"to live for my family, friends, and ALL people everywhere" rpw---1977 poems by Robert P. Wallman
Thursday, January 31, 2019
RADIATING A CHRIST-LIKE LOVE
RADIATING A CHRIST-LIKE LOVE
As MODERN day apostles-
It is UP to us
To RADIATE a CHRIST-LIKE LOVE
To the world
It is up to us to do it in
WORDS and in actions
And in the EXAMPLE
That we set
“We must consider
How to rouse one another
To LOVE and GOOD WORKS” Hebrews 10:24
A great example of one
Who did this=was
Saint John Bosco
The SAINT that we
CELEBRATE for today
He was a well-loved PRIEST-
Who attracted many followers
Because he RADIATED
The LOVE OF CHRIST
It is up to us
To FOLLOW his example=
More importantly
To follow CHRIST'S EXAMPLE
And bring others to LOVE
By RADIATING love
With our examples
In thoughts- words-and DEEDS
“Those who look to him
Are RADIANT
Their faces
Are never covered
With shame” Psalm 34:5
“Then you will look
And be RADIANT
Your heart will throb
And swell with joy
The wealth on the seas
Will be brought to you
To you
The riches of the nations
Will come” Isaiah 60:5
It is easy
For our relationships
To be MESSY at times
But let us NOT
Blame one another
Let us fall back
To the PATH of PRAYER
And the path of PATIENCE
The path that
Jesus taught us
Let us SHARE THE LOVE
With one another
And like
Saint John Bosco
Let us be great
EXAMPLES of Christ-like LOVE=
RADIATING that love
To all
SHARE the love
With one another
“I have set you
An EXAMPLE
That you should do
As I have done for you” John 13:15
“I am using an EXAMPLE
From everyday life
Because of your human limitations........” Romans 6:19
SHARE the LOVE my friend-
Let your love
RADIATE to all
“Anyone who
Has been stealing
MUST steal no longer
And must work
Doing something useful
With their own hands
That they may have something
To SHARE with those
IN NEED” Ephesians 4:28
RADIATE the LOVE=SHARE
That love with all my dear
Brothers and sisters
Let others FEEL a
CHRIST-LIKE LOVE and patience
LIVING within you
In Jesus' name and in the name of our ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-30-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah Meister
DOING GOOD=IS=NEVER OUT OF STYLE
DOING GOOD=IS=
NEVER OUT OF STYLE
SOMEONE once said:
“Do ALL the good
That you can
For all the PEOPLE
That you can
As often as you CAN”
I couldn't agree more-
And that is what our Lord
And our mentor-Jesus-did
And as his FOLLOWERS
We should too
“In the SAME WAY-
Let your LIGHT-SHINE
Before others
That they may SEE
Your good deeds-
And GLORIFY your Father in heaven” Matthew 5:16
We may NOT be able
To HEAL the sick
Like Jesus did
But we sure CAN-VISIT-
the sick and the aged
We sure CAN-
Give some one a ride
And there ARE a million
KIND DEEDS we can do
In this world
To GLORIFY the Father
DOING GOOD-
NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE
Do good for Jesus-and
Do GOOD for the Father
“TRUST in the Lord
And do good
Dwell in the land
And ENJOY safe pasture” Psalm 37:3
“WHOEVER seeks good-
Finds favor
But evil comes
To one-who-
Searches for it” Proverbs 11:27
“Likewise-every good tree-
BEARS GOOD FRUIT
But a bad tree
Bears bad fruit” Matthew 7:17
Do GOOD=be GOOD FRUIT=
It never goes out of style
In today's gospel-Jesus tells us-
To be salt and light
For the world
What could be MORE GOOD
Than that?
Jesus ENTRUSTS us with the GOSPEL=
The WORD unto us
And we are to be witnesses
To ALL the ends of the earth
In our words and in our actions
The SAINTS were great witnesses-
To God and to Christ
The ONE most recently-was-
Mother Teresa
You and I are NOT
Mother Teresa-but we can STILL
DO whatever we can-
For WHOEVER we can
That is OUR witness to God=
That is our WITNESS
To Christ=that is our witness
To LOVE and to EACH OTHER
We TOO can glorify God
With our actions and with our words
“GLORIFY the Lord with me
Let us EXALT his name together” Psalm 34:3
“He will GLORIFY ME
Because it is from me
That he will receive
What he will MAKE KNOWN to you” John 16:14
Dear Father=Dear Lord=
We will DO all the GOOD we can
For all the PEOPLE we can
To GLORIFY your name forever=for DOING GOOD
NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE
LET God and Jesus BE GLORIFIED
Robert P. Wallman
6-13-17
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti
1-31-2019
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 31st
misc. WITNESS 1-31-14 and 21-31-19
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
MEMORABLE AND TIMELESS
MEMORABLE AND TIMELESS
Did you ever notice something
About Jesus' messages=his parables
In the bible?
They are MEMORABLE and TIMELESS=
And they contain the ANSWERS
To everyone
Of life's problems
Today we have the
PARABLE of the sower and
There are some things
That stand out
“A very large crowd
Gathered around him
So that he got
INTO a boat
On the sea
And sat down” Mark 4:1
Yes=ALL of Jesus' messages
Are memorable and TIMELESS
And what stands out today
Is Jesus' ability to ADAPT-
His relaxed posture-
And his powerful IMAGERY
MEMORABLE AND TIMELESS
Are his teachings
“All the people
Of the land
Will bury them
And the day
I display my glory
Will be a MEMORABLE DAY
For them
Declares the Sovereign LORD” Ezekiel 39:13
“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
Yes=MEMORABLE AND TIMELESS
Are the
MESSAGES of the Lord
They have all
The answers to the PROBLEMS
Of this world
In today's gospel=
When the crowd
Becomes large
Jesus doesn't sent
The people away
He ADAPTED
To his circumstances
And he SAT in the boat
To teach=and he put
The people at EASE
And he uses IMAGERY
To bring home his point=
Jesus has nothing but TIME
For his people
And his TEACHINGS=the gospel readings
Stand the test OF TIME
“Show righteousness
For yourselves
Reap the fruit
Of unfailing love
And break up
Your unplowed ground
For it is TIME
To seek the Lord
Until he comes
And showers his righteousness
On you” Hosea 10:12
Dear Lord=we PRAY=
Help us to be less complaining
And more adaptable
To our circumstances
And help us to read the TIMELESS
MESSAGE=that the WORD OF GOD
Is MEMORABLE=and comes
Every day of our LIVES
In Jesus' name and in the name
Of our ALL LOVING-EVER LASTING FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
1-30-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
KEEPING THE PASSION FOR GOD
KEEPING THE PASSION FOR GOD
We should feel lucky
WHEN we feel
A PASSION
For anything in life
When I first started
With my passion for God
It was easy to FIND
And easy to keep on going
But as years come
And years go
It is NOT always
So easy to keep
The passion going
EVEN PASSION FOR GOD
We have stronger
And we have weaker periods
WHEN we have to fight
For every inch of passion
“........they themselves
Got into the boats
And came into Capernaum
Looking for Jesus” John 6:24
I MARVEL
At the people's effort
To find Jesus
After he moved on
The PASSION
To FIND
The ONE who inspired
And filled themselves
With HOPE
I wonder
If they were able
To KEEP their passion
For God
Long after Jesus moved on
HOW about you
Are you able to keep
Your passion for God
“For the GRACE of God
Has appeared
That offers SALVATION
To the people
It teaches us to say
“NO” to ungodliness
And worldly passions
And to live self-controlled
Upright and godly lives
In the present age
While we wait
For the BLESSED HOPE
The APPEARING of the GLORY
Of our GREAT GOD and Savior-
Jesus Christ” Titus:2:11-13
And teaches us to say “YES”
to KEEPING THE PASSION
FOR GOD
And yes
To whatever the work
We have to do
To keep this passion
I KNOW
In my own case
It takes an HOUR OF PASSION
Of prayer every morning
And a ROSARY
And some type
Of writing almost every day
I know sometimes
I don't want to pray
For irritating people
I know
There are some days
WHERE I don't feel like praying
At all
But that is EXACTLY
What we must do
And exactly WHEN
WE must do it
We must get back
INTO THE BOAT
And go looking for Jesus
In order to
KEEP THE PASSION FOR GOD
Robert P. Wallman
8-1-15
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sister Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
1-30-2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
IT IS A HUGE FAMILY!
IT IS A HUGE FAMILY!
Do you WANT to be a
PART of Jesus' FAMILY?
A part of God's family?
Then all you have to do
Is do the WILL OF GOD=
For that is what
Jesus tells us
“For whoever does the
WILL of God
Is my brother and sister
And mother” Mark 3:35
I want to be part
Of JESUS' FAMILY=don't you?
Then all we have to do
IS the will of God
NOT so easy to do-
But worth doing
IF we can discern what God's WILL IS
I like how Jesus DEFINES
Our family=not just our
Blood relatives
Our BROTHERS & SISTERS
Include people who are forgiving
People who are LOVING
People who are KIND
They INCLUDE those
Who care for
The widow and the orphan
People who put God and OTHERS
Above themselves
People who SHOW
Mercy and compassion
It is A HUGE FAMILY=
At least it can be=if MORE
Of us
Begin to ALIGN ourselves
With the WILL OF GOD
“I desire
To do your WILL
My God
Your law
Is WITHIN my heart” Psalm 4:8
“NOT everyone who says to me
'Lord-Lord-'
Will enter
The kingdom of heaven
But only the one
Who does
The WILL of my Father
Who is in heaven” Matthew 7:21
“Then I said-
'Here I am--------it is
Written about me
In the scroll-----------
I have come to
DO YOUR WILL=my God'” Hebrews 10:7
I want to do God's will
I want to be part
Of GOD'S FAMILY
Not only in this world
But in the next
I want to be
Part of Jesus' family
I want to DO HIS WILL
On earth
He is my BROTHER
Doing God's will BINDS
Us together
And makes us part
Of his family
A HUGE BIG FAMILY
OF GOD
“BIND them
Always on your heart
Fasten them
Around your neck” Proverbs 6:21
“I will give you
The keys
Of the kingdom of heaven
Whatever you BIND on earth
Will be bound in heaven.........” Matthew 16:19
Doing the WILL OF GOD
BINDS us together=as part
Of Jesus' and God's family
His BROTHERS and SISTERS
In the LORD
And it is
A HUGE FAMILY!
In Jesus' name=and in the name
Of GOD our FATHER=our EVERLASTING GOD!
Robert P. Wallman
1-29-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick
THAT PERSONAL TOUCH
THAT PERSONAL TOUCH
Two thousand years ago
It wasn't quite so easy
To keep in touch with people
No telephone-no face book-
No instagram-e-mail-or even twitter
PERSONAL TOUCH ONLY
“For God did not give us
A spirit of cowardice
But rather of power
And love-and self-control” 2 Timothy 1:7
Don't get me wrong=I use
Face book and e-mails daily
But I have never sent a text
In my life-NOT even one
I still like to give people
A HUG-
HAND WRITE notes and cards
And send birthday cards
THAT PERSONAL TOUCH
“She said to herself,
'If I only
TOUCH his cloak
I will be HEALED'”
“Jesus said to her,
'Take heart daughter,'
He said,
'Your FAITH has healed you'
And the woman was healed
At that moment” Matthew 9:21-22
In Jesus' time
ALL they had
Was personal talk-
And personal touch
Research-suggests-
That people's hearts and minds
ARE more likely to be changed
By PERSONAL CONTACT
And-by my own experience-
I LOVE the one-on-one contact
The one-on-one approach
The one-on-one phone call-
the one-on-one e-mails
And one-on-one personal talk/touch
Through HUGS-notes-cards-etc.,
Jesus KNEW-
Jesus understood that this is
The BEST form of contact
TOUCH ME-HEAL ME
Jesus did MOST oh HIS HEALING
One-on one
“He sent out
HIS WORD
And healed them
He rescued them
From the grave” Psalm 107:20
Jesus sent out the twelve
“HEAL the sick
Raise the dead
Cleanse those
Who have leprosy
FREELY you have received
Freely give” Matthew 10:8
And today-we are his apostles
We are the 12
I WISH I could sit down
And tell every single person in this world
HOW MUCH God loves us/LOVES THEM
How much God loves
EACH and every one of us-
INDIVIDUALLY
GOD'S POWER of love
God's power to CHANGE the world
Comes from that personal touch
That personal contact
May you FEEL it today
If not from me
From someone that you LOVE & respect
From someone with whom you have
THAT PERSONAL TOUCH
Robert P. Wallman
1-25-16
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek
1-29-2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
LIVING WITH IT!
LIVING WITH IT!
Whether it be a bad back-
A bad intestine like me-
Or whatever
We all hate that DREADFUL
Diagnostic line=”well-
You are just
Going to have to LIVE
WITH IT”
It is never fun to
Live in CHRONIC PAIN=
But we can still
FIND JOY=
We can still find
ACCEPTANCE=and keep on
PRAISING THE LORD!
“Sing JOYFULLY to the Lord
All you lands-
Break into song-
SING PRAISE” Psalm 98:4
The reality of ACCEPTING
Our limitations=accepting our
CHRONIC pain=is not easy
Some wounds and HURTS in this
Life=cannot be healed=
They just
Must be ENDURED
But we can ENDURE ALL
In the Lord=and we can
KEEP on moving forward
IN the Lord
“We have ENDURED
No end of ridicule
From the arrogant
Of contempt
From the proud” Psalm 123:4
“The wicked desire
The stronghold of evildoers
But the root
Of the righteous ENDURES” Proverbs 12:12
“But the word of the Lord
ENDURES forever
And this is the word
That was preached to you” 1 Peter 1:25
It is one thing
To endure and LIVE with
Chronic pain
But it is quite another
To keep enduring-
To keep on getting up
And living with JOY and
IN FAITH=and
Keep on PRAISING GOD
Despite your ailments
“Shout for JOY
To the Lord
All the earth
Worship the Lord
With gladness
Come before him
With JOYFUL SONGS” Psalm 100:1-2
Somehow=I have KNOWN
Some amazing people
In my life
People who did not just
PUT UP with their chronic pain
But people that found the STRENGTH
To dig deep=
Still RISE in the morning
And keep on GIVING PRAISE
To the Lord-
ALL DAY LONG
“In that day
You will say=
'I will PRAISE you Lord
Although you were
Angry with me
Your anger has turned away
And you have comforted me'” Isaiah 12:1
“Accept one another-
THEN=just as Christ
Accepted you
In order to bring
PRAISE to God” Romans 15:7
And that is our CHALLENGE
My friends
NOT to just live
With our chronic pain
But to continue to PRAISE GOD
In our FAITH
In the midst
Of our pain
Dear Lord=I/we=
PRAISE YOU today=and
Give JOYFUL THANKS=for our LIVES
In Jesus name=and in the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-28-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn
LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE
LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE
Looking back
Could you have PREDICTED
WHERE you are
In your life right now
I could NEVER
Have predicted
That as a young man
I would SURVIVE
Three life and death operations
And live a whole life
With an UNPREDICTABLE chronic illness
I could never
have predicted
That I would be LIVING
In South Florida
And spending
My time
SEARCHING for God
And searching for
A deeper MORE SPIRITUAL
And HOLY life
“This is the will
Of God-YOUR HOLINESS...” 1 Thessalonians 4:3
How about you
Could you have PREDICTED
The course of your life
And are you searching
FOR GOD-for truth
And for LOVE in your life
Are you searching
For a deeper
More HOLY life
With God
“Ascribe to the Lord
The GLORY
Due his name
Worship the Lord
In the splendor
Of his holiness” Psalm 29:2
And another thing
About our JOURNEY
Through life
What we think
Is “good” or “bad”
At the time
In RETROSPECT
Often turns out to be
Just the opposite
over time
I could
NEVER HAVE PREDICTED
That having this illness
That my life
BEING totally out of my control
Could brine me
THIS CLOSE to God
And this close
To my FAMILY AND FRIENDS
In this life
“The priest answered them
'Go in peace
Your journey
Has the LORD'S APPROVAL'” Judges 18:6
How about you
Could you have seen
SOME of the wonderful outcomes
Of some of the twists and turns
Of your life
Could you have predicted
How something
That seemed so great
Could end up bringing
An UNEXPECTED sad circumstance
LIFE IS UNPREDICTABLE
And only the LORD KNOWS
Where we are going
And how we are going
To get there
ONE thing I know is
That wherever we are in life
LIFE is about the giving
And receiving OF LOVE
Along the way
SHARING our successes and failures
In life=WITH each other
And life is a CALLING
Toward a deeper holiness
“It is because
Of him(GOD)
That you are
In Jesus Christ
Who has
BECOME for us
WISDOM from God
That is our RIGHTEOUSNESS-
HOLINESS-and REDEMPTION” 1 Corinthians 1:30
TODAY=on this feast
Of Saint Augustine
Let us acknowledge
LIFE'S UNPREDICTABILITY
And let us REMEMBER
As Augustine himself showed us
It is NEVER TOO LATE
For conversion
It is never too late
To become a Christian
And DISCIPLE OF CHRIST
For that is-in life's unpredictability
What we are CALLED to BECOME:
A disciple OF GOD
And Jesus Christ
In this world
A calling
Toward a deeper HOLINESS
In our SEARCH
FOR GOD-for truth-
And For love
In this crazy mixed-up world
That we live in
Robert P. Wallman
8-27-15
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn
1-28-2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
A GOD-CENTERED LIFE
A GOD-CENTERED LIFE
It is NOT always
An easy thing to do
In today's world
But we are CALLED UPON
By God=
To LIVE a God-centered life
A life in which we
RECOMMIT ourselves to according
To the WAYS OF GOD
Living by OFFERING our lives
Up to God=live by LOVING
As many others as we can
And live by SPREADING
Forgiveness and KINDNESS to everyone
That we can=NOT just
When it makes us
LOOK GOOD
“Do not be sad=
Do not weep........” Nehemiah 8:9
In today's first reading
EZRA calls the people together
And COMMENDS the people
For rebuilding
The city of Jerusalem
But then he says
“NOW it's time
To start rebuilding
OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES”
And isn't that the way
That it is=sometimes we LAPSE
From God
And we need to REBUILD
Our lives
We need to rebuild
A GOD-CENTERED LIFE
But we don't need to be sad
For like Ezra says=God
Always gives us
ANOTHER CHANCE
Let us go back to God=if
We have lapsed and rebuild our
Lives by living a
God-centered life
“........to REBUILD the house
Of God=in Jerusalem
And the prophets of God
Were with them
Supporting them” Ezra 5:2
“For the Lord
Will REBUILD Zion
And appear in his glory” Psalm 102:16
The SCRIPTURES today
Are calling us back
To a GOD-CENTERED
Way of life
Paul REMINDS us that each and
EVERY ONE of us are valuable
And that Jesus has a
SPECIAL spiritual purpose in mind=
To BRING glad tidings to
The poor and to those
Who are HURTING
So when we RECOMMIT ourselves
To God's ways=we are to
BRING HOPE to all those
Who are hurting too
Let people know that you
Are a COMMITTED CHRISTIAN=
That you love God and
LOVE THEM
In your ways
“Consider the ravens=
They do not sow
Or reap
They have no storeroom
Or barn=yet God feeds them
And how much more VALUABLE
You are than birds” Luke 12:24
The WORD of God
Was fulfilled in
Jesus' own time
And EVERY TIME
One of us come back to God
And recommit to a=
A GOD CENTERED LIFE
The Word of God is fulfilled
IN our own time too
In Jesus' name and in the NAME of GOD=our ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-27-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M., Cap.
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF GOD!
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF GOD
WHERE is your safe place?
Where is your stronghold?
EVERY MORNING I wake up
Not knowing where the day
May take me
Sometimes a little fear
Sometimes a little trepidation
But I needn't worry
Because I am
SAFE in the ARMS OF GOD
And the first thing
I do every day
Is open my BIBLE
Say my daily prayers
And do my ROSARY
For I am in my SAFE PLACE
I am being held up
By the arms of GOD
“YOU have been my stronghold
My refuge in the day of distress” Psalm 59:17
WHEN I think of a stronghold
I think of a modern day army fort
But when I think of MY STRONGHOLD-
When I think of you and me-
Our being SAFE
I think of God-
With his arms outstretched
ENCIRCLING you and me
And protecting us
We are ALL
SAFE in the arms of GOD
“For in the day of trouble
He will KEEP me safe
In his dwelling
He will hide me
In the shelter
Of his sacred tent
And set me
HIGH upon a rock” Psalm 29:5
“The name of the Lord
Is a fortified tower
The righteous run to it
AND ARE SAFE” Proverbs 18:10
“WE know that anyone
BORN OF GOD
Does not continue
To sin
The ONE who was born
Of God
KEEPS them safe
And the evil one
Cannot harm them” 1 John 5:18
We are SAFE in
The ARMS of God
Every day
We should take TIME alone
With God in prayer
We should do this
During ordinary times-
We should make it a habit
For when the difficult times come
When the problems come
We will KNOW
Right where to go
And we will know
The evil one cannot touch us
The world can be an UNCERTAIN
And dangerous place
But GOD is OUR REFUGE
At all times
Particularly in times of trouble
“I will say of the Lord,
'HE is my refuge
And my FORTRESS
My God-in whom I TRUST'” Psalm 91:2
Our God-OUR Lord Jesus-
IS our safety net
With prayer-with God
We are:
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF GOD-
And of LOVE
Robert P. Wallman
7-26-16
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong
1-27-2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
ARE WE CRAZY FOR LOVING GOD?
ARE WE CRAZY FOR LOVING GOD?
Has anyone ever THOUGHT
Your LOVE for God
Was over the top?
Or that your love
FOR GOD was a
Little bit too much?
NO ONE has ever told
Me that=but I suspect
That some people have
Thought it
I have had my poems RIPPED
UP=in my face=and I
Have been told by people
NOT to send them my poems
Any longer
IT IS OK=I LOVE GOD
And I love to SERVE God
And others
And I am in
GOOD COMPANY
“He is OUT of his MIND” Mark 3:21
MANY people including
Some of Jesus' own FAMILY
Thought he
Was out of his mind
The above quote=as INTERPRETED=means
“He is beside himself”
I am PROUD to serve God
I am proud to SERVE Jesus
And I am proud to SPREAD
The good news of the LORD
I think we are ALL a
LITTLE BIT crazy over something
In this world=
And I don't mind being
THOUGHT of as a little bit crazy
OVER THE LORD
I am going to KEEP my mind
On loving God
My mind
ON LOVING OTHERS
And my mind on the
GOOD NEWS of Jesus
“TEST me Lord
And try me
Examine my heart
And my MIND” Psalm 26:2
“Do not conform
To the pattern
Of this world
But be transformed
To the renewing
OF YOUR MIND” Romans 12:2
“The end of all things
Is near
Therefore be alert=
And of sober MIND” 1 Peter 4:7
I don't mind as being
THOUGHT OF as a little
Bit crazy for God
A little bit crazy
For Jesus
I am crazy for LOVE
In this world=I am crazy
For PEACE and for the
UNIFICATION of all people
Under one God
Years later=Saint Paul
Would write
“IF we are out
Of our MINDS
It is for God” 2 Corinthians 5:13
Jesus had a SINGLE-minded
Devotion=for God his FATHER
And he had-
An uncompromising COMMITMENT
To the will
Of his Father
I don't mind
BEING lumped in
With Jesus=I DON'T MIND
As being thought of as a
LITTLE BIT crazy for God
HOW ABOUT YOU?
Dear Lord=HELP ME to follow you
EVEN when the world
Does not understand
“Finally brothers and sisters
STRIVE for full restoration=
ENCOURAGE one another=
Be of ONE MIND-
Live in PEACE” 2 Corinthians 13:11
In Jesus' name and in the NAME
Of our all LOVING=COMPLETELY SANE FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-26-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach
FACING THE UNKNOWN IN LIFE
FACING THE UNKNOWN
IN LIFE
We all face challenges
We ALL face uncertainty-
And DOUBT in life
In the 9th chapter
Of Saint Mark's gospel-
Today-we read about a
Young boy who has been POSSESSED
By an impure spirit
SINCE childhood
The disciples had already
TRIED and failed
At healing the boy
The boys father says,
“But if you can do anything-
TAKE pity on us-and HELP US”
Jesus responds,
“IF you can?-EVERYTHING
Is possible for one
WHO BELIEVES”
And immediately the boy's father said,
“I do BELIEVE-HELP my unbelief” Mark 16:22-24
And ISN'T THAT how we feel-
WHEN we PRAY to God
For something HARD
“I DO believe-help my UNBELIEF”
It takes some LIVING
Some MATURING in God to get to this point
Some HARD-WON HUMILITY
To get to such
An HONEST place in life
FAITH is not certainty
It is BELIEVING when
EVERYTHING in life says
It can't happen
We KNOW it can=if we
Juts believe in God
Believe in GOOD
“Command those
Who are rich
In the present world
NOT to be arrogant
Nor to put their HOPE
In wealth
Which is so UNCERTAIN
But to put their hope
IN GOD
Who richly provides us
With everything
For our ENJOYMENT” 1 Timothy 6:17
It TAKES years of maturity
Sometimes even decades
BEFORE we can see
The GOOD that can come
From difficulty or painful experience
UNTIL that day comes
It is HELPFUL to have people
In our lives
Who ALLOW us to mature
Who allow us to EXPRESS-
BOTH our hope and our doubt
FACING THE UNKNOWN in our life
BELIEVE in God-believe in Jesus
Allow yourself to MATURE
And you will see HOW
Your suffering has HELPED you-
And can help others OVER TIME
“We do-however-
SPEAK a message of wisdom
Among the mature
But NOT the wisdom
Of this age
Or the rulers
Of this age
Who are coming to NOTHING” 1 Corinthians 2:6
“Let PERSEVERANCE
FINISH its work in you
So that you may be MATURE
And COMPLETE
Not lacking anything” James 1:4
SOMETIMES we make it THROUGH
The hard times in life
By just FACING THE UNKNOWN
And that provides a GOODNESS in us
Lord-thank you for ALLOWING US
To MATURE
By FACING THE UNKNOWN
LORD-I DO BELIEVE!
Robert P. Wallman
2-17-17
Ps INPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek
1-26-27-2019
JOURNAL/IT IS WHAT IS INSIDE THAT COUNTS
JOURNAL/IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE THAT COUNTS
“You CLEANSE the outside of cup and dish-but INSIDE they are full of plunder and self-indulgence”
Matthew 23:25
By and large-in THIS WORLD-it is the wealthy- the beautiful-and privileged that REAP THE REWARDS in this life-that will probably NEVER CHANGE
BUT Jesus taught us to focus on the INTERIOR of ourselves and PURSUE the DIVINE and the ETERNAL
IF we do this-WE WILL find treasure BEYOND MEASURE-for it really is WHAT is inside that counts
IT is a great day to be ALIVE in GOD'S never-ending-everlasting love for us and a great day to COME to the LORD with gratitude and LOVE
IT IS WHAT IS INSIDE THAT COUNTS
One of our GREAT department stores
JC PENNEY’S to be exact
Used to have a slogan
“IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE THAT COUNTS”
And isn’t that SO TRUE
Because
For ALL we are on the outside
Whatever we look like
Positive or negative
Whatever we possess
Of material value
Will pass-will one day
Mean nothing
It is
REALLY who and what
We are on the inside
That gives us OUR VALUE
Our true intrinsic value
All things must pass
“Heaven and earth will pass away
But MY WORDS
WILL NEVER PASS AWAY” Matthew 24:35
IT IS
WHAT IS INSIDE THAT COUNTS
Robert P. Wallman
4-12-13
PS MISC WITNESS 6-9-14
8-26-14 and 1-26-19
Thursday, January 24, 2019
THE CAPTIVATION OF OUR HEARTS=The CONVERSION of Saint Paul
THE CAPTIVATION OF OUR HEARTS
Today we CELEBRATE
One of the most
ASTONISHING CONVERSIONS of all time
The conversion of SAINT PAUL
It has CAPTIVATED my heart
How about yours?
For SAUL=if he can be
CONVERTED to Paul=one of
The great missionaries and
WRITERS of all time
There is HOPE for everyone
The CAPTIVATION
OF OUR HEARTS
And this is
GOOD NEWS for us all
“'Saul-Saul=why are you
Persecuting me?'-he said
'WHO are you-sir?'
The reply came=
'I am JESUS
Whom you are persecuting
Now get up
And go into the city
And you will be told
WHAT you must do'” Acts 9:4-6
This is WORLD CHANGING
And it fills me
With AWE
The fall=the BLINDING LIGHT=
And the VOICE of Jesus
The BEGINNING of the CHANGE=
From Saul to PAUL=
The CAPTIVATION of our HEARTS
The beginning of the GREAT MISSIONARY-
Saint Paul-
And he was ON A MISSION
To CHANGE the world
And he did
“I myself will see him
With my own EYES--------
I-and not another
How my HEART
YEARNS within me” Job 19:27
“”For it is
With YOUR HEART
That you believe
And are justified
And it is with your mouth
That you profess your FAITH
And are saved” Romans 10:10
“Because you are
His sons
God sent the Spirit
Of his Son
Into your HEARTS
The Spirit
Who calls out
'Abba FATHER'” Galatians 4:6
From trying to imprison
And execute
Paul BEGAN a mission
To preach the GOOD NEWS
Not only to the JEWS
But to the Gentiles
Without this CONVERSION
Of Saint Paul
And the preaching
Of the good news
HOW would Jesus' message
Ever have REACHED
All over the world?
If Paul could be CHANGED
If Paul could be CONVERTED
It is POSSIBLE for anyone
To come to BELIEVE
In the Lord
“He who IS
The glory of ISRAEL
Does not lie
Or CHANGE his mind
For he is
NOT a human being
That he should CHANGE
His mind” 1 Samuel 15:29
Thank God that Paul
Was human=
Thank God for the MIRACLE and
CONVERSION of Saint Paul
It has CAPTIVATED MY HEART=
How about yours?
In Jesus' name and IN the name of our ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-24-19
Ps For 1-25-19=THE CONVERSION of Saint Paul
INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston
BE BLESSED
BE BLESSED
The other day
I was watching the newly inducted Alonzo Mourning
Talk about being inducted into the NBA HALL OF FAME
He said,
“HOW BLESSED he was
In his life”
He went on
To say,
“That the PURPOSE of a BLESSING
Is to use it to BLESS others”
I couldn't agree more
I have been BLESSED
With a second, a,third
And many EXTRA chances
At life
HOPEFULLY
I have learned
From previous mistakes
And using my blessings
To help others
From a material perspective
WHEN I can
But ALWAYS
From a spiritual perspective
I thank God
For my many blessings
And I say to you
“BE BLESSED”
ALL BLESSINGS come from God
“BLESSED be
The name of the Lord
From this time forth
And forever more” Psalm 113:2
Dear Lord
Please BLESS our country and OUR FAMILIES
“BLESSED be the nation
Whose God
Is the Lord
And the people
WHOM he has chosen
For his own inheritance” Psalm 33:12
Dear Lord-PLEASE BLESS
Your people-The people of God
We thank you
For our many blessings
And as Alonzo said
We thank you
For the many blessings
You have bestowed upon us
Even for LIFE ITSELF
And we thank you
For our material blessings
Whatever they may be
And we ask you
To HELP us
PASS ON our blessings
To others
Jesus said,
“It is MORE BLESSED to give
Than to receive” Acts 20:35
For the PURPOSE
Of our BLESSINGS
Is to pass those blessings
On to others
So Dear Lord we pray,
THANK YOU
For our MANY blessings
And as we pass
Those blessings
On to others
We say:
“BE BLESSED
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
OUR GOD”
Robert P. Wallman
4-12-14
4-29-15
11-7-15
1-24-2019
SAINT FRANCIS de SALES=THE SAINT OF WRITERS
THE SAINT OF WRITERS---Saint Francis de Sales
He was born in 1567
In France
He was very delicate as a boy
And was educated privately
At least at first
Later---
He attended the University of Paris
And studied rhetoric, philosophy, and theology
He became a doctor of law
And opportunities
For marriage and a brilliant career abounded
But he chose
To become a Catholic priest
He became distinguished
Both for his service to the poor
And his preaching
He succeeded
In almost everything that he did
Because of his great love
His great understanding
And his persistent patience and gentleness
His most famous writings were called
THE TREATISE OF THE LOVE OF GOD
And
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
One of his best friends was
Jane Frances de Chantal
Who founded the Visitation order
Under his direction
And who later became a Saint herself
He was extremely influential as a writer
And in leading souls to self-sacrifice
And to the finding of God’s love
He died in 1622
Was canonized as a Saint in 1665
And declared a Doctor of the church in 1877
His name is FRANCIS de SALES
Robert P. Wallman
1-27-12
Ps Francis de Sales feast day is January 24th---I found great inspiration---
In reading the life story of Saint Francis de Sales---and find great
inspiration in reading the lives of ALL the Saints
He is the patron Saint of writers
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY
NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY
Our sabbath day=is NOT
Just another day=it is a
DAY for us to welcome
The Lord into our HEARTS-
ALL DAY LONG
For most of us=the day
Is Sunday=but for our
JEWISH FRIENDS=and some CHRISTIAN
Religions=like the Seventh Day Adventists=
It is Saturday
I admire those who are
DILIGENT in keeping their FAITH=
We NEED to try and have
That same
Identity and PRACTICE
“Is it lawful to do GOOD
On the sabbath
Rather then
To do evil
To SAVE LIFE
Rather than to destroy it?” Mark 3:4
I REMEMBER when I was young
Sunday was a day of REVERENCE
And most businesses
Were closed
But I=like many others
Have ALLOWED Sunday to
BE just another weekend day
We need to bring back
The REVERENCE
And make our SABBATH DAY
Another special day
In our lives
“But I=by your great LOVE
Can come
Into your house
In REVERENCE=I bow down
Toward your holy temple” Psalm 5:7
“Therefore-
Since we have these promises
Dear friends
Let us purify ourselves
From everything
That contaminates body and spirit
Perfecting holiness
OU OF REVERENCE for God” 2 Corinthians 7:1
“But in your hearts
REVERE Christ as Lord
Always be PREPARED
To give an answer
To everyone who asks you
To give reason
For the HOPE that you have” 1 Peter 3:15
My friends=whatever your SABBATH DAY is=
Saturday or Sunday
It is NOT just ANOTHER DAY
It is a SPECIAL DAY
For the Lord
For we are to be READY
Each and every day=
But particularly=the SABBATH DAY
To see the HOLY
To take action
And DO GOOD
“Observe the SABBATH DAY
Because it is
HOLY to you........” Exodus 31:14
“Observe the SABBATH DAY
By keeping it HOLY
As the Lord your God
Has commanded you” Deuteronomy 5:12
My dear friends
REMEMBER the sabbath day
Is a holy day
It is NOT JUST
ANOTHER DAY
Observe the sabbath
Do good and REST
Dear Lord=thank you
For this HOLY DAY
We PRAISE you and do SERVICE
In your name
In Jesus' name and in the name of HIS ALMIGHTY FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-23-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINR by Steve Givens
FALLING BACK ON OUR FAITH
FALLING BACK ON OUR FAITH
There are many examples
In NATURE
Where firm foundations
PROVIDE the keys
And support to life
One such example
Is the TREE
The tree grows
Its roots
FAR into the ground
In order
To find support
And stabilization
And that is
WHAT GOD
Does for us
The DEEPER our faith
The stronger we are
And the more
WE CAN WITHSTAND
“If you do not
STAND FIRM in your faith
You will not stand
At all” Isaiah 7:9
Just as the wind
ALLOWS the tree
To stand firm
In the strong winds
OUR FAITH allows us
To stand firm
In the problems
And tragedies of life
But we must be careful
NOT to try and stand
And fall back
On ourselves
We must stand
On the STENGTH and firmness of GOD
STAND FIRM
Stand with faith
On the strength of God
We NEED a strong
LIVING FAITH in God
In order
To SUSTAIN ourselves
In the winds of life
When our hearts
Are BROKEN by loss
In the tragedies of life
Whether they be health-money-or relationship oriented
“He lifted me out
Of the slimy pit
Out of mud and mire
He set my feet
On a rock
And gave me
A FIRM PLACE
To stand” Psalm 40:2
STAND FIRM
On God
When the problems come
Stand firm
On your faith in him
“And the Lord said,
'LISTEN to what
The UNJUST judge says
And will not God
BRING about JUSTICE
For his chosen ones
Who cry out to him
Day and night
Will he
Keep putting them off
I tell you
He will see
That they get justice
And quickly
However
When the SON OF MAN comes
Will he find such faith
On earth'” Matthew 18:6-8
(The story of the PERSISTENT WIDOW)
I say YES
Won't you join me?
He will FIND that faith
In us
THE FAITH
That builds its life
On rock
ON GOD'S LOVE-KINDNESS-AND MERCY
NOT on the material things
Of this world
Or fame and fortune
FAITH-that when
The strong winds come
We will stand
FIRM ON OUR FAITH in God
Not on the faith
Of man
For like that tree
OUR ROOTS ARE DEEP
And BUILT on our faith
AND THE STRENGTH OF GOD
Robert P. Wallman
July 17th, 2014
Ps INSPIRED by an article in Living Faith Magazine by Father James Stephen Behrens, O.C.S.O.
1-25-15 and 1-23-2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS
ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS
As someone who
Just celebrated their 64th birthday
And as someone who
Walked AWAY from
Numerous close calls
With death
I couldn't emphasize more
That ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS
“........we who have taken refuge
Might be STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
To hold fast
To the HOPE
That lies before us” Hebrews 6:18
Today=on the CHURCH'S DAY=
For unborn children
I want to emphasize
To you again=
That ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS
Unborn children RELY
On us for PROTECTION
I DON'T want to take
ANY political stance
But I do want
To ENCOURAGE OTHERS
When possible
To PRAY for life
To pray for the
PROTECTION of their unborn children
Every individual=has to WEIGH
The pros and cons of life
For their baby
But for me PERSONNALLY
I PRAY for
The protection of babies
The PROTECTION OF LIFE
My life is a MIRACLE
And I would like to think
That I have TOUCHED some others
WHO is to say what/who
That unborn child
Might turn out to be
Life is a privilege=
All life is PRECIOUS
“They are more PRECIOUS
Than gold
Than much pure gold
They are
Sweeter than honey
Than honey from the honeycomb” Psalm 19:10
“For wisdom is more PRECIOUS
Than rubies
And nothing you desire
Can compare with her” Proverbs 8:11
For those of you
FACING difficult life/death
Decisions
For yourselves or OTHERS
I want to ASSURE you
That I PRAY for you
And I want to
ENCOURAGE you to be CONSERVATIVE
When making your decisions
For I believe
ALL LIFE is precious
I believe
In the PROTECTION of life
WHEN POSSIBLE
“But let all
Who take refuge in you
Be glad
Let them ever sing
For joy
SPREAD YOUR PROTECTION
Over them
That those who
Love your name
May REJOICE in you” Psalm 5:11
I REALIZE life/death
Decisions are PERSONAL=and
I will SUPPORT YOU-
In PRAYER for you
For WHATEVER you decide
But as a MIRACLE SURVIVOR
I want to ENCOURAGE YOU
To choose life when possible
ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS=but GOD LOVES YOU=
No matter what you decide
In Jesus' name and in=the name of God=our ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-22-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
NOT JUST WORDS=BUT DEEDS
NOT JUST WORDS-BUT DEEDS
I write a lot
Of words
You guys know that
But words are MEANINGLESS
Without the deeds or actions
To back them
“Praise your God-O Zion
For he has strengthened
The bars of your gates
He has BLESSED your children
Within you” Psalm 147:12-13
This is one BUSY GOD
Our God
Not only
Is he loving us
And protecting us
But our God
Is strengthening the gates
BLESSING children
And PROCLAIMING
THE DIVINE WORD
Our God
Is always moving
To bring about GOOD
In the world
And good in our lives
When he can
“Taste and see
That the Lord is good
BLESSED is the one
Who takes refuge in him” Psalm 34:8
“Whoever seeks good
Finds favor
But evil comes to one
Who searches for it” Proverbs 11:27
DO GOOD ALWAYS
There is an old saying
That goes like this:
“Actions speak louder than words”
We have to REMEMBER
That love-forgive-and BEING KIND
Are verbs too-
And IMPLY ACTION
There must be some action
Some deeds in our words-
Or our words are meaningless
“For I know
Your eagerness
To HELP
And I have been boasting
About it
To the Macedonians
Telling them
That since last year
You in Achaia
Were ready to give
And your enthusiasm
Has stirred most of them
To action” 2 Corinthians 9:2
That is what we all need
ENTHUSIASM-PASSION
For the WORD OF GOD
NOT just say words
But act in our deeds
“In the same way
FAITH by itself
If it is
Not accompanied by action
Is dead”
We must USE OUR WORD
To spur ourselves-
And others-into action
And produce good deeds-
GOOD WORKS
So try some
Of these words
PRAY to God
PRAY for others
GIVE A HUG
To someone in need
Someone feeling low
May our words TODAY-
May our words
Produce actions
That BLESSES and ENRICHES others' lives
Robert P. Wallman
1-7-16
INSPIRED by an articles in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sister Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.
1-22-2019
Monday, January 21, 2019
UNIFIED WITH CHRIST=Saint Agnes
UNIFIED WITH CHIST
I think MOST of us
God-loving=Jesus-loving people
TRY to live a life
IN UNION with him
NOT an easy thing=
To do=but I TRY
To do it
Loving God=loving my neighbor
Trying to FORGIVE all and
Live and FOLLOW the BEATITUDES
Living a live
UNIFIED with Christ
“SON though he was=
He learned obedience
From what he suffered
And when he was
MADE PERFECT
He became
The SOURCE
Of eternal salvation
For ALL who obey him” Hebrews 5:8-11
I think SUFFERING is a
GREAT TEACHER=it taught Jesus
How to be PERFECT
And it has taught me
To TRY and be
A better and better person
Jesus became PERFECT
And suffering has PROPELLED ME
To try and unify my life
With God=and with Jesus
I emphasize “TRY”=because
JESUS is the ONLY ONE
CAPABLE of UNIFYING his life
With the FATHER
“For if
We have been UNITED
With him
In a death like his
We will certainly also
Be UNITED with him
In a resurrection like his” Romans 6:5
It is HIGHLY UNLIKELY
That we will die a death
Like Jesus in SUFFERING
But we should TRY AND UNITE
With him in love
By living lives FULL
OF LOVE
The SAINTS are those
That come the CLOSEST
To living the MOST PERFECT
Lives of love
Today we CELEBRATE
The feast of Saint Agnes
A sweet lamb-CHILD
Of Rome
She REFUSED any love
In her life
BUT the LOVE OF CHRIST
She UNITED her love
With the life of JESUS
“How good and how pleasant
It is-
When God's people
Live together IN UNITY” Psalm 133:1
“........to be put into EFFECT
When the times
Reach their fulfillment--------
To bring UNITY
To all things
In heaven
And on earth=UNDER CHRIST” Ephesians 1:10
Saint Agnes is the
PATRON SAINT of young girls
And is a martyr
In LIVING her life for Christ
Let us all DIE a little bit
To ourselves=for God and
Jesus and LEARN through
Whatever SUFFERINGS
We have in life
To UNITE our lives
With God and Jesus
Let us BE UNITED with God
And Christ=in BOTH life and death
And live ETERNALLY with him
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
1-21-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jessica Mesman Griffith
I HAVE A DREAM
“I Have A Dream”
Martin Luther King
Had a dream
And though
There is still work to do
I hope
His dream will become true
I have a dream too
And my dream is threefold
That people of every faith
Every religion, every nationality, every color
Will stand together
In peace, love, and harmony
I have a dream
That no person in this world
Will not have
A roof over their head
And food on the table
I have a dream
That no woman or child
Will ever be abused again
Sexually or in any other way
I have a dream
I HAVE A DREAM
9/03/06
Robert P. Wallman
Ps PRAYING THAT
MY DREAMS COME TRUE
1-20-19
Sunday, January 20, 2019
NOT EASY TO KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK UP
NOT EASY TO KNOW WHEN
TO SPEAK UP
Sometimes in life
We have to=AS CHRISTIANS=
Speak up for the INNOCENT
SPEAK UP when the INNOCENT
Are being scandalized
Speak up when the innocent
Are being
Taken ADVANTAGE OF
Silence is
NOT always golden=but
It is NOT EASY TO KNOW
When to speak up
“For Zion's sake
I will NOT be silent
For Jerusalem's sake
I will not be quiet” Isaiah 62:1
“SILENCE IS GOLDEN”
Was a 1961 song
By the FOUR SEASONS
But it is
NOT ALWAYS SO
Sometimes as CHISTIANS
We must SPEAK UP
But it is not easy\
To know when
To DO IT
LISTEN to your conscience
Listen to your heart
Speak up for INJUSTICE
When your SOULS COMPELS you
To do it
STAND UP FOR INJUSTICE
'Now let
The fear of the Lord
Be on you
For with the Lord
Our God
There is NO INJUSTICE-
Or partiality-or bribery” 2 Chronicles 19:7
The Lord shows NO PARTIALITY-
He is objective-
He stands up FOR THE TRUTH
“SPEAK UP and judge fairly
Defend the rights
Of the poor and needy” Proverbs 31:9
“One night=the Lord SPOKE to Paul
In a vision
'Do not be afraid
Do NOT BE SILENT
For I am with you
And no one
Is going to attack you
And harm you
Because I have many people
In this city” Acts 18:9-11
And do NOT be afraid
About what are you are going
To SAY
The Lord=THE HOLY SPIRIT
Will fill you
With the RIGHT WORDS
“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 6:68-69
“Take the
Helmet of salvation
And the sword
Of the SPIRIT
Which is the
WORD OF GOD” Ephesians 6:17
I don't want to be
SELF-RIGHTEOUS
We need to SPEAK UP
When called upon
KNOWING the SPIRIT will
Be SPEAKING
With the strength
And with the KINDNESS OF CHRIST
SPEAK UP when called upon
In Jesus' name=and in
The name of the LORD GOD=
Our all-loving-all-SPEAKING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-20-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
AMBASSADORS OF GOD'S LOVE
AMBASSADORS OF GOD'S LOVE
Do you know
What an ambassador is
An ambassador is a diplomatic official
Of the highest rank
Sent by ONE sovereign state
To another
As its resident representative
The United States has ambassadors
To Italy, Ireland, Japan
And ALMOST
Every country imaginable
In 2 Corinthians 5
Saint Paul calls us
“AMBASSADORS of GOD'S LOVE”
“WE are therefore
Christ's ambassadors
As though God
Were making his appeal through us” 2 Corinthians 5
That is
Exactly what we are to do
BECOME in this world
Ambassadors of God's LOVE
In other words
A representative of God's love
And to CARRY it
To everyone in this world
And we carry a rank too
The rank of apostle or disciple
Of God in today's world
The 21st century
And we
Don't even have to say a thing
IF we are living right
FOR people will know
We belong to God
AND TO LOVE
Just by the very example
Of our life
DISCIPLESHIP
Refers to the act of following
And learning from a teacher
Especially God or Jesus
And ALL we have to do
To learn from God
Is to pick up the GOOD BOOK
and read about Jesus
And the Apostles
And we too
Will be apostles
By putting what we learn
Into action
This makes us
AMBASSADORS OF GOD'S LOVE
A representative of God and Christ
By carrying the message
To everyone that we meet
And we
Do NOT have to go
Anywhere special
Just take it with us
Wherever we go
You are
The resident representative
Of God's love
In the world today
You are
AN AMBASSADOR OF GOD'S LOVE
Robert P. wallman
12-17-13
3-3-16
and 1-20-19
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES
Do you have WEAKNESSES?
Of course you do=I do
We all DO
The good thing for us=is
That our Jesus UNDERSTANDS
Our weaknesses=and he knows
Our inner most=REVEALING THOUGHTS
Yet he loves us=anyway
He is like our PRIEST=our
Minister=our psychologist=and
Our BEST FRIEND=all
Rolled into one
He UNDERSTANDS our weaknesses=
HE LOVES US!=he wants us
To TRUST HIM
“........Everything is naked
And EXPOSED to the eyes of him........” Hebrews 4:13
Our God=our Jesus
KNOWS and understands our thoughts
And he wants us to
SHARE our thoughts and feelings with him
Nothing is ever=or can be
CONCEALED from God
Our God knows everything
He is just WAITING for us
To OPEN UP to him=
Share our thoughts and concerns
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES!
“In the same way
The SPIRIT helps us
In our WEAKNESS
We do not know
What we ought to
Pray for
But the Spirit himself
Intercedes for us
Through wordless groans” Romans 8:26
“IF I must boast
I will boast
Of the things
That SHOW MY WEAKNESS
The God and Father of
The Lord Jesus
Who is
To be praised forever
Knows=that
I am not lying” 2 Corinthians 11:30
“But he said to me
'My grace
Is sufficient for you
For my power
Is made perfect
In WEAKNESS
Therefore I will boast
All the more gladly
About my WEAKNESSES
So that CHRIST'S POWER
May rest on me” 2 Corinthians 12:9
I guess that is WHY
I too
Was made weak IN HEALTH
So that God
So that Christ
Can be manifested
Through my life
We don't have to be perfect
In order=for God and Christ
To love us
HE LOVES US
Imperfections and all
He hung out with sinners=
Let us NEVER HESITATE
To go to God and Jesus
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES!
“I am your servant
Give me discernment=
That I may UNDERSTAND
Your statutes” Psalm 119:125
Let us never hesitate
To go to God and Jesus
With our problems
He WELCOMES us to
Sit down with him
And TALK about our problems
He understands
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR WEAKNESSES!
In Jesus names and in the name of GOD=our ALL LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
1-19-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Msgr. Stephan J. Rossetti
Saturday, January 19, 2019
FROM 2017-THANK YOU/WRITTEN ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS!
THANK YOU/WRITTEN ON
ALL OF OUR HEARTS
Today on my 62nd birthday
I want to THANK God
And my Lord and Savior Jesus
For ALL the miracles
In my life and for SUSTAINING ME
For 40 more years
On this JOURNEY called LIFE
I also want to THANK my parents-
Now gone-my two sisters-and
My extended family-friends-and churches
For taking this WALK with me
And for ALL the HELP-
You all have provided
I KNOW I couldn't have
Made it without God and Jesus-
And without ANY of you
PRAISE God and Praise Jesus=PRAISE
My FAMILY-my friends-and my churches
And may the WORD of God
Be
WRITTEN ON ALL OF OUR HEARTS
To KNOW the will of God
Is a gift
Some 40 years ago
I made a BLOOD PROMISE
To God and to Jesus-and to ALL
of the world
“To LIVE for my family-my friends-and
For ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE”
I BELIEVE God wants me
To be ALIVE
And I intend on LIVING out
My entire LIFE
For however LONG that that is-
On the WORDS OF GOD
You see GOD'S Word-
Jesus' message of love-is
WRITTEN within me
And I HOPE-within you too
According to Scripture
This GIFT has already been
Given to us
“To DO your will-O my God
Is my delight
And your law is
WITHIN MY HEART” Psalm 40:9
“You SHOW
That you are
A LETTER from Christ
The result of our ministry
Written NOT with ink
But with the SPIRIT
Of the LIVING GOD
Not on tablets of stone
But on tablets
Of HUMAN HEARTS” 2 Corinthians 3:3
The WORD of God
Is written INSIDE of me
WRITTEN inside of you too
This is WHY there is
Such LOVE between us
This is why
ALL of us together
ARE Christ's living-breathing apostles
On 1-19-2017=my 62nd birthday
WE LOVE one another
Just as Christ first loved-
ALL OF US
The problem that exists
WITNIN ME/within us
Is that we don't always
Want to do it God's way
We want to do it
OUR OWN WAY
But LIFE has taught me
God has taught me-
Christ and Scripture-HAVE
TAUGHT ME
That the way to live
-The ONLY way to get it right
Is LIVING GOD'S WAY
Loving God with everything
That we have-and loving ONE ANOTHER
For we are all-
Brothers and sisters in God
Brothers and sisters in Christ
“A new command
I give you:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
As I have loved you
So you MUST LOVE
One another
By this-EVERYONE-
We'll know-that you
ARE my disciples
IF you love one another” John 13:34
THANK YOU ALL
For taking this journey with me
THIS JOURNEY OF LOVE
For it is-LOVE-
WRITTEN on ALL of OUR HEARTS
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Robert P. Wallman
1-18-17
Friday, January 18, 2019
NONE OF US KNOW=LIFE IS A BLESSING
NONE OF US KNOW=
LIFE IS A BLESSING
Today is my 64th BIRTHDAY
And I am giving thanks
TO GOD for all the
BLESSINGS and MEMORIES
Of my life
NONE of us know=how
LONG we are going
To LIVE=but
Psalm 90=tells us
God gives us 70 years=
EIGHTY YEARS if we are strong
Each and every day from God
IS A BLESSING
'”Our days may come
To seventy years
Or eighty-
If our strength endures” Psalm 90:10
I have come so CLOSE
To death so many times
In my life
PARTICULARLY when I was 22
I have LEARNED
To be thankful to God
For EACH and EVERY DAY
That God gives me
THANKFUL to God for each
And every day
For life is a BLESSING=
Life is GOD'S GIFT to us
“Then they said
To each other=
'What we are doing
Is not right
This is a DAY
Of GOOD NEWS
And we are keeping it
To ourselves........'” 2 Kings 7:9
“The Lord
Has done it this very year
Let us REJOICE TODAY
And be glad” Psalm 118:24
“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
None of us know
HOW LONG we are going to LIVE
Let us be THANKFUL
For each and every day
And thankful I AM
For all the extra days
Since I walked away
From my deathbed
When I was 22
THANKFUL for all
The EXTRA TIME that
I have received with my parents-
My sisters-my aunts and uncles-
My cousins-my friends-and ALL
MY EXTENDED FAMILY AND YOU
So thankful for each and
EVERY DAY=for none of us know=
EACH and every day
Is a BLESSING
“BLESSED are those
Whose strength
Is in you
Whose hearts are set
On pilgrimage” Psalm 84:5
“BLESSINGS
Crown the head
Of the RIGHTEOUS
But violence overwhelms
The mouth of the wicked” Proverbs 10:6
GIVING THANKS to the Lord
This day=my 64th BIRTHDAY
And each and every day
Of my life=LIFE IS A BLESSING
May you all be as BLESSED
As I am=thank you
For SHARING this day-
And YOUR LIFE with mine
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Robert P. Wallman
1-16-19 for my 64th birthday 1-19-2019
Ps May you ENJOY the BLESSINGS
of your life
For NONE of us know
How long that we have to LIVE
LIVING IN HARMONY=WITH GOD AND OTHERS
LIVING IN HARMONY
WITH GOD AND OTHERS
Our God is a UNIFIER
Our God wants us
To live in unity
LIVE IN HARMONY
With him and with the
OTHER people in this world
“KINDNESS and truth shall meet
Justice and PEACE
Shall kiss” Psalm 85:11
It seems as though
It is very difficult
To live BOTH honestly-and
In gentleness in this world
Yet that IS what
Our God wants
That is what his
SON-Jesus-did
So the least we can do
Is IMITATE God-imitate Christ
And live IN HARMONY and peace
With God
And ATTEMPT to live
In harmony and peace
With ALL OTHERS
“It is he
Who will BUILD the temple
Of the Lord
And he will be clothed
With MAJESTY
And will sit and rule
On his throne
And there will be HARMONY
Between the two” Zechariah 6:13
LIVING IN HARMONY with God
In harmony among Catholics-
Among ALL Christian faiths
And the JEWISH FAITH
Living in harmony with all those
Who BELIEVE our God-
IS the God of LOVE
And the God of the LIVING
“Live IN HARMONY
With one another
Do not be proud-
But be WILLING to associate
With people-of low position” Romans 12:16
People today speak
ABOUT “hard truths”
And “tough love”
MAYBE there is a place
For that-
I don't know
But I do KNOW
Our God LOVES US ALL-
He wants us to get the point
Of TREATING OTHERS with
Love-forgiveness-and MERCY
The WAY our God-treats us
Our God wants us to LIVE IN HARMONY
With one another
To FLOURISH together in peace
Our God-Our Jesus-PAID for our sins
On the cross
In MERCY for us
I BELIEVE-he wants us
To EXTEND peace and mercy
To ONE ANOTHER
“Have mercy on me-my God-
Have mercy on me
For in you
I take refuge
I will take refuge
In the shadow
Of your wings
UNTIL the disaster
Has passed” Psalm 57:1
I DREAM of a world
Of LIVING IN HARMONY
With God and ONE ANOTHER
I LIVE FOR AND I PRAY FOR
That world
To become a reality
A reality of LOVE-of peace-
Of harmony-
Regardless of our differences
In Jesus' name,
Robert P. Wallman
1-19-17
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet
THANK YOU for ALL the birthday messages-calls-cards-etc.,-------- I AM DEFINITELY
FEELING THE LOVE
1-18-19-2019
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