN ONE” John 1:33-34


Like Paul=like John the Baptist
LET us DELVE into
The MYSTERY of Christ


And ALONG with other
21^st century apostles


Let us tell
OUR STORIES OF FAITH


In the names of JESUS and HIS most HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
10-24-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sister Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.

JUST WALKING WITH THE LORD

JUST WALKING WITH THE LORD


It has been three weeks
Of NOT walking


But I have never ceased
To WALK with the LORD


Just KEEP on walking
Just keep on talking
Just keep on MOVING FORWARD
With the LORD


WALKING with the Lord
He just keeps on
TOUCHING MY HEART


“Saul also went
Into Gibeah


Accompanied by valiant men
Whose hearts=GOD had TOUCHED” 1 Samuel 10:26


“People brought
ALL their sick
To him


And begged him
To let the sick
Just TOUCH


The edge of his cloak
And all who TOUCHED it
Were healed” Matthew 14:36


“That which
Was from the beginning
Which we have heard


Which we have seen
With our eyes


Which we have looked at
And our hands
HAVE TOUCHED--------


This we proclaim


The WORD OF LIFE” 1 John 1:1


It has been a
TOUGH TIME=in my life


But I have NEVER stopped
LOVING=never stopped WALKING
IN THE LORD


No matter
Who I have helped
No matter
WHO has helped me=
In tough times
In GOOD TIMES


The Lord has
ALWAYS been with me
WALKING with me


And I am
Just WALKING IN THE LORD=
TRYING to keep his word


Just WALKING with the LORD!


“Solomon showed his LOVE
For the Lord
By WALKING according
To the instructions


Given him by
His father David.........” 1 Kings 3:3


“He said=
'Look!=I see four men WALKING
Around in the fire


Unbound and unharmed
And the 4^th looks like
A son
Of the gods” Daniel 3:25


“It has given me
Great joy to find
Some of your children
WALKING in the truth


Just as the Father
Commanded us” 2 John :4


I have tried to WALK
In truth=And with the LORD


I have been
Just WALKING with the LORD
All the days
Of my life


How about you?
In the NAME of our LORD


Robert P. Wallman
10-23-18

REFRESHED=RENEWED=AND RESTORED BY GOD

REFRESHED=RENEWED=and RESTORED
BY GOD


It has been 3 weeks
Since I last wrote
A poem


A lot has HAPPENED


Foot surgery=BENIGN
Thank you Lord
Three weeks of crutches=
A foot scooter==and a wheel chair
AROUND the house


But all is GOOD=
I am truly RECOVERING=
I am walking again


And emotionally and spiritually=
IF not physically yet
I have been REFRESHED=
RENEWED and RESTORED
By our dear Lord=
And God again


“I do wish=brother=
That I may have
Some BENEFIT from you
In the Lord


REFRESH MY HEART
In Christ” Philemon :20


“A generous person will prosper
Whoever=REFRESHES others
Will be REFRESHED” Proverbs 11:25


But not only have
I been RESRESHED
I have been
RENEWED in my commitment
To God


I have RENEWED my
Deathbed promise from
When I was 22


“To LIVE for my family
My friends
And ALL people everywhere”


I have been RENEWED
In the Lord
I have renewed my FAITH
In God and in the Lord
UP ABOVE


I believe we all
Have the CAPACITY
To do great things
If we just believe
If we just PULL TOGETHER
And TRUST in the LORD


REFRESHED=RENEWED=and RESTORED
BY GOD


“Who satisfies your desires
With good things


So that your youth
Is RENEWED
Like the eagle's” Psalm 103:5


“Therefore=we do NOT
Lose heart


Though outwardly
We are wasting away=
Yet INWARDLY
We are being RENEWED
Day by day” 2 Corinthians 4:16


Yes=it has been
A TOUGH 3 weeks


But I am REFRESHED=RENEWED
And on my way
To be being RESTORED


KEEPING my FAITH
Keeping my commitment to God
Keeping my commitment TO YOU


REFRESHED=Renewed=and
RESTORED BY GOD


“After Job
Had PRAYED for his friends
The LORD RESTORED
His fortunes


And gave him
TWICE as much as
He had before” Job 42:10


“We are GLAD
Whenever we are weak
But you are strong


And our PRAYER
Is that you
May be FULLY RESTORED” 2 Corinthians 13:9


Yes=I have been REFRESHED=
RENEWED=and RESTORED
By GOD


And I look forward
To the FUTURE and my upcoming trip
UP NORTH=with great HOPE
AND EXPECTATIONS


I LOVE YOU LORD!
And=I LOVE you ALL my dear FRIENDS
And thank you=and BLESS YOU


Robert P. Wallman
10-22-18

SAINT JUDE=PATRON SAINT OF HOPELESS CASES

SAINT JUDE---PATRON SAINT OF HOPELESS CASES


Do you ever feel hopeless
I know that I do


Well I have some good news for you
In addition to Jesus




There is a Saint that we can pray to
Or at least ask to intercede for us
On our behalf


His name is Jude---Also known as Thaddeus


Jude was the ½ brother of James the lesser
Both original Apostles
And ½ brothers of Jesus


There was little devotion
To Saint Jude
Because his name was so close to that of Judas
The traitor
That devotion to him became discouraged


But devotion
Began to pick up in the 14^th century
When our Lord himself
Directed Saint Bridget of Sweden
To turn to Saint Jude in faith and confidence


Our Lord told Saint Bridget
That the name of Thaddeus means
“Amiable and loving---and---
He will show himself most willing to help”


Saint Jude’s father’s name was Cleophas
And he was murdered
Because of his outspoken devotion
To the Risen Christ


Mary Cleophas---the Mother of Saint Jude
Was present at Christ’s crucifixion
And after her death
Many miracles were attributed
To her intercession


Jude---like his brother James
Did not believe that Jesus
Was the Son of God
Until after the Resurrection


After the Resurrection
Jude---along with his companion Simon
Preached and taught in Mesopotamia
For ten years
Converting many to Christianity


His teachings
Were primarily against Gnosticism---
The teaching that the sins of the body
Does not affect the sins of the soul
And against the people of his day---
Bearing false witness---about Jesus
And our Christian walk


He taught that Christians
Need to be aware of false teachers
Infiltrating the church


Certainly---at least in my mind
As true today---as it was back then
Maybe more so---just turn on your television set


But maybe---in my mind
His most important teaching
Was that believers
Should be merciful to unbelievers


He and Simon
Made more converts in Persia
Where he was clubbed to death


We all face hopeless situations
In today’s world
Maybe more so than ever


We may lose hope
Because of our health diagnosis
The loss of a loved one
Our finances
A broken relationship within the family
Or for many other reasons


“And we rejoice
In the hope of the glory of God
Not only so
But we also rejoice in our suffering
Because we know that suffering
Produces perseverance; perseverance---character
And character---HOPE
And hope does not disappoint us
Because God has poured out his love
Into our hearts by the Holy Spirit
Whom he has given us” Romans 5:3-5


So when we are feeling hopeless
And like our Lord told Saint Bridget about Saint Jude
We can be confident that:


“HE WILL SHOW HIMSELF MOST WILLING TO HELP”


Robert P. Wallman
10-22-11


Ps Today---October 28^th---is his feast day---my sister Terri---her middle name Judith
Is after our Saint Jude---THE PATRON SAINT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE




10-28-14
10-28-15 and 10-23-18

CENTERED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS=GOD

CENTERED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS=
GOD
(Finding the LIVING WATER)




In the Namibian Desert
In South Africa


There is a plant
That has LIVED for over 2,000 years


It has SURVIVED fires-pests-
Local wars-and even
The blistering heat
In virtually a rain free climate


“It fears NOT the heat
When it comes


Its leaves stay GREEN


In the year of drought
It shows no distress
….....” Jeremiah 17:8


MAYBE it has FOUND
Something called-LIVING WATER
That Jesus talks about
In the 4^th chapter
Of Saint John's Gospel


WHERE Jesus meets
The SAMARITAN woman
At the well


“Will you give me a drink?,”
Jesus asks the Samaritan woman John 4:7


She responds,
“You are a Jew
And I am a Samaritan woman
HOW can you ask me for a drink?”
(For Jews did not associate with Samaritans) John 4:9


Jesus goes on to tell her
About LIVING WATER
As opposed to regular water


“Jesus answered,
'EVERYONE who drinks this water
Will be thirsty again


But WHOEVER DRINKS
The water I give them
Will never thirst again


Indeed the water
I give them


Will become in them
A SPRING OF WATER
Welling up


TO ETERNAL LIFE'” John 4:13-14


By believing in Jesus
By linking up
And CONNECTING our lives
With Jesus


We can find immortality
We can find eternal life


ALL we have to do
IS believe like Jesus
LOVE LIKE Jesus


We ARE so very BLESSED


And in John 7:37-38
Jesus says,


“Let anyone who is thirsty
COME TO ME and drink


Whoever believes in me
As Scripture has said


Rivers of LIVING WATER
Will flow from WITHIN THEM” John 7:37-38


FIND that “LIVING WATER”
Living within you


Live FOREVER with Jesus
And his Father-GOD


The prophet
With the 2000 year plant
URGES US to plant ourselves
In God


Urges us
To find the living water


And live forever
Just like the plant
Is seemingly doing


GROUND yourself in God
ROOT yourself in God
CENTER yourself-on what
Really matters in life=God
(and FAMILY)


“Yes my soul
Find REST in God


My HOPE
Comes from him” Psalm 62:5


“For those who find me
FIND LIFE


And receive favor
From the Lord” Proverbs 8:35


CENTER yourself-your life
On the relationship
That really matters in life=
GOD


The SOURCE and stream
Of deep-and LIFE-GIVING WATER


Robert P. Wallman
2-24-16 and 10-22 & 23=2018


INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.

JOURNAL=LOYALTY-THE FATHER OF LIES

JOURNAL=5-7-16=LOYALTY-THE FATHER OF LIES


“As the FATHER loves me-so I ALSO LOVE YOU-REMAIN in me” John 15:9


God loves you-DO YOU believe that-I REALLY DO BELIEVE that GOD LOVES ME-and you-IN FACT-GOD loves each and every one of us---ONE of my favorite sayings has been-”GOD LOVES YOU!-and so do I”-for some time-I was totally surprised WHEN I saw a plaque and coffee cup that reads exactly that


THIS MESSAGE should make us feel GOOD and at PEACE-and RETURN OUR LOVE to God-yet when difficult circumstances or illness come upon us-I think-ONCE AGAIN-we truly question whether or not God really does loves us-IF GOD really does LOVE us-why did this person die-or WHY did God ALLOW this to happen to us-maybe even OUR LOVE for God wanes-


There are MANY KINDS of love in this world-but GOD'S LOVES for us-is ALWAYS there-regardless
of the circumstances of our life-and our LOVE FOR GOD must be the same-SO WHEN you are facing spiritually-physically-or mentally hurting situations-we MUST NOT deny the reality of GOD'S LOVE for us-and we must be CONSISTENT in our love for God and CONTINUE to BELIEVE and PROFESS in GOD'S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for us








LOYALTY/? THE FATHER OF LIES




LOYALTY IS one of the single
Greatest qualities
That we can have
In a mate
Or a FRIEND


LOYALTY is defined as
“The state or quality of being loyal
FAITHFUL to commitments or obligations
FIDELITY


And that is
WHAT OUR GOD is to us
FAITHFUL-LOYAL-LOVING towards us
Because we are his children


And he LOVES us
As a father or mother
would love their own children


“YET to all
who received him
To those who believed


In his name
He gave the right
To BECOME children of God-
CHILDREN born NOT out of a natural descent
NOR of human decision
OR a husbands' will
BUT BORN OF GOD” John 1:12-13


That's our GOD
LOYAL to a fault
HE BELIEVES in us
The same way
OUR OWN FATHER
or mother would


And we should be loyal
Back to God
In the same way


BY LOVING GOD
BY LOVING OTHERS
And by
Forgiving others


“I DON'T THINK
GOD wants me to die
But if he does
PLEASE BLESS my mother and father,
my family, and my friends


IT would be harder on them
I would be gone
BUT if GOD wants me to live
I would live
FOR my family,
my friends,
And for all people everywhere” (myself on my deathbed when I was 22)


Have I
KEPT the commitment
HAVE I
Been LOYAL to it


Well I am alive
ALMOST 37 years later


And while
I don't have a mate
To be loyal to
OR to be loyal to me


I have MANY
Family and friends
WHO have stood up
FOR ME


LOYALTY
YOU BET


And I have
To wonder
IF the reason
WHY there is so many divorces
SO many broken friendships
IF it isn't
Because of
The lack of God
IN OUR WORLD


People listening to
THE FATHER of lies
Instead of the FATHER of-
THE GOD OF LOVE


Speaking about the devil
JESUS said (after being accused of being the devil),


“You belong to your father
The devil
And you want to carry out
Your father's desire


He was a murderer
From the beginning
NOT HOLDING to the truth


For there is
No truth in him


WHEN he lies
He speaks his native language


FOR he is a liar
AND the father of lies” John 8:44-45


LOYALTY=one of he greatest qualities
We can possess


I HOPE
You are LOYAL to God
To your family and friendships
And I HOPE
That I am too


Robert P. Wallman
9-9-13


5-7-15 & 10-21&22-2018

JOURNAL=SUFFERING=AN ORDINARY PART OF LIFE

JOURNAL/SUFFERING-an ORDINARY PART OF LIFE




“The Lord is my SHEPHERD........
Even though I walk through the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side........” Psalm 23:1, 4


EVEN when seen though the eyes of FAITH-suffering is NOT EASY


Yet we KNOW that God walks BESIDE US-because Jesus faced ALL the suffering in his own life


it is A GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and though we suffer- it is a GREAT DAY
to KNOW that God is WALKING BESIDE US-maybe even LEADING the way for us to make it through to the other side-FAITH AND DIVINE PROVIDENCE will lead us home
























SUFFERING-
AN ORDINARY PART OF LIFE


Are you suffering
In your life
Right now


Are you BLAMING God
Or are you UNITING
Your sufferings
With God's and Christ's


In a broad sense
suffering is defined as pain
And it can be mental-
Physical-or spiritual-OR
sometimes all three
At the same time


And it comes in varying degrees
From mild to intolerable


So I ask you again
ARE you suffering


I would say yes
Because we ALL are-in some way


For suffering
Is an ORDINARY part of life


And it is found
Even in the lives
Of us
Who follow Jesus
Maybe particularly so


“For this
You have been called
Because Christ
Also suffered for you


Leaving you an example
That you should follow
In his footsteps” 1 Peter 2:21


It is not
A punishment or a penalty
But an ordinary part
Of earthly existence


The good suffer
The bad suffer
And those in between suffer


IF you haven't suffered
At some point
In your life


You are not human


And most times
When suffering comes
We must simply
endure it


There is no way
To hurry it along
We simply must
LIVE through it


We must ENDURE the cross
-LIKE Christ did
And patiently
Work our way through it


GOD KNOWS our suffering
Before we even know


“I am in pain and distress
May your salvation-Oh God-
PROTECT me” Psalm 69:29


And God is PRESENT with us
Even when we are suffering


“MY flesh and my heart
May fail


But GOD is the strength
Of my heart
And MY PROTECTION FOREVER” Psalm 73:26


The more we endure the cross
The more Christ-like we become


And if Christ
Could RESURRECT
over death
over life
We can ENDURE suffering
By UNITING our lives
With Christ's


“Therefore
We do not lose heart
Though outward
We are wasting away
Yet inwardly
We are BEING RENEWED
DAY-BY-DAY


For our light
And momentary troubles
Are achieving for us
An ETERNAL glory
That far outweighs
Them all


So we fix our eyes
NOT on what is seen
But on
WHAT IS UNSEEN


For what is seen
Is TEMPORARY
But what is UNSEEN
IS ETERNAL” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18


SUFFERING is
An ORDINARY part of life
But by UNITING our sufferings
With Christ's


WE WILL RISE AGAIN


Robert P. Wallman
5-15-14


INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Father James McKarns




Ps 8-20-14 and 10-20 & 21=2018

SAINT JOHN PAUL II

BLESSED John Paul II became a SAINT on April 27^th, 2014
(DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY)
TODAY-May 18^th would have been HIS 94^th birthday






BLESSED JOHN PAUL II




He was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla
On May 18^th, 1920
In Wadowice, the Republic of Poland


He was Pope
Of the Catholic Church
From 1978
Until his death in 2005


He was the second longest
Serving pope in history
And the first
Non-Italian pope since 1523


He was
A very charismatic figure
And acclaimed
As one of the
Most influential leaders of the 20^th century


He was instrumental
In ending communism
Both in Poland
And eventually all of Europe


He was
A widely traveled world leader
And visited 129 countries
During his pontificate


He has
A special emphasis
On a universal call to holiness
Beatified 1.340 people
And canonized 483 saints


Today
He himself-is beatified


He named
Most of the present college of cardinals
Consecrated a large number of bishops
And ordained many priests


A key goal
Of his papacy
Was to transform
And reposition the Catholic Church


His goal was:
“To place his church
At the heart of a new religious alliance
That would bring together Jews, Muslims, and Christians
In a great religious armada”


A man of vision
A legend of our times
Pope John Paul II
Was beatified on May 1st, 2011


Robert P. Wallman
11-10-12




and 10-20-18

SAYING YES TO THE GOD OF LIFE

SAYING YES
TO THE GOD OF LIFE


All life is SACRED


Our FAITHFUL-our LOVING GOD
Loved each of us
Into existence


We should demonstrate
And REFLECT our love for life
By the individual choices
That we make


“For your MERCY
Towers in the heavens


And your faithfulness
To the skies” Psalm 57:11


This world is CRYING OUT
For an example
Of how MEANINGFUL life is


We need to stand up
And be counted
By our RESPECT FOR LIFE


By respect
For our unborn children


And by our RESPECT for
All children
No matter what age-
No matter what gender


As CHRISTIANS
We need to live
For all people
For all children


“The Lord is my light
And my salvation
Whom shall I fear?


The Lord
Is the stronghold of my life-
Of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1


“For those who find me
FIND LIFE


And receive favor
From the Lord” Proverbs 8:35


What kind of world
Do we live in?


We live in a world
With ISIS-and terrorism


NO RESPECT for life there


We live in a nation
With multitudes of killings
In every city
In the United States


No respect for life here


HOW CAN we say no
To life
WHEN our God
Has said YES


RESPECT LIFE
All life is SACRED
Respect all life


Be the EXAMPLE of God-
FOR LIFE-for others


“For whoever
Wants to save their life
Will lose it


But whoever
Loses their life for me
And the gospel will SAVE IT” Mark 8:35


“Just as the living Father
Sent me


And I live because of
The FATHER


So the one
Who feeds on me
Will LIVE
Because of me” John 6:57


I think about
My death bed PROMISE-daily


“To LIVE for my family-friends-
And ALL PEOPLE everywhere”


With GOD'S STRENGTH
I have lived 39 additional years
Since the promise


Won't you join me
In saying


“YES” to the GOD OF LIFE


And LIVING FOR GOD
And all of mankind


RESPECT LIFE
ALL LIFE IS SACRED


Dear Lord-
Help us to see YOUR YES
In every person that we meet


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-16




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




6-23-17 and 10-19 & 20=2018

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR LIVES

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR LIVES










You wouldn’t know it
By watching the 5 o’clock news
But we are all
Going to be held responsible
HELD accountable for our own lives


But today---in our culture
All you hear is---
“He did this to me---
Or it wasn’t my fault---she did it”


We ALL have had the experience
Of doing wrong in our life
And tried to EXPLAIN it away
With an excuse
Or by dragging someone else in to it
To share the blame


WE NEED to be a little more like David, who said,
“I am the one
Who sinned and done wrong
These are but sheep
What have they done?” 2 Samuel 24:17


When was the last time
In our culture---you heard someone stand up and say---
“Yes I did it---it was my fault---
I take responsibility for my actions”


It has been so long
I can’t even remember when


Instead---all we hear about
Is lawyers getting their clients off on technicalities
And frivolous lawsuit after lawsuit


It takes honesty and humility
To stand up, and say,
“It is I who have done wrong,”
As David did


And finally, Dear Lord,
We must remember
That we are NOT only responsible
For what we do
But also
For what we don’t do


If we have the capacity
To help someone
And we don’t---well
Look at what John wrote,


“This is how we know
What love is
Jesus Christ laid down his life
For us


And we ought to
Lay down our lives
For our brothers


If anyone
Has material possessions
And sees his brother in need
But has no pity on him
How can the love of God
Be in him


Dear children
Let us not love with words---or tongue
But with actions and in truth” 1 John 3:16-18


Dear friends
Only one had a blameless life
And it wasn’t you or me


And so dear Lord---we pray
That when called upon
We have the courage to stand up and say,


“I did it---or I didn’t do it”


Robert P. Wallman
2-2-12




11-11-14 and 10-18 & 19-2018

KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD

KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO GOD




We ALL have desires
In life
WANTS-if you will


The trick is
To be able
To distinguish
Our wants from our NEEDS


It is easy
To get bogged down
With possessions
Like the man
In chapter 12
Of Saint Luke's GOSPEL


Jesus tells a parable
About a rich man
Who has nowhere
To store his crops


“Then he said
'This is what I'll do


I will tear down
My barns
And build bigger ones


And there
I will store up
My surplus grain
And I'll say to myself


“You have plenty of grain
Laid up for many years


Take life easy;
Eat-drink-and be merry'” Luke 12:18-19


Isn't this how it is
In life?


It is so easy
To lose sight of
What is important


And it is NOT material wealth
And riches that is important


It is God=It is YOUR LIFE
It is your family and friends
And it is the church or churches
That you are involved with


DON'T EVER take your life
For granted=
It is=A GIFT FROM GOD
USE IT WISELY


“But God said to him,
'You fool-this very night
Your life will be demanded
Of you;


And the things
You have prepared


To whom
Will they belong?


Thus will it be
For the one
Who stores up treasures


For himself
But is NOT RICH
In what matters to God” Luke 12:20-21


Your life is important
BUT GIVE IT BACK TO GOD


LOVE HIM with your whole heart=
Whole soul=whole mind=and ALL
Your strength


And LOVE your neighbor
As yourself ( the two commandments
As given to us by Jesus in Mark 12:30-31)


WHAT can be more important
In life=than loving others?


In and of itself-to have
An abundance-is NOT bad


But what MATTERS MOST to God-
Unlike the man in the parable


Is that we have
A GENEROUS HEART


Is that we are
READY & willing
To give and to forgive


That we LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY
And that we show KINDNESS
And compassion
To all those in need


“And when you PRAY
Do not keep on babbling
Like pagans


For they think
They will be heard
Because of their many words


DO NOT be like them
For your Father knows
WHAT YOU NEED
Before you ask them” Matthew 6:7-8


Dear Lord-HELP US
TO ALWAYS KNOW what our
TRUE NEEDS ARE


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman
10-18-15 and 10-18 & 19=2018




Ps INSPIRED BY an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Judy Schueneman

A MAN CALLED LUKE

A MAN CALLED LUKE




He is
The only Gentile writer
Among the 72 books of the Bible


He was
A Greek physician by trade
A disciple of Saint Paul
And his books include
The Gospel of Saint Luke
And the Acts of the Apostles


The Gospel of Saint Luke was once called
“The loveliest book in the world”
Or/and “The most beautiful book ever written”


Luke’s Gospel is considered the Gospel of women
Because of Jesus’ passion to the women of Jerusalem
Because of its emphasis
On Mary---the birth of Jesus---
Her visit to her cousin Elizabeth
Mary’s prayer of glorification to the Lord
And her acceptance of God’s mission
From the angel without hesitation


“I am the Lord’s servant,”
Said Mary to the angel
“Let it be done to me according to your word”


Luke knew
That then, as now,
We don’t understand this notion
Of God’s unconditional love
For us
We just don’t understand
The heart of God


So Luke
Gives us an historical account of Jesus’ life
He teaches us
About Jesus’ humanity
He teaches us about Jesus’ public ministry
Through his perfect compassion and forgiveness
Through stories like
The Good Samaritan, The Lost ( “Prodigal ) Son
And the rich man and Lazarus


Jesus understands our weakness
So says Luke
Jesus understands our temptations and our trials
So says Luke
He came to save both Jew and Gentile
So says our Saint Luke


He came for both the outcasts and the accepted
He came
To save both the poor and the rich
He came for
Both men and women
He came for
The free and the oppressed
He came for
Each and every one of us


So says
A man called Luke
In “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK EVER WRITTEN”


Go ahead and read
The book written by a physician and a gentile
A book written by


A MAN CALLED LUKE


Robert P. Wallman
4-30-11




10-18-14
10-19-15
10-18-16
10-17 & 18-18

PAIN AND GAIN

WITNESS




8-7-13




PAIN AND GAIN




How many of you
Are currently experiencing pain


How many of you
Have ever been in pain


I would say virtually
Everyone would answer yes
At least to the second question


There are three types of pain
Physical pain
Spiritual pain
And emotional pain


Pain is defined as a state of or lack
Of physical-emotional or mental well-being
It can be mild-severe-or any stage in between


I have to tell you
I am in physical pain
Almost every minute of my life
(as I am sure others of you are)


I have been in emotional pain
When relationships didn’t work out
And in spiritual pain
When I could not see
Where my life was going
Or why
God wouldn’t let my plans
For my life
Work out the way
That I wanted them too


And I have questioned God
As I am sure
Many of you have


AS JOB DID


“His wife said to him,
‘Are you sill holding on to your integrity
Curse God and die’


Job replied,
‘You are talking like a foolish woman
Shall we accept good from God
And not trouble’


In all this
Job did not sin in what he said” Job 2:9-10


Job held on
He was VINDICATED


PAIN AND GAIN


I held on


By holding on
I found God
I found you


“When your words came-I ate them
They were joy and my heart’s delight
For I held your name
O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY” Jeremiah 15:16


Though the world
May turn its back on us
GOD NEVER WILL
God is patient and loving


We may feel pain
But gain towards GOD
And towards others
Is our FINAL DESTINATION


GAIN


God works for our good


“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


THE POWER OF GOD’S LOVE


I cannot change my own life
PAIN
But hopefully something I say or do
Can be a SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT
To someone else
GAIN


“WE rejoice in our suffering
Because we know that suffering
Produces perseverance
Perseverance-character
And character-HOPE


And HOPE doe not disappoint us
Because God has poured his love
Into our hearts
By the Holy Spirit
Whom he has given us” Romans 5:3-5


Therefore-pain + gain=HOPE
HOPE FOR ALL OF US


Robert P. Wallman
5-4-13




Ps WITNESS 8-7-13




8-31-14
10-17-& 18-2018

UNANSWERED PRAYERS

UNANSWERED PRAYERS




One of my favorite songs
Is a song called, “Unanswered Prayers”
By Garth Brooks


It is about a man
Running into his old girlfriend
Many years later


“She was the one
I had wanted for ALL time”


And it is about the man
Being thankful
That his prayer was not answered
And him being thankful
That he was
With the woman he was with
His wife


Often times
GOD KNOWS
What is best for us
Even before we do


“Be still and know
That I am God” Psalm 46:10


Have you ever prayed
Like that-for someone
Or something


I have-SO BAD
That I thought
That my heart was breaking
That I thought
I was going to die


All I ever wanted
Was that special someone
To call my own
To BUILD a family with


BUT GOD SAID NO


“Oh Lord-you have searched me
And you know me” Psalm 139:1


I have ALL these friendships
With all these beautiful women
And men in my life


God KNOWS us
Better than we know ourselves


90 per cent of all marriages
Where one of the parties
Are disabled
Or has a severe chronic illness
End in divorce


“Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers”


She was the one
I had wanted for all time


“Search me-Oh God
And know my heart
Test me
And know my anxious thoughts”


If you are my friend
Woman or man-KNOW THIS
I am committed to you
And I love you


“Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers”


Robert P. Wallman
1-9-13


5-1-15
And 10-17 & 18-2018

HIGHER CALLING

“A Higher Calling”

I always wanted
To have my own family
I always wanted
To have my own child
But
It never did
Really happen for me
And sometimes
I got a little crazy
Sometimes
I got a little wild

Now I know
God called me
For a higher purpose
Not necessarily for better
Or for worse

God called me 
To pay homage to him
And attempt
To love all others

I know
I will never achieve perfection
But I will strive
To reach
A Higher Calling

Robert P. Wallman
5/5/10

Ps         10-17-18

A FAMILY IS

“A FAMILY IS”

A Family is Life

A Family is Love

A Family is God’s Light

Shining on us

From up above

A Family is

Loving each other

Even when we don’t like them

A Family is

Being kind to each other

When we don’t want to

A Family is Life

A Family is Love

A Family is GOD”S Light

Shining on us

From up above

A Family is accepting each other

Accepting them for who they are

Not who you want them to be

A Family is FORGIVING each other

When they acted in a way

That we don’t understand

Or

When they don’t even try

To lend a hand

A Family is Life

A Family is Love

A Family is GOD’S LIGHT

Shining on us

From up above

A Family is LOVE

5/14/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

                                                                        

Ps        TODAY on 10-16-18=Is the feast day of Saint MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE=the Saint

            Of FAMILIES is a great day to run A FAMILY IS

SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE=THE SAINT OF FAMILIES

THE SAINT OF FAMILIES---SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE
( feast day OCTOBER 17^th )










She was born
In the 17^th century
The 5^th child of a notary
And she had an unhappy childhood


She became a VISITATION nun
At the age of 25
She was patient and charitable
But also clumsy and impractical


She had a series of visions of Christ
And along with some others
---Namely Saint Gertrude
Were responsible for reviving devotion
To the SACRED HEART OF JESUS
And reminding us
Of Jesus’ love for ALL men


Dear Lord
We pray that you use us
As you used Saint Margaret Mary
To revive interest in both God and family
In this indifferent Godless world
That we live in today


We pray to you Dear Lord
And the great Saint---Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
To help us revive this interest
Of GOD and FAMILY in today’s world


And we pray
That the SACRED HEART OF JESUS
And the IMMACULATE HEART of MARY
Reign again in ALL families
Both rich and poor


ALL nations, ALL religious, ALL nationalities
And ALL colors and creeds


We pray---Dear Lord
That you again teach us
The sanctity of human love
The value of human love
And the VALUE of family life


We pray
That you again teach us
To be united
In RESPECT and in LOVE
So that we may share in your life forever


We ask for ALL of these things
In the name of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
---The Saint of families
And in the name of THE HOLY FAMILY
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
And in the name of Jesus and HIS MOST SACRED HEART


Robert P. Wallman
10-19-11




Ps 10-6-18

A SERVANT'S HEART

WITNESS




4-8-13




A SERVANT’S HEART




We are called
To be servant’s of God


We are called
To be
Servants of the world


Does that
Sound strange to you
It does to me


Yet when the brothers-James and John
Jesus’ apostles
Asked to sit at his right and left hands
When he comes into glory
This was Jesus’ response:


“You know
That those who are regarded
As rulers of the Gentiles
Lord it over them
And their high officials
Exercise authority over them


Not so with you
Instead whoever wants to
Become great among you
Must be your servant


And whoever
Wants to be first
Must be slave to all


For even the Son of Man
Did not come to be served
But to serve


And to give his life
As a ransom for many” Mark 10:42-45


Are you serious Lord
Our culture
Basically tells us
That if we are NOT number 1
That we are nothing


Yet you are telling us
That to be like you
That we are to be beneath all


WHAT A DIFFICULT LESSON
WHAT A DIFFICULT TEACHING


Yet we KNOW HE is right


For he did not
Just talk the talk
He walked the walk


And died-mocked-and humiliated
But ROSE again
Because of his FAITH in his Father


I ALWAYS wanted
To be number 1
I wanted to be the one
To SAVE the world


Yet because of
My health and financial situations
It is others
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Who have STEPPED up
TO HELP ME


Yet I continue
To TRY to have a LOVING HEART
And TRY to be a UNIFYING FORCE
In today’s world


And I can honestly say
I DON’T CARE if I am in last place
And you shouldn’t be either


LOOK around
You are in GOOD company


“Your attitude
Should be the same as that
Of Christ Jesus


Who being-in very nature God
Did NOT consider equality with God
Something to be grasped


But made himself nothing
Taking the very nature
Of a servant
Being made in human likeness


And being found
In appearance as a man
He humbled himself
And became obedient to death
Even death on a cross


Therefore God exalted him
To the highest place
And gave him the name
That is ABOVE every name


That at the name of JESUS
Every knee should bow
In heaven and on earth
And under the earth


And every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord
To the GLORY of God the Father”
Philippians 2:5-11


Dear Lord-we pray
HELP us to
Live a life courteous and pleasing
To you
And to all


And that
We have a heart
FULL OF HUMILITY and servant hood
JUST LIKE YOUR SON


IN JESUS’ NAME……..




Robert P. Wallman
3-23-13




Ps We may not be able to save others
We may not even be able to save ourselves
We have one master-GOD
Let us GO OUT into the world as his SERVANTS


Inspired by an article in Living Faith magazine by Heather King




WITNESS 4-8-13




MISC. WITNESS 4-10-14
8-23-14 and 10-15 & 16-18

SEEING IS BELIEVING

SEEING IS BELIEVING




Have you ever heard
The saying, “Seeing is believing”


I have
And to me-this is science
100 per cent proof or fact


Believing without seeing
I call it FAITH
And this is what you need
To FIND GOD in your life


You need to know
That someone is there
Without being able
To see it, touch it, or feel it
Or prove it 100%


You have
To feel it in your heart
KNOW-a presence is there
For your own good


Faith in God
Is a trust and dependence
On God
Just knowing he is there


In January of 1978
I had just came out
From my 3^rd life and death operation
In the last year


I was
For the most part bedridden
And my Doctors
Were still telling me
That there was no medical reason
That I was for the most part-CRAZY


I literally
Crawled around the stacks of medical books
In the Woods Run Library
Reading every medical book
I could get my hands on


In August of 1981
Crohn’s disease was finally proven
And a team of Doctors
Apologized to me-and said
“You should be the doctor”


Faith
I am a BELIEVER
In God-and in Christ
WITHOUT SEEING


In Genesis
Moses tells the story
Of a man with great faith


God tells Abraham
To sacrifice his son-Isaac
And in a particularly poignant story
Abraham is ready to do just that


“Then God said,
“Take your son
Your only son, Isaac
Whom you love
And go to the region
Of Moriah


Sacrifice him there
As a burnt offering
On one of the mountains
I will tell you about” Genesis 22:2


When Abraham was ready
To sacrifice his son
God called out,


“DO not
Lay a hand on the boy


Do not do anything
To him
Now I know
You fear God
Because you have
Not withheld from me-your son
Your only son” Genesis 22:12


Abraham then looked up
And saw a ram
Caught by his horns
Which he sacrificed
In place of his son-Isaac


And we ALL know
The story of Jesus, Mary , and Joseph


SEEING maybe believing
But sometimes
FAITH is proof enough
ALL BY ITSELF


I BELIEVE


Robert P. Wallman
1-8-13




Ps MISC WITNESS 5-9-14




1-31-15
3-10-16 and 10-14-15-2018

BE AN EXAMPLE

WITNESS




5-14-13




BE AN EXAMPLE




For us Christians
Jesus Christ
Is the perfect example
Of how we are to live
A perfect life


If we believe in him
If we believe in our Christianity
We have but one mission in our life


And that is
To take something from his very own life
And make it
COME ALIVE in our very own lives


In other words
BE AN EXAMPLE to other Christians
In today’s world


“Do everything
Without complaining or arguing
So that
You may become blameless and pure


CHILDREN OF GOD without fault
In a crooked and depraved generation
In which you shine like stars
In the universe
As you hold out
THE WORD OF LIFE” 2 Philippians: 14 & 15


As Christ
Was our example
Be an example- for others


Be joyful in HOPE
And PATIENT in affliction and in sorrow


These are our crosses
And if
We unite them with Christ’s own sufferings
We can still create a beautiful life
Despite the crosses-that we may carry


Look at JOB
He was an example


“Brothers-as an example of patience
In the face of suffering
Take the prophets
Who spoke
In the name of the Lord


As you know
We consider blessed
Those who have PERSEVERED


You have
Heard of Job’s perseverance
And have seen
What the Lord finally brought about


The Lord is
FULL OF COMPASSION AND MERCY” James 5:10-11


And so dear Lord-we pray
That as Christ was our example


We pray
That we may strengthen our resolve
To do God’s will
And be an example
To others who may be suffering


Teach us
To reach out to you in our needs
And be an example
To others who may be suffering
Just as your Son-Jesus Christ
Is THE EXAMPLE to us


In Jesus’ name we pray


Robert P. Wallman
5-3-12




Ps WITNESS 5-14-13




“When he had finished washing their feet-he put on his clothes and returned
To his place-----‘Do you understand what I have done for you,’ he asked them,
‘You call me Teacher and Lord-and rightly so-so that is what I am
Now that I-your Lord and Teacher-have washed your feet-you also should
Wash one another’s feet-I have set an EXAMPLE that you should do
As I have done for you-I tell you the truth-NO servant is greater than his master
NOR is a messenger greater than the one who sent him-now that you know
These things-you will be BLESSED if you do them’”
John 13:12-17




misc. WITNESS 2-20-14
& 12-1-15


and 10-13 & 14=2018

SAINT THERESA OF AVILA+LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU!

LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU---
( the story of SAINT THERESA of AVILA)




So easily
We become disturbed
In today’s world


About our health
About our finances
About our relationships
And about a myriad of other things


Even as a child
Theresa of Avila
Was thought to be particularly pious
Playing with her brother---at hermitages


And once---the two of them even ran away
Hoping to die as martyrs in Monaco


Theresa’s mother died when she was 14
And her reaction was predictable
As she developed a desire for worldly treasures
Such as romance, fashion, and perfume


Her father sent her away
To be educated by Augustinian nuns
And while there---she became ill


While ill
She began so study the word of God
And became so enthralled
By the letters of Saint Jerome
She decided to become a nun


She became a Carmelite nun
But a year later---became ill again
Possibly a malignant malaria


LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU


Theresa began to practice mental prayer
But later abandoned it


But after her father’s death
Picked it up again
NEVER to give it up again


Theresa’s exuberance, prudence, and charity
Touched ALL---but later
When she began to experience visions
And other SPIRITUAL encounters
She began
To become misunderstood, ridiculed, and even persecuted


She identified herself with two great Saints
---Two great sinners-penitents
Who were TRANSFORMED BY GOD---
Saint Augustine and MARY MAGDALENE


She lived in a little nunnery
With 12 other nuns
Under conditions of poverty-hardship-and solitude


Theresa herself---took her turns at sweeping-spinning
And many other menial household tasks


Her prayers to God
Lasted a lifetime
And LIVE ON today in her writings---
THE WAY TO PERFECTION and THE INTERIOR CASTLE


Dear God
We pray that as we experience hardship in this life
And we will


That we adopt that same attitude
Of Saint Theresa
That we keep our eyes FIXED on you
And that we truly live by what Saint Theresa truly did
And in fact said:


“LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU”




Robert P. Wallman
10-15-11


Ps her feast day is October 15^th




10-15-15 and 10-12-18

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE!

WITNESS




1-6-13




THE PURPOSE OF LIFE










Have you ever thought
About what your purpose
In life is


I have
Over---and over---and over again


From my grade school days
From my Catholic upbringing
I know my purpose in life,


“Is to know, to love,
And to serve God”


But how do we do that?


To KNOW God
Not just know about him
But have a personal relationship with him


Where his being
Penetrates every single fiber
Of my---of our souls


To know him
Like we can know no one else
And to LET him know us


“You have made us
For yourself oh Lord
And our souls will not rest
Until they rest in you”


And to love God


Jesus himself told us,


“Love the Lord your God
With all your heart
And with all your soul
And all you mind


This the first
And greatest commandment


And the second is like it
Love you neighbor as yourself


All the law and the prophets
Hang on these 2 commandments” Matthew 22:37 through 40


We should do this
If for no other reason
Than Jesus did it


Look at his relationship
With his Father---God
He was totally obedient to him
Even to the point of death


And look at
How he treated others
The compassion, the healing, the LOVE


Those words that he uttered
Were NOT just words
They flowed
Through EVERY FIBER of his being


“What you do
To the least of my brothers
That you do unto me”


After James and John
Asked to sit
At his right and left in heaven
He called ALL the disciples together and said


“You know that those
Who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles
Lord it over them
And their high officials
Exercise authority over them


No so with you
Instead whoever wants to be great
Among you
Must be your servant
And whoever wants to be first
Must be slave to all


For even the Son of Man
Did not come to be served
But to serve


And to give his life
As a ransom for many” Mark 10:42-45


In this selfish---me first culture
That we live in
It is NOT so easy
To live a life of service


To live a life
Where your stature---is
Well let’s just say
You are thought of
As beneath---as below others


It wasn’t any easier 2,000 years ago
When Jesus lived


“I have set an example
That you should do
As I have done for you
I tell you the truth
No servant is greater than his master
Nor a messenger
Greater than the one who sent him


Now that you know these things
You will be BLESSED
If you do them” John 13:15-17


The purpose of life
Is to know, love, and to SERVE GOD


Can I do it---Can you do it


The real question is:
WILL WE EVEN TRY?


Robert P. Wallman
9-20-11


Ps WITNESS 1-6-13




Misc. WITNESS 4-2-14
August 19^th 2014




and 10-12 & 13-18

CARRYING ANOTHER'S BURDENS

CARRYING ANOTHER’S BURDENS




Have you ever
Tried to help another human being


I mean really help someone
NOT just giving lip service


Whether it be family, friend
Or a virtual stranger


We ALL need help
At one time or another


It may be
Because of health difficulties
It may be
Because of financial problems or obligations
A lost job---mitigating circumstances
Broken relationships within a family
Or with a very close friend


In any case
We need help---we can’t do it alone
Because we are fighting heavy battles
And we are losing


It may surprise you to know
That OUR LORD knows this
It wasn’t any different 2000 years ago


Jesus saw this
And with a compassionate loving heart
He said,


“Come to me
All you who are weary and heavy burdened
And I will give you rest
Take my yoke upon you
And learn from me
For I am gentle and humble of heart
And you will find rest
For your souls


For my yoke is easy
And my burden is light” Matthew 11:28-30


A yoke is the instrument
That binds 2 animals together


Maybe you have
So many problems
That you feel
You have nothing left
To help someone else


Maybe you have
So many burdens
That you feel
Nothing and no one can help you


I have some news for you
Jesus can


He carried
The weight of the world
Some 2000 years ago
I thin he is quite capable
Of carrying yours and my burdens


We live
In a world
Full of selfishness
Becoming more and more so
Each day


“What the world needs now
Is love---sweet love
It is the only thing
That there is just too little of” from a song many years ago


Tiredness of body---come to me
Weakness of soul and spirit---come to me


Jesus says,


“Come to me
Let me help you
Carry your burdens”


He can carry burdens
And solve problems
That we never can
Maybe
Burdens and problems that we
Were never intended to carry


Moses believed in God’s promises
Abraham believed
The Blessed Mother---Mary---believed


“I am the Lord’s servant
may it be done to me
According to your Word” Luke 1:38


Do you believe
Do I believe


Your problems my be great
My problems may be great


They are NOT insurmountable


“And we know
That in all things
God works for the good
Of those who love him” Romans 8:28


Maybe we can’t
Carry another’s burdens
Maybe we can’t even
Carry our own


But God says---Christ says,
“I can”
He says,
“Tie your yoke to me”


He says the most appealing words
Ever heard
This side of paradise---


---“COME TO ME”
And you will find REST for your souls


Robert P. Wallman
8-7-11

• Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford O.F.M.
  

Ps MISC. WITNESS 6-27-14


3-13-15 & 7-14-16 and 10-11-12-18