"to live for my family, friends, and ALL people everywhere" rpw---1977 poems by Robert P. Wallman
Saturday, August 31, 2019
A PERMEATING LIFE OF JOY
A PERMEATING LIFE OF JOY
Do you live
A LIFE OF JOY?
Does your joy
PERMEATE out to others?
It should=that is the
RESPONSIBILITY of
A TRUE CHRISTIAN
To live joy and SPREAD
Your joy-out to OTHERS
“Let the rivers
Clap their hands
The mountains shout with them
FOR JOY” Psalm 98:8
I have noticed
A significant disappearance
Of joy=in people
OVER the years
Less laughter=
Less smiles=and people
GENERALLY less happy-
Even disparaging others
So the psalm today
Comes at a
GREAT TIME
A great time
For us to REMEMBER
That it is up to us
To SPREAD THE JOY
Of our life=to
Other people
“So the word of
GOD SPREAD
The number of disciples
In Jerusalem
Increased rapidly
And a large number
Of priests
Became obedient
To the faith” Acts 6:7
“As for other matters
Brothers and sisters
Pray for us
That the message
Of the Lord
May SPREAD rapidly
And be honored
Just as it was
With you” 2 Thessalonians 3:1
Rivers clapping hands
Mountains shouting
With enthusiasm=
How about that
For a metaphor
How about that
For SPREADING the joy=
Let us spread the joy
Of the Lord too
Let us live a life
Of PERMEATING JOY
Let us
Spread our joy to OTHERS
“........then that person
Can pray to God
And find favor
With him
They will see God's face
And SHOUT FOR JOY” Job 33:26
“Let me hear JOY
And gladness
Let the bones
You have crushed=REJOICE” Psalm 51:8
Let us live a life
Where justice
And compassion thrive
For JOY FOLLOWS
When justice EXPANDS
In the world
And we can live lives
That PERMEATE JOY
To others
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER JOYFUL FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-31-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
GOD IS PRETTY COOL
FEBRUARY 5th, 2012
GOD IS PRETTY COOL
People say good things about me
But how can I take credit
God got inside of me
God came to me
When I was in
My deepest need
He got in my heart
He got in my soul
I don’t know
How he got there
But I think
He is pretty cool
He forgave me
My deepest wrongs
I know he would do it
For you too
But you got to let him in
Into your heart
Into your soul
I don’t know
But I think
You’d find out
He’s pretty cool
People say good things about me
But how can I take credit
God got inside of me
God came to me
When I was in
My deepest need
He got in my heart
He got in my soul
I don’t know
How he got in there
But I think
He is pretty cool
God is pretty cool
Robert P. Wallman
4-19-06
Ps 8-31-2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF GOD=OF LOVE
SAFE IN THE ARMS OF GOD=OF LOVE
We have a MAJOR hurricane=
DORIAN=just a COUPLE of days
Away from us
And If I told you I
WASN'T WORRIED=
I would be LYING
But I envision you=
I ENVISION ME=a week
Down the road
AFTER the hurricane has passed
And ALL of us
Being SAFE in the
ARMS OF GOD=
Safe=in the
ARMS OF LOVE
“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 27:5
I am NOT GOOD
In dealing with UNCERTAINTY
Maybe no one is
But I am
TRUSTING God=I am
Loving God
I am trusting
That I will be SAFE
IN HIS ARMS
Safe in the ARMS
OF LOVE=I hope you
Are trusting IN HIM too=
Looking forward to BEING
SAFE in the arms
Of love
“Trust in the Lord
And do good
Dwell in the land
And enjoy SAFE pasture” Psalm 37:3
“Fear of a man
Will prove
To be a snare
But whoever
Trusts in the Lord
IS KEPT SAFE” Proverbs 29:25
“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
Please KNOW
I am praying
For all of us
NO MATTER
What you are dealing with
Hurricane or NOT
It is a LIFE=and we all
Have to DEAL WITH some things
In this life
We all have to deal
With UNCERTAINTY=but we can be
CERTAIN=that God is
LOOKING out for us
We can be certain
That when we
Are with GOD
That we are
SAFE in his ARMS
Safe in his LOVE
“They knew
With CERTAINTY
That I came from you
And they believed
That you sent me” John 17:8
We are SAFE in
THE ARMS of God
And in LOVE
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER PROTECTING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-30-19
Ps PRAYING for us all=and WHATEVER we are dealing with
Hurricane or NOT
RAINBOW
AUGUST 30th, 2012
RAINBOW
Been searching everywhere
Been searching
All over the world
They say the hardest place
To find the rainbow
Is also the easiest
That is because
The rainbow is inside of you
Looking looking
Where is the rainbow
Looking looking everywhere
Where is the rainbow
The rainbow
Is inside of you
Been searching everywhere
Been searching
All over the world
They say
The hardest place to find that rainbow
Is also the easiest
That is because
The rainbow
Is inside of you
Looking looking everywhere
You forgot the easiest spot
That rainbow
Is inside of you
That rainbow IS INSIDE OF YOU
Robert P. Wallman
4-13-06
Ps The RAINBOW is the sign of God’s covenant with Noah
“And GOD said, “this is the sign of the covenant I am making
Between me and you AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE with you
A covenant for ALL generations to come:
I have set my RAINBOW in the clouds and it will be
The sign of the covenant between me and the earth
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the RAINBOW appears
In the clouds---I will remember my covenant between me and you
AND ALL LIVING CREATURES of every kind
NEVER AGAIN will the waters become a flood to destroy all life
Whenever the RAINBOW appears in the clouds
I will see it and REMEMBER the everlasting covenant
Between GOD and ALL living creatures of every kind on the earth”
Genesis 9:12-16
Ps 8-30-2019
Thursday, August 29, 2019
FOOLPROOF PLANS!
FOOLPROOF PLANS!
Do you have PLANS
For your life?
Do you have plans
For today or tomorrow?
Or NEXT WEEK?
“The mountains melt
Like wax BEFORE THE LORD........” Psalm 97:5
With Hurricane DORIAN
Bearing down on us
The state of Florida=
It is
A laughable THOUGHT
ANOTHER REMINDER
That only the PLANS
Of the Lord=are foolproof
And I continue to
LOOK to the Lord
For his wisdom
“The fear of the Lord
Is the beginning
Of WISDOM
All who follow
His precepts
Have good understanding
To him
Belong eternal praise” Psalm 111:10
“For the Lord
GIVES WISDOM
From his mouth
Comes knowledge
And understanding” Proverbs 2:6
“IF any of you
LACKS WISDOM
You should ask God
Who gives generously
To all
Without finding fault
And it will
Be given to you” James 1:5
I have lived
A life
TOTALLY DEPENDENT On God
I have lived a life
Totally dependent
ON the Lord
And HIS WISDOM
After all=his plans
Are foolproof
Are the one thing
In life
That is a SURE THING
So what are your plans
For tomorrow
WHAT are my plans?
I hope and PRAY
That it all happens
As WE have planned
But I am FOLLOWING
God's plans=God's wisdom
For the plans of God=
For the plans I have
FOR MY LIFE
“'For I know
The PLANS I have
For you'
Declares the Lord
'PLANS to prosper you
And not to
Harm you
PLANS to give you hope
And a FUTURE'” Jeremiah 29:11
As for me=
I am FOLLOWING
The PLANS of the Lord
Only his plans
Are FOOLPROOF
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS FAITHFUL FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
8-29-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Gail Goleas
MY PRAYERS are with ALL in the path of HURRICANE Dorian
LOVE YOU ALL!
PATIENCE=WAITING ON THE LORD
WITNESS
8-6-13
PATIENCE---WAITING ON THE LORD
---WAITING ON YOU
You say
You are waiting on the Lord
To change your life
I have some news for you
He is
Waiting on you
Our Lord---Our God
Is there---always has been---always will be
His nature is UNCHANGING
His nature is LOVE
And he is
MADLY in love with you
My mother
Always taught me
That our help
Is at the end of our right arm/hand
I think
The same is true spiritually
Our God is there
We just have to make
The decision
To accept him in our hearts
And our God is a patient God
He will wait
A lifetime for you
“The Lord, the Lord
The compassionate and gracious God
Slow to anger
Abounding in love and faithfulness
Maintaining love to thousands
And forgiveness wickedness, rebelliousness, sin” Exodus 34:6
You say
You are waiting on the Lord
To change your life
I tell you
He is waiting on you
The good news is
If we are honestly trying
To get it right
If we are really really trying
Our God is a patient God
He will wait
A lifetime for you ( and me )
Patience is one of God’s gifts
A gift of the Holy Spirit
“But the fruit of the Spirit
Is love, joy, peace, PATIENCE,
Kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Gentleness, and self-control
Against these things
There is no law” Galatians 5:22& 23
The Lord our God
Is a patient God
He will wait a lifetime
For you---for me
You say
You are waiting on the Lord
I tell you
He is waiting on you
Waiting on me
To get it right
But the GOOD NEWS
Is our God
Is a PATIENT God
A God
MADLY in love with you
And with me
And he will
Help us along our life’s journey
To eventually get it right
To COMPLETE us in God
And our Lord
“I thank my God---every time I remember you
In all my prayers for all of you,
I always with joy
Because of our partnership
In the Gospel from the first day
Until now
Being confident of this
That he who began
A good work in you
Will carry it on to completion
Until the day of Christ Jesus” Philippians 1:3-6
The Lord our God
Is a Patient God
Slow to anger
Quick to forgive
Our God
IS JUST WAITING ON YOU
---AND ON ME
Robert P. Wallman
8-22-11
Ps WITNESS 8-6-13 and 8-29-2019
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF JOHN
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF JOHN
John the BAPTIST
Was Jesus' cousin
And precursor
He PREPARED the WAY
For Jesus
“Herod liked to LISTEN to him” Mark 6:20
John would have MADE
The ideal MESSIAH=
He was strong=
UNCOMPROMISING=visionary
And charismatic
He even DRESSED
In camel skins=but he
DIRECTED all of he followers
To Jesus
He TURNED everyone
Toward Jesus=
He PREPARED the way
For the Lord
“I baptize you with water
For repentance
But AFTER ME
Comes one
Who is more powerful
Than I
Whose sandals
I am NOT WORTHY
To carry
He will BAPTIZE YOU
With the Holy Spirit
And fire” Matthew 3:11
John directed all
Of his FOLLOWERS to Jesus
And that is what
We are to do
FOLLOW Jesus
Follow the
Lead of John
“From the ends
Of the earth
I call to you
I call as
My heart grows faint
LEAD ME to the rock
That is higher than I” Psalm 61:2
“I instruct you
In a way
Of wisdom
And LEAD YOU
Along straight paths” Proverbs 4:11
“Leave them
They are blind guides
If the blind
LEAD the blind
Both will fall
Into a pit” Matthew 15:14
That will NEVER HAPPEN
To us=for
We are FOLLOWING John
Who is LEADING US to Jesus=
The MASTER SHEPHERD
We are NOT
Prioritizing John=
We are just
Interiorizing HIS SPIRIT
Herod makes a FOOL
Out of himself and
Beheads John
Let us FOLLOW John
And let us follow
His loving COUSIN JESUS
The leader=
The MASTER of the world
Let us follow Jesus=
Like John
No matter the COST
In Jesus' name=and in the name of the EVER LEADING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-28-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick
THE VISION OF GOD FOR OUR WORLD
THE VISION OF GOD
FOR THE WORLD
OUR GOD is nothing
If not a just God
He wants what is FAIR
For you-for me-
And for the ENTIRE world
He also wants this world
To regularly put him
As number ONE-which-
Unfortunately-we rarely do
“OFF with you, visionary........” Amos 7:12
In the readings of today
Amos-warns of a future overthrow
Of the unjust king
And the captivity of the Israelites-
Due to their immoral lives
God hates INJUSTICE-
So do I-as I think most all
Of us do
“Now let
The fear of the Lord
Be on you
Judge carefully
For with the Lord our God
There is NO INJUSTICE
Or partiality-or bribery” 2 Chronicles 19:7
“The Lord is known
By his acts of JUSTICE
The wicked are ensnared
By the work of their hands” Psalm 9:16
“When justice is done
It brings JOY
to the righteous
But terror to evildoers” Proverbs 21:15
God has sent prophets-
Visionaries-since the beginning of time
Amos-for instance-
Was expelled from the country
But what about today?
WHO does God sent today-and-
What does he say?
Pope Francis is one
Of those prophets
And he speaks often-
About the UNJUST DISPARITY-
Of wealth in our world
Like Amos-the POPE-
Challenges us to change
Bu that about God-what
Does he say in the bible?
“PEOPLE-despite their wealth-
Do NOT endure
They are like beasts
That perish” Psalm 49:12
“Command those
Who are rich
In this 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
Pope Francis INSISTS
That ALL people deserve
RESPECT-freedom-and a home
With the basic necessities of life
I couldn't agree more
I just wish we could bring-
GOD'S VISION-of a JUST WORLD
to everyone
For everyone is SPECIAL-
And a CHILD OF GOD
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
6-30-16
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sister Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
8-28-2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOD?
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOD?
How do you FEEL?
What do you feel
About our God?
What do you feel
About our Lord=and SAVIOR
Jesus Christ?
I think a lot of it
DEPENDS on how you feel
About today's PSALM
“WHERE can I go
From your spirit?
From your PRESENCE
Where can I FLEE?” Psalm 139:7
Do you feel fearless=
Or do you feel COMFORTED
By that statement?
I feel TOTALLY COMFORTED
For I know my God
LOVES ME
I know my SAVIOR
Loves me
They are with me
EVERY STEP of my life
And I know
They only WANT GOOD
For me
“Give me a sign
Of your goodness
That my enemies
May see it
And be put to shame
For you Lord
Have helped me
And COMFORTED ME” Psalm 86:17
“The people took
The young man
HOME ALIVE
And were greatly COMFORTED” Acts 20:12
I was taken HOME
From the hospital
When I was 22
From enough things
That could have KILLED ME
Many times over
I didn't know then
That I would have
A CHRONIC ILLNESS
That would effect me
ALL of my life
And I am greatly
COMFORTED with the PRESENCE
Of God in my life=
He=God=looked out for me
HE SAVED ME
HOW do you feel
About the PRESENCE of God
And Jesus in your life?
I don't see God
As a mean JUDGE
WEIGHING everything
That I do
I see him like a
LOVING mother or father
Tenderly WATCHING over me
He comforts me
HE LOVES ME!
He is the LOVING PRESENCE
Of my life
“Because of my integrity
You uphold me
And set me
In your PRESENCE forever” Psalm 41:12
“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
My dear loving God=may
Your CONSTANT PRESENCE
Live in me=FOREVER
How do you FEEL
About the PRESENCE OF GOD
In your life?
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER PRESENT FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-27-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
JOURNAL=WITHOUT LIMITS
JOURNAL=4-10-15=WITHOUT LIMITS
“The stone the builders REJECTED-has become the CORNERSTONE” Psalm 118:22
(and again in ACTS 4:11)
The GOSPEL essentially speaks of two different Jesus-yet THEOLOGIANS KNOW-as you and I know-there is just ONE Jesus-part God-and part man-OVERCOMING ALL the temptations that beset you and I
I LOVE that our SAVIOR that lived with the meek and the poor-hung out with the humble and the humiliated-and was a SAVIOR that teaches us wealth and power are stumbling blocks to our SPIRITUAL HEALTH
On the one hand-Jesus is the outcast-as the Pharisees and Sadducees try to PAINT him-but on the other hand-he is the MERCIFUL SAVIOR-that couldn't be destroyed by earthly powers-He is LOVE UNLIMITED who defeats everything this world can throw him-INCLUDING the mortality of death
He is LOVE UNLIMITED-he is Jesus OUR KING
it is a great day to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to live with the LOVE of Jesus OUR KING and OUR SAVIOR
WITNESS
5-2-13
WITHOUT LIMITS
One of my favorite movies
Was a movie called
“WITHOUT LIMITS”
It was the story
Of long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine
And his coach Bill Bowerman
It had a first rate cast
That included: Donald Sutherland-Billy Crudup-and Monica Potter
Prefontaine was a successful;
Middle and long-distance runner
Who once held seven American records
In distance track events
WITHOUT LIMITS
Sadly Steve Prefontaine
Died at the age of 24
In an automobile accident
LIMITED-like ALL of us
Limited by our own mortality
Limited by health factors
Limited by finances
Limited in relationships
In fact
There is only one thing
In which
We have the capacity
To be UNLIMITED
That is
OUR CAPACITY TO LOVE
To love God
And to love others
God demonstrates to us
His UNFAILING LOVE
“The Lord loves
Righteousness and justice
The earth is full
Of his unfailing love” Psalm 33:5
God loves you unconditionally
God love you unfailingly-
WITHOUT LIMITS
“May your unfailing love
Be my comfort
According to your promise” Psalm 119:76
Dear Lord
Let your promise be my promise
Let it be OUR promise
To love you and others
With an unfailing love
“Let the morning bring me
Word of your unfailing love
For I have put my trust in you” Psalm 143:8
Dear Lord
You gave us the PERFECT EXAMPLE
Of LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS
In the person of your Son-Jesus Christ
HELP US
To do our best
To GIVE OUR LOVE back to you
BY LOVING WITHOUT LIMITS
There is NO other quality on earth
LIKE LOVE
We NEVER run out
The more we give
The more we have left to give
Love unlimited
LOVE-WITHOUT LIMITS
Robert P. Wallman
10-15-12
Ps WITNESS 5-2-13
4-10-15 and 8-27-2019
Monday, August 26, 2019
PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE
PRAYER MAKES A DIFFERENCE
IF you ever wondered=
Whether or not PRAYER
Makes a difference
All you have to do
Is look at the STORY
Of Saint Monica
WHOM we celebrate today
“But as we were judged worthy
By God
To be entrusted
With the GOSPEL
That is how
We speak........” 1 Thessalonians 2:4
Let us look at the
STORY of Saint Monica
Monica was the mother
Of the great Augustine
Augustine's father
Was a pagan
Who thought NOTHING
Of religion
That didn't bother Augustine
One bit
But Monica was
A DEVOUT
Practicing Christian
She deeply LOVED Augustine
And she was GREATLY DISTRESSED
By his pagan attitudes
And his BEHAVIOR
Monica KEPT PRAYING
For his conversion
Believing PRAYER
Could make a DIFFERENCE
“Answer me
When I call to you
My righteous God
Give me relief
From my distress
Have mercy on me
And HEAR MY PRAYER” Psalm 4:1
“........their burnt offerings
And sacrifices
Will be accepted
On my altar
For my house
Will be called
A HOUSE OF PRAYER
For all nations” Isaiah 56:7
“Be joyful in hope
Patient in affliction
Faithful IN PRAYER
Share with the
Lord's people
Who are in need=
Practice hospitality” Romans 12:12-13
I think that is
The KEY=being faithful
In prayer=
And MONICA WAS
Augustine ran into
Saint Ambrose on a ship
For Rome
Augustine was POWERFULLY MOVED
And became a CHRISTIAN=
Even later
Becoming a bishop himself
And a DOCTOR of the CHURCH
The power of prayer
To MAKE a difference
The power of MONICA'S PRAYER
To make a DIFFERENCE
In the life of
HER FAMILY=and in
The WHOLE WORLD
“Devote yourselves
To PRAYER=
Being watchful and thankful” Colossians 4:2
I am here to TESTIFY
That PRAYER MAKES a
DIFFERENCE in our lives
ASK Saint Monica=and Saint Augustine
The MODEL CHRISTIAN FAMILY
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ever FAITHFUL FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-26-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Martin Pable, O.F.M. Cap.
THE HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE
AUGUST 27th, 2012
THE HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE
I’m on a highway to nowhere
Sometimes don’t even know where I’m coming from
Sometimes I don’t even care
Because I know where I’m at
And that is all I need
To curb my inner fears
You got to run your own race
You’re not in competition with anyone
So set your own pace
There’s miles to go before it’s over
So just relax
And along the way have some fun
Back on the highway to nowhere
All the cars go flying by
I’m tempted to try to pick up the pace
But then I let it slide
I’m just trying to stay within myself
I’m not reaching for the sky
The highway to nowhere
Where does it begin
Where does it end
How many of us know where we are going
How many of us know where we’ve been
I’ve been on the highway to nowhere
Too many times in my life
I’ll be on the highway to nowhere
Probably too many times again
But right now I’m in the pits
Charting a highway to somewhere
So I know where I’m at
And that’s all I need
To curb my inner fears
You have to run your race
You have to set your own pace
You’re not in competition with anyone
Your only goal should be to get there
And along the way to have some fun
Standing in the pits and looking out on to the highway to nowhere
All the people flying by
Think they’re getting ahead
But they keep going around in circles
Over and over and over again
Wonder if they know where they began
Wonder if they know they’ll never reach the end
Back on the highway to nowhere
But I think I’m going somewhere
Because I’m running my own race
I’m setting my own pace
Some people keep passing me over and over again
But they keep winding up behind me
They don’t even know where they’ve been
That’s the way it is
On the highway to nowhere
Robert P. Wallman
5-27-1981
Ps “I have seen something else under the sun
The RACE is not to the swift
Or the battle to the strong
Nor does food come to the wise
Or wealth to the brilliant
Or favor to the learned
But time and chance happen to them all” Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I have fought the good fight
I have finished the RACE
I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7
“Therefore since we are surrounded
By such a great cloud of witnesses
Let us throw off everything that hinders
And the sin that so easily entangles
And let us run with perseverance
The RACE marked out for us” Hebrews 12:1
8-26-2019
Sunday, August 25, 2019
CHOSEN BY GOD
CHOSEN BY GOD
We are ALL
On a journey through LIFE
And we must understand
That whatever we do
WHEREVER we go
On our journey
We are CHOSEN BY GOD
We belong to God
And he does NOT forget us
UNLESS we
TURN our backs on him
Even then
He still CHERISHES us
“We give thanks
To God always
For ALL of you
Remembering you in our PRAYERS
….....
Knowing
Brothers and sisters
Loved by God
How you were CHOSEN” 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4
We are
LOVED by God
CHOSEN by God
Nothing more=nothing less
Just our plain
Ordinary selves=who are SPECIAL
To GOD
“In spite of this
You did not trust
In the Lord your God
Who went ahead
Of you
On your JOURNEY........” Deuteronomy 1:33
“Again=it will be
Like a man
Going on a JOURNEY
Who called his servants
And entrusted his wealth
To them” Matthew 25:14
And the Lord
DOES TRUST US
He entrusts us
With the gift
OF A LIFE
To go where we go
To do what
We do
All we can do
Is PRAY to the Lord
Along the way
On this journey
“I plan to do so
When I go to Spain=
I hope to see you
While passing through
And to have you
Assist me
On my JOURNEY there
After I have
Enjoyed your company
For awhile” Romans 15:24
Dear Lord=we PRAY to you
For your ASSISTANCE
On our journey
THROUGH LIFE
We thank you
For all the people in our lives
And we PRAY FOR
Your GUIDANCE
In all of our lives
We thank you
FOR CHOOSING US
“Rejoice always=PRAY CONTINUALLY
Give thanks
In all circumstances
For this is GOD'S WILL
For you in CHRIST JESUS” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Dear Lord=thank you
For letting us BE CHOSEN
By you=
On this MAGNIFICENT JOURNEY
Of life
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
8-25-2019
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn
NO ACT OF LOVE
NO ACT OF LOVE
TODAY-on ALL Saints day
We are surrounded
By a great cloud of WITNESSES
Those who have already come
Those currently in the world today
And those yet to come
Some of the saints' names
Are marked on the
Official calendar of saints and religious
SOME have lived their lives unnoticed
But it doesn't matter
NO ACT OF LOVE
For God or our neighbor
Goes unmarked or unnoticed
“After this-I had a vision
Of a great multitude
Which no one could count
From every nation-race-people-
And tongue” Revelation 7:9
And today-
I want to go on RECORD
To RECOGNIZE the saints
Who have helped me
On my journey
Through life
They are my PERSONAL SAINTS
For all time
My parents-my sisters-
EXTENDED relatives including uncles-aunts-
Cousins-FRIENDS-and religious men and women
Who have HELPED me
On my way
You KNOW who you are
And what you have done for me-
And I KNOW TOO
Without them/WITHOUT YOU
I would never
Have arrived at this point
In my life
And MOST of all
I want to thank God
And endless array of saints
That I have PRAYED TO
I have desperately needed
ALL of your help
“In my distress
I called to the Lord
I cried to my God
FOR HELP” Psalm 18:6
“I LIFT my eyes
To the mountain-
WHERE does my HELP come from?” Psalm 121:1
“In everything that I did
I showed you
By this kind of hard work
WE must help the weak
REMEMBERING the words
The Lord Jesus Christ himself said
'It is MORE BLESSED to give
Than to receive'” Acts 20:35
OUR HELP
Comes from God
And the saints of this world
The official saints of God
And those saints
PUT in this world
To HELP us on our journey
Through life
NO ACT OF LOVE
Ever goes unnoticed
By God or by us
(Those in NEED of the help)
So today-DEAR LORD-
And every day
We ask you
To let us walk
With the saints of this world
And to always help us
GIVE THANKS
To those who
Have touched our life
In the past-presently-
And those who will
Come in the future
For
NO ACT OF LOVE
Ever goes unnoticed-
Or is ever forgotten
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
10-31-15
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE bu Sister Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.
SAINT DEFINED=a person OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED by the CHRISTIAN CHURCH as being very HOLY because of the way he or she lived; a person who is VERY GOOD-KIND-or PATIENT
Ps 8-25-2019
Saturday, August 24, 2019
THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE
THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE
Do you REMEMBER
When you were young-
Or a TEENAGER
And you would ASK
Your parents something
And they would say=”No-
It IS for your own GOOD?”
It probably was
And they would say NO-
Because they LOVE YOU
“The DISCIPLINE OF LOVE”
“At the time
The DISCIPLINE Seems a cause
NOT for joy
But for pain........” Hebrews 12:11
It is the SAME WAY
With God and Jesus
If they say NO to you
On something
Or they say
“NOT RIGHT NOW”
Or maybe later
It is the DISCIPLINE
OF LOVE
You never doubted
That your parents
LOVED YOU
NEVER DOUBT
That God and Jesus
Love you too
God and Jesus
Want what is BEST
For you
Sometimes it is just
“THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE”
“BLESSED is the one
You DISCIPLINE Lord
The one you teach
From your law” Psalm 94:12
“Whoever LOVES DISCIPLINE
Loves knowledge
Whoever hates correction
Is stupid” Proverbs 12:1
“DISCIPLINE me Lord
But only
In due measure--------
NOT in your anger
Or you will reduce me
To NOTHING” Jeremiah 10:24
You never doubted
That your parents
LOVED you
Never doubt that
God and Jesus LOVE YOU TOO
They only WANT
What is BEST FOR YOU
If they correct you
It is
ONLY for your own good
Saint Paul=gives a
Great DEFINITION of love
In ONE Corinthians
“Love is patient-
Love is KIND-
It does not envy
It does not boast
It is not proud
It does not dishonor others
It is NOT self-seeking
It is not easily angered
It keeps NO RECORD
Of wrongs
LOVE dose not delight
In evil=but REJOICES
With the truth
It always protects
Always trusts=always hopes
Always perseveres=
LOVE NEVER FAILS” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
My friends=that is
HOW THE LORD
Feels about you
He will NOT fail you=
THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE!
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER LOVING FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
8-24-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terence Hegarty
A NEWNESS IN THE LORD
A NEWNESS IN THE LORD
In chapter 12 of Genesis
The Lord said to Abraham,
“LEAVE your country
Your people
And your father's household
And go to the land
I will show you” Genesis 12:1
And Abraham did
And became
The FATHER of many nations
Has life-Has God
Ever asked you to move
To change cities
To LEAVE families and friends behind
And start anew
I moved from Pittsburgh, Pa.,
To Miami, Florida
Wit my mom
Leaving family and friends behind
But MOVING
To a city-WHERE I had someone
Another sister-Terri
NEVERTHELESS
Change was/and is
No easy thing
But it worked out GOOD
For mom and me
And it worked out good
For Abraham
But I have
To tell you
Change is NO EASY THING
While you are going through it
But the MOST important CHANGE
In me
Has NOT been
My physical surroundings
But the TOTAL in-depth transformation
Of myself
To really becoming a CHRISTIAN
And making a 100% ALL-OUT commitment
To GOD-family-friends-and churches
A NEWNESS
In the Lord
A newness of self
I SUSPECT
While not really knowing
That that
Is what happened to Abraham too
A TOTAL 100% commitment
To God-family-and HIS JEWISH HERITAGE
“HE PUT
A new song in my mouth
A hymn of PRAISE
To our God
Many will see and fear
And put their TRUST
In the Lord” Psalm 40:3
THIS is a song
I will happily sing
For ALL
The remaining days
Of my life
God-family-friends-church
LOVE-forgiveness-kindness
Jesus Christ and HIS teachings
Forever and ever
I have SEEN THE LIGHT
There can be
NO other way
A NEWNESS
In the Lord
I have
Been TRANSFORMED
“Therefore
IF anyone is in Christ
He is
A NEW CREATION
The old has gone
The NEW has come” 2 Corinthians 5:17
I have
Left the land
Of self-will
I have embraced
The land of surrender
A NEWNESS
IN THE LORD
Dear Lord
I believe
As Abraham did
That you
Have called me
To new lands
And that you
Have transformed me
From the inside out
“You were taught
With regard to your
Former way of life
To put off
Your old self
Which is being corrupted
By its deceitful desires
To be MADE NEW
In the attitude
Of your minds
And to PUT ON
THE NEW SELF
CREATED to be like God
In true righteousness
And holiness” Ephesians 4:22-24
Thank you Lord
I/WE are made new
A NEWNESS
IN THE LORD
Robert P. Wallman
March 16th, 2014
Ps Inspired by an article LIVEING FAITH magazine by Sister Macrina Weidekehr, O.S.B.
5-16-15 and 8-24-2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
THE LINE OF FAITH
THE LINE OF FAITH
The people from
Jesus' home town
Did NOT believe in him
To them=he was a
POOR MAN=from a working
Class FAMILY
They were CHALLENGED by thinking
That he could NOT
Do anything for them
“Can anything good
Come from Nazareth?” John 1:46
They asked QUESTIONS like=
WHY should we PAY ATTENTION
To him?
What can he possibly
DO for me?
But we have CROSSED
The LINE OF FAITH
Into a different relationship
With Jesus
We know he is
A MIRACLE WORKER=we know
He can CHANGE OUR LIFE
We have CROSSED
The line of FAITH
We know he has
COME to change
The world
We know he has come
To HEAL the wounds
Of the world
“Have mercy on me Lord
For I am faint
HEAL me Lord
For my bones
Are in agony” Psalm 6:2
“Jesus called
His twelve disciples
To him
And gave them authority
To drive out
Impure spirits
And to HEAL
Every disease and sickness” Matthew 10:1
“When you enter a town
And are welcomed=
Eat what is
Offered you
HEAL the sick
Who are there
And tell them
'The kingdom of God
Has come near to you'” Luke 10:8-9
We have
CROSSED the line of FAITH=
To us
Jesus is
NOT just another common man
We have learned
That he is A MIRACLE WORKER
We have learned
That he has come
To conquer and HEAL
The wounds of the world
“When he had come near the place
Where the road goes down
The Mount of Olives=
The whole crowd of disciples
Began joyfully
To praise GOD
In loud voices
For all the MIRACLES
They had seen........” Luke 19:37
Dear Lord=we SEE
The great FATHER God in you=
We have CROSSED
The LINE OF FAITH
You are the HEALER and
MIRACLE WORKER=
Of the world
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of his LIVING-LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-23-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens
SAINT ROSE OF Lima by Carley APPLEBY
MIRACLE AT 3400 MASS. AVE.---AUGUST 23rd, 2012
Written by my niece---Carley Appleby
Carley Appleby
Saint Report
I
chose Saint Rose of Lima as my Confirmation Saint. She was born in
Peru, South America and also died there. Her death was in 1617 when
she was only thirty-one. Saint Rose is the Patroness of South
America. She was also the first saint of the Americas.
Rose
was always a good person. She was very obedient to her parents and
always did tasks with a smiling face. She was always trying to please
others. Rose was a beautiful girl. Her mother wanted her to wear
pretty clothes but she said that only beauty of the soul is
worthwhile. When a man wanted to marry her; to give her a large home
with servants, she refused because she only wanted to love and serve
God. Rose was always good to her parents. When they lost all of their
money she went out to work every day to help them. She also went to
the homes of the poor and brought them food.
She
was definitely seen as a saint in her own time. She was always
helping others and never doing anything wrong. Rose cared about
everyone; good or bad. Often times the Lord appeared to her to tell
her how pleased He was with her and her kind deeds.
I
chose Saint Rose of Lima because I’ve always wanted to be like her.
I used to look through the book of saints when I was a little girl
and she always stood out. I liked the name, but it was more about her
actions as to why I chose her. Rose was actually going to be my
middle name, but my parents changed it to Elizabeth. Also my
grandmothers saint name was Rose. I’d give anything to be like my
grandmother; she was much like Saint Rose. Always caring and
passionate for everything.
I
learned that not only was Saint Rose of Lima kind to people, but she
was kind to animals too. I learned that I am more like Rose than I
thought. I am extremely passionate for animals. I’ve always dreamed
of being a veterinarian in the future. I also would give anything and
everything to please my family and friends. Those three things are
what I always put first. I am ready to make this change in my life
and be inspired by Saint Rose!
Ps
Today-August 23rd,
2012---is the feast day of Saint Rose of Lima
8-23-2019
Thursday, August 22, 2019
WITH OPEN HEARTS
WITH OPEN HEARTS
Today we have a great
FAMILY STORY=for the ages
Naomi LOSES her husband=and
Her sons=but her daughter-in-law
Ruth proves=EVER FAITHFUL
She lives with AN OPEN HEART
Following Naomi=wherever she goes
“For WHEREVER you go=
I will go=wherever you lodge
I will lodge.......” Ruth 1:16
Naomi is is a KIND
And GENTLE mother-in-law
To RUTH
They are
Living with OPEN HEARTS=
Something we should
All do
“I will open my mouth
With a parable
I will utter things-
Things-from of old--------” Psalm 78:2
After her husband dies
Ruth decides
NOT to stay in Moab
Instead=she decides
To STAY with Naomi
And return to Bethlehem
Of Judah
Ruth not only
Embraces a new country
But she also
Embraces a NEW GOD
“Your people shall be
My people
And your God
Will be my God” Ruth 1:16
She is living=Ruth is
Living with an
OPEN LOVING HEART
Once Ruth is in Judah
She is met
With PREJUDICE AND HATRED
Only Boaz=a kinsman
SAVES her
From the
POSSIBILITY OF HARM
In light of
The story of RUTH
I think we all NEED
To ask ourselves
Some questions
Are we OPEN
To welcoming others
Into our life?
Do we welcome NEW neighbors
Or new RELATIVES
Into our lives?
“And whoever
WELCOMES one such child
In my name
WELCOMES ME” Matthew 18:5
“For if you do these things
You will never stumble
And you will receive
A rich WELCOME
Into the eternal kingdom
Of our Lord
And Savior Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:10-11
“Anyone who WELCOMES them
Shares in their wicked work” 2 John :11
Dear Lord=we pray
That we OPEN OUR HEARTS
With love
To new people
ENTERING OUR LIVES
MAY we have hearts
As OPEN as Ruth and Naomi=
And yours dear Jesus
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our FOREVER WELCOMING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-22-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.
ONE PERSON AT A TIME
AUGUST 14th, 2012
ONE PERSON AT A TIME
I wish
I could
Talk to every person
I wish
I could
Affect every life
I wish
I could tell
Every person
How much
God loves them
I would tell
Every single person
I would tell
Every single soul
How much
God loves them
Even when
You were a fool
I have testimony
To tell
I wish
I could tell
Every single person
In this world
How great God is
How much God loves them
And I wish I could do it
ONE person at a time
Robert P. Wallman
February 14th, 2010
Ps “The entire law is summed up in a single command
“LOVE your neighbor as yourself” Galatians 5:14
“Sow for yourselves righteousness
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 righteousness on you” Hosea 10:12
“This is the message you heard from the beginning
WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER” 1 John 3:11
“For the Lord is GOOD
And his loves ENDURES FOREVER
His faithfulness continues through ALL generations” Psalm 100:5
Ps 8-22-2019
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
DOING GOD'S WILL
DOING GOD'S WILL
I think most PROBABLY-
That most GOOD PEOPLE want
To DO the will of God
But-HOW do we know
What God's will is?
“To do your WILL
O my God
Is my DELIGHT........” Psalm 40:9
Today we SALUTE MARY
Who probably knows the most=
OUTSIDE of Jesus
About DOING the will of God=
She was a teenage girl
When the angel GABRIEL
Appeared to her
And she RESPONDED
With absolute trust=
“LET it be DONE to me
According to your word” Luke 1:38
How about that=
For DOING the WILL OG GOD
She knew she was
GOD'S ERVANT=as we
Should all know
Let us all respond
Like Mary
Let us all know
That we are to do
The WILL of God
“Keep your SERVANT
Also from willful sins
May they not
Rule over me
Then I will
Be Blameless
INNOCENT of great transgression” Psalm 19:13
“Whoever SERVES me
Must follow me
And where I am
My SERVANT
Also will be
My Father
Will honor
The one who SERVES ME” John 12:26
Outside of Jesus=
Our God and SAVIOR-
Has anyone ever
SERVED GOD
More than Mary?
And has anyone ever=
Outside of Jesus
Been so duly HONORED
It is up to us
To follow JESUS
To follow Mary
And DO
The will of God
And WHEN we do
The will of God
May we all feel
LIKE the psalm above
“To do your WILL
O my God
Is MY DELIGHT........” Psalm 40:9
Is there a phrase
That sums up MARY'S FAITH
Any better?
May we all SURRENDER ourselves
To God=like MARY=
And do the WIL OF GOD
“Then my soul
Will rejoice
In the Lord
And DELIGHT
In his salvation” Psalm 35:9
NONE of us are
As holy or obedient
As Mary
Was to God the Father
She is our MODEL
For doing=the WILL OF GOD
For she was FULLY HUMAN
As we all are
May we all be
GOD'S SERVANT=like Mary
And may we all be FAITHFUL
In STRIVING
To do the will of God
In the names of Jesus=and our HOLY LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-21-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Greg Erlandson
A BIG BIG GOD
AUGUST 20th, 2012
A BIG BIG GOD
Our God
Is a big big God
A God
With a big big love
There is room
For all of us
In his Kingdom
The Kingdom of God
While we may run out
Of everything else
God never ever
Runs out of love
There is room for the Catholics
All the other Christian religions too
And we won’t forget
The Muslims and the Jews
And all the other religions
Because
They are God’s people too
Our God is a big big God
A God
With a big big love
Our God
Is a big big God
And there is room
For you
There is room
FOR YOU
Robert P. Wallman
2-4-11
Ps “The Lord loves righteousness and justice
The earth is full of his UNFAILING LOVE” Psalm 33:5
“Though the mountains be shaken
And the hills be removed
Yet my UNFAILING LOVE for you
Will not be shaken
Nor my covenant of peace be removed
Says the Lord
Who has compassion on you” Isaiah 54:10
“And God’s 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 5:5
Ps 8-21-2019
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
DEEPER MEANING=YES AGAIN
DEEPER MEANING=YES AGAIN
It is over 40 years ago=now=
Since I made a deathbed PROMISE
“To LIVE for my family=for
My friends=and for ALL
PEOPLE everywhere”
There has been much physical pain=
Much spiritual pain=
And much emotional pain
DUE to relationships
But I have to tell you
That I would MAKE that SAME PROMISE
All over again
“You have granted him
His heart's desire
You refused not
The wish of his lips” Psalm 21:3
To have the TIME I
Have spent with my parents=
My sisters=my family=
My friends
Is something you could
NOT BUY for a $million=
I have been BLESSED
And rewarded
Many times over
Just the EVOLUTION
In my growth with God
Has in itself been REWARDING
“By them
Your servant is warned
In keeping them
There is GREAT REWARD” Psalm 19:11
“Whoever is kind
To the poor
Lends to the Lord
And he will REWARD them
For what they have done” Proverbs 19:17
“But I have said
'I have labored
In vain
I have spent
My strength
For NOTHING at all
Yet what is due me
Is the LORD'S HAND
And my REWARD
Is with God'” Isaiah 49:4
I said YES
To wholeheartedly serving God
And SERVING OTHERS
I had NO IDEA
What my PROMISE meant
At that time
I had no idea
The amount of PAIN
That that promise would bring
But I have to tell you
MY DESIRE to uphold my promise
Has only STRENGTHENED over time
That initial YES to od
Has taken on
Much DEEPER MEANING over time
And I have COME yo understand
How BLESSED I really am
To have all
These additional years
With God=with FAMILY=and with friends
LIFE=is a GIFT from God
“They read from
The Book of the
LAW OF GOD
Making it clear
And giving the MEANING
So that
The people understood
What was being read” Nehemiah 8:8
We all make COMMITMENTS
In life
And living out a PROMISE
Is an evolving journey
I have tried
To be FAITHFUL to the promise
And my commitment
Over the years
I would do it
ALL OVER AGAIN
No matter=the cost
It has DEEPER MEANING NOW
One thing is for SURE=
God hears our desire
And ACCOMPANIES US
And I would not have
Made it this far=without
ALL OF YOU
I LOVE YOU!=
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
8-20-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
FEBRUARY 18th, 2012
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
It is true
When we hear someone say
The best things in life are free
The best things
In life are free
But they aren’t
Money or material possessions
They are the things
We already have
Inside of you
And inside of me
They are
The capacity to love
The capacity to be kind
The ability to
When someone wrongs us
To give someone else
A pass and a free ride
These are the things
In life that matter
And if we are living right
Free to you and me
The best things in life are free
Robert P. Wallman
6-15-06
Ps 8-20-2019
Monday, August 19, 2019
WHAT IS IN IT FOR US?
WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?
Today we read about Peter
ASKING Jesus a question-
Basically=the question is=
WHAT is in it
For US?
“The Peter said to him
'We have GIVEN UP
Everything-and followed you
What will there be
For us?'” Matthew 19:27
And=FRIENDS=isn't that
Basically our question too=
Don't we WONDER
What we will get
For following Jesus
But years later=Peter doesn't
Ask the question
Any longer=he knows
What he gets=
He knows what
We all get
NEVER ENDING JOY
Life=all of our lives
Bring hardships=
But following Jesus
WALKING with Jesus=
Having Jesus
For our LIFETIME FRIEND
Brings JOY
“So the women
Hurried away
From the tomb
Afraid yet
FILLED WITH JOY
And ran
To tell his disciples” Matthew 28:8
“You have made known
To me
The paths of life
You will fill me
With JOY
In your presence” Acts 2:28
“May the God of hope
Fill you with ALL JOY
And peace
As you trust in him
So that you
May overflow
With HOPE
By the power
Of the HOLY SPIRIT” Romans 15:13
JOY is the GIFT
That we get
When we are FOLLOWERS
Of Jesus
Jesus guides us
When we are CONFUSED=
When we are weak
He sends us STRENGTH
When we are
IN PRAYER
Jesus makes us AWARE
Of his love and
HIS PRESENCE
So WHAT is in it
FOR US=
All the JOY
That we can stand=
Even when
The times are tough
“Consider it PURE JOY
My brothers and sisters
When you face trials
Of many kinds=
Because you know
That the testing
Of your FAITH
Produces perseverance” James 1:2
No matter where we are
In life
We live IN JOY
Because joy is a
GIFT from God=
And our God is CHANGELESS
My dear friends=life brings
With it HARDSHIPS and trials
But we CAN still
LIVE IN JOY=if we are
Walking in Jesus
That is WHAT IS IN IT
FOR US
In Jesus' name= and in the name=of our EVER JOYFUL FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-19-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth E. Grabner, C.S.C.
PAY IT FORWARD
PAY IT FORWARD
ONE of my most favorite movies
Is a movie called
PAY IT FORWARD
It is a 2000 movie
BASED on the novel
Of the same name
It boasts a stellar cast INCUDING:
Helen Hunt-Kevin Spacey-Haley Joe Osment
and many other names you would recognize
Including Angie Dickinson
But it is the THEME of the movie
That hit me
RIGHT in the heart
Osment is a seventh grade student
In Las Vegas, Nevada
And his social studies teacher (Spacey)
GIVES the class an assignment
To devise and put into action
“A plan
That would change the world
For the better”
What a novel thought
DO SOMETHING KIND or good
For someone
Rather than
Rape, steal, defraud, etc., etc., etc., someone
“God saw
ALL that he made
and it was very good” Genesis 1:31
MY GOD
What has happened to
This world
BETWEEN then and now-
Some 2,000 years later
“TASTE AND SEE
That the Lord is GOOD
BLESSED is the man
Who takes refuge in him” Psalm 34:8
In the movie,
“PAY IT FORWARD,”
The teacher asks the students
(including Osment)
To do three favors
For others
Rather than paying the favor back
But the favor
Must be a “MAJOR FAVOR”
That the receiver
Can't complete themselves
And isn't that the way
Our own lives are
Without GOD'S FAVOR in it
We were CREATED
In GOD'S own image
And if God can bestow
Life, love, forgiveness, and kindness
On us
Isn't that
The LEAST that we can do
For someone else
“Then God said:
'Let us make man
In our image- in our likeness'” Genesis 1:26
“For you created
My inmost being
You knit me together
In my mother's womb
I PRAISE YOU
For I am wonderfully made
Your WORKS are wonderful
I know that full well” Psalm 139:13-14
Whatever goodness lies in you
Pass it on
PAY IT FORWARD
Use it
To help someone else
In the movie
Osment (Trevor)
DOES FAVORS for three people
Asking each of them
To pass it on
Initially-with mixed results
-And ultimately
Costing Trevor his very own life
But our lives
BY NATURE
Have a cost-death
The BEST that we can HOPE for
IS to have a LASTING EFFECT
By taking all the BLESSINGS
That we have
And passing them on
PAY IT FORWARD
Robert P. Wallman
10-25-13
ps misc. WITNESS 2-6-14
ON SITES 8-14-14 and 8-19-2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
KEEP GETTING UP!
KEEP GETTING UP!
One of my nieces=
When she was a LITTLE GIRL
Used to always say
“It is
A HARD KNOCK LIFE”
And it certainly
Is that=but to be
SUCCESSFUL in life=we have
To KEEP GETTING BACK UP!
We have to
Get back up
ONE MORE TIME in life
Than life
KNOCKS us down=
That is
What makes us
A SUCCESS=in life
“They were quick to stray........
Whenever the Lord........took pity
On their distressful cries........
They would RELAPSE
And do worse........” Judges 2:17, 18-19
The people of God
Were FAITHFUL=and then
They were NOT
God would give them
ANOTHER CHANCE
And then
They would blow it again
That is the HISTORY
Of salvation=and that is
Also OUR OWN HISTORY
As well
We STRUGGLE to get out
Of the ruts=of life
WE GET UP=
Then we get knocked down
ONLY to try and
Rebound again
KEEP GETTING BACK UP!
It is a
HARD KNOCK LIFE
“Though he may STUMBLE
He will not fall
For the Lord
Upholds him
With his hand” Psalm 37:24
“Do not gloat
When your enemy falls
When they STUMBLE
Do not
Let your heart rejoice” Proverbs 24:17
“Do not cause
Anyone to STUMBLE
Whether Jews-
Greeks or the church of God-------
Even as I try
To please everyone
In every way” 1 Corinthians 10:32
Sometimes it is easier
To STAY DOWN
When we fall
But that is no fun=
We have to KEEP GETTING
BACK UP
When this life=knocks us down
To be SUCCESSFUL
We have to
STEEL our minds
And rebound=GET UP
One more time
Be successful
KEEP GETTING UP!
“Be strong
And very courageous
Be careful to obey
All the law
My servant Moses gave you=
Do not turn from it
To the right or to the left
That you may be SUCCESSFUL
Wherever you go” Joshua 1:7
Dear Lord=
Lead me ALONG your paths
Help me to KEEP
GETTING BACK UP
And follow you
IN your ways
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our EVER SUCCESSFUL FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-18-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach
JOURNAL=PURITY OF HEART
JOURNAL=3-5-15=PURITY OF HEART
“I-the Lord-also PROBE the mind and TEST THE HEART........” Jeremiah 17:10
NO ONE in this world KNOWS WHY we are doing something-or WHY we are not doing something-EXCEPT GOD and ourselves-but it is important-for we do NOT want to be like the Pharisees and the scribes-doing something-or not doing something purely for show
AND GOD always knows our true motivation
WE should ALWAYS REMEMBER that I/we have neither the ability or the RIGHT “to PROBE the mind or TEST the heart” of another-JUDGMENT RESTS solely in and on GOD-our job is to get OUR MOTIVATIONS RIGHT
it is A GREAT DAY to be alive in GOD'S LOVE for us and a great day to leave the judging to GOD-and KEEP our motivations PURE
WITNESS
5-15-13
PURITY OF OUR HEART
( What Is Your motivation )
When we do something
In life-rightly or wrongly
NOT only does our action ( or inaction ) count
But also does
The purity of our heart
Have you ever done something
When someone else was looking
SOMETHING GOOD
So that someone else might see
I have
POOR motivation to be sure
But I have also done good things
For people-silently
I think this is
What God wants
Let GOD be our reward
( if there is to be a reward )
PURITY OF HEART
“Create in me a pure heart
Oh God
And renew a steadfast spirit
Within me” Psalm 51:10
We should do good
Because it is good
Not to look good
In the eyes of others
Purity of heart
Motivated by God
“Blessed are the pure in heart
For they will see God” Matthew 5:8
“Finally brothers
Whatever is true
Whatever is right
Whatever is lovely
Whatever is admirable
If anything is excellent or praiseworthy
Think about such things
Whatever you have learned or received
Or heard from me
Or seen in me-PUT INTO PRACTICE
And the God of peace
Will be with you” Philippians 4:8-9
I urge you
My brothers and sisters
To do good
And do so
For the right reasons
For the goodness of God
And the peace of God
Transcends all understanding
PURITY HEART
PURITY OF MOTIVATION
“And we know
That in all things
God works for the good
Of those who love him
And have been called
According to his purpose” Romans 8:28
Robert P. Wallman
6-27-12
Ps WITNESS 5-15-13
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young
But set in example-for the believers in speech-in life-in love
In faith-and in PURITY” 1 Timothy 4:12
3-5-15 and 8-18-2019
Saturday, August 17, 2019
THE PRIMARY FOCUS=OF OUR LIVES
THE PRIMARY FOCUS=OF OUR LIVES
Jesus has TAUGHT US
Throughout his life
That loving God the Father
And loving OTHERS
Should be the PRIMARY FOCUS
Of our lives
We are running a RACE
In this world=
And IN this race
For however=many years
That it goes
LOVE needs to BE
The primary FOCUS
Of our lives
It was in Jesus' life
And his CONQUERING
Of everything in this world
Thrown at him
INCLUDING DEATH
That he set the EXAMPLE
That we NEED to live a life
FULL OF LOVE too!
“........Let us rid ourselves
Of every burden and sin
That clings to us
And persevere in
RUNNING THE RACE
That lies before us
While keeping our eyes
FIXED on Jesus........” Hebrews 12:1-2
In this life
We can only become DISTRACTED
By our own
Selfish motivations
We can become distracted
And become comfortable
And by becoming judgmental
Of others
SIN weighs us down
In our daily decisions=BOTH
Big and small
It can only INTERFERE with
Our “RACE” of love
It can interfere
With the MISSION
God has given us=
While living this life
“However=I consider
My life= worth nothing
To me
My only aim
Is to finish
The RACE
And complete the task
The Lord Jesus
Has given me--------
The task of
TESTIFYING to the good news
Of God's grace” Acts 20:24
The task of
Living my life
By LOVING GOD
With my whole heart=soul=
Mind and strength=
And the task of
LOVING MY NEIGHBOR as myself
“I presented to them
The gospel=that I preach
Among the Gentiles
I wanted to be SURE
That I was NOT RUNNING
And had NOT been running
MY RACE in vain” Galatians 2:2
Don't let yourself
Become overly selfish
Don't let yourself
BECOME a victim
Of self-absorption
Live your life=
But LOVE GOD and OTHERS FIRST
KEEP LOVE
Keep God and Jesus
The PRIMARY FOCUS
Of your life
In both WORD and deed
Be the EXAMPLE
FOR ALL OTHERS
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our FOREVER-LOVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-17-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Deborah A. Meister
I FORGET
I FORGET
God knows and REMEMBERS
Everything about us
Except-of course-our sins
“Blessed is the man
Whose sin the Lord
Does not record” Romans 4:8
“If you-Lord-kept a record
Of sins Lord
WHO COULD STAND?” Psalm 130:3
There once was
An elderly woman
WHO went to her BISHOP
And said:
The Lord was appearing to her
In visions
The bishop
Couldn't determine
Whether the woman
Was legitimate or not
So he said to the woman:
“The next time the Lord
Appears to you-ask him
What my biggest sin -
What my biggest failing is”
So the woman
Comes to see the bishop
The following week
And the bishop asked her,
“Did you ask him?”
The woman said, “yes”
And the bishop asked,
“What did he say?”
The woman said, Jesus said,
“I FORGET”
And that is the way
OUR God is
He keeps-NO RECORD
Of our sins
And neither should we
Other then to forget them
Once we confess them-and repent
Then TRY to get things right
The next time
Albert Schweitzer once said,
“HAPPINESS IS nothing more
Than good health
And a bad memory”
But the truth is
Other than our sins
Jesus-doesn't forget a thing
About us
He even knows
The number of HAIRS
On our head
“And even the hairs
Of your head
Are all numbered
So don't be afraid;
You are worth
More than many sparrows” Matthew 10:30
But other than our sins
God and Jesus
DON'T FORGET a thing about us
“Can a mother
Forget the baby at her breast
And have no compassion
On the child
She has borne
Though she may forget
I will NOT forget you” Isaiah 49:15
Jesus tells us
WHEN others sin
Against us
WE are to have
That same short-term memory
With him or her
As he(God-has with us)
“IF your brother or sister
Sins against you
Rebuke them
And if they repent
FORGIVE THEM
EVEN if they sin against you
Seven times a day
And seven times
Come back to you saying
'I repent'
You MUST forgive them” Luke 17:3-4
Or maybe we should just say,
“I FORGET”
Like the GOOD Lord
said about the bishop
And what he says about us
EACH AND EVERY TIME
we sin against him
Robert P. Wallman
10-15-15
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet
8-17-2019
Friday, August 16, 2019
LET THEM COME!
LET THEM COME!
As ADULTS=it is easy
To get perturbed
With young children
Especially if
They are NOT OUR OWN=
But Jesus
Was NOT that way
He found God
IN the young children
He found them to be
IN the KINGDOM of Heaven
LET THEM COME!
“CHILDREN were brought
To Jesus
That he might lay
His hands on them
And PRAY
The disciples rebuked them
But Jesus said=
'Let the children
COME TO ME
And do not prevent them
For the Kingdom of heaven
BELONGS to such
As these'” Matthew 19:13-14
We discover
That the Kingdom of heaven
BELONGS to us too
When we behave
Like a child
When we have that LOVE-
When we have that INNOCENCE-
Innocence-living in our hearts
Let us come
LET THEM COME!
Let the children of God
Come to
The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
“CHILDREN are a heritage
From the Lord
Offspring a reward
From him” Psalm 127:3
“He took a little CHILD
Whom he placed
Among them
Taking the child
In his arms
He said to them
'Whoever welcomes
One of these
Little CHILDREN
In my name
Welcomes me
And whoever welcomes me
Does NOT welcome me
But the one
Who sent me'” Mark 9:36-37
WELCOMING children
In the Lord's name
Let them=COME TO US
As we take on
Their qualities=and INNOCENCE
And approach
The Kingdom of heaven
We can become
Like children too=especially
When we REALIZE
Our total DEPENDENCE on God
When we realize
God is=who KEEPS US
From ultimate harm
And that he is
The one
Who keeps our SPIRIT fed
And he holds us=in love
Awake and asleep
Just like A PARENT WOULD
“For if you
DO these things
You will never stumble
And you will receive
A RICH WELCOME
Into the eternal kingdom
Of our Lord
And SAVIOR=Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:11
For we are
THE LORD'S CHILDREN
And he WELCOMES us
As one of his own
LET US COME!
Let the CHILDREN COME!:
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ALWAYS WELCOMING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
8-16-19
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston
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