BETTER BLESSINGS!

BETTER BLESSINGS!


As we start out
The year of 2020=
I want you to KNOW
I am wishing you


All kinds of BLESSINGS
This year


BETTER BLESSINGS! With God
“The Lord BLESS YOU
And keep you” Numbers 6:24


As the year BEGINS=
We may be tempted
To get out
That exercise equipment-


Join a gym-
Or start that new diet=
All good ideas=
Maybe good blessings


But maybe we should
DRAW CLOSER to Mary=
The Mother of God


DRAW CLOSER to Jesus
And the HOLY FAMILY
Of Mary-Joseph-and Jesus


Remember Mary=
“PONDERED THINGS IN HER HEART” Luke 2:19


Draw closer
To God this year=
Make that a RESOLUTION


You will find
BETTER BLESSINGS
With God in your heart


“BLESSED are all
Who take refuge in him” Psalm 2:12


“BLESSINGS crown
The head-
Of the righteous


But violence overwhelms
The mouth of the wicked” Proverbs 10:6


“I will make them
And the places
Surrounding my hill
A BLESSING


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


When we PONDER things
In our heart=LIKE MARY
We can DEEPEN
Our relationship with Jesus
And we can FIND
BETTER BLESSINGS
In God the Father


We can draw closer
To our family-and-
To our friends


We may NOT attain
That beautiful body=
But we will be able
To SURRENDER to God


Just like Mary
And Jesus did


“The Lord is CLOSE
To the brokenhearted=
And saves those
Who are crushed
In spirit” Psalm 34:18


We DON'T KNOW
What is coming this year


But we know this=
We will FIND BETTER BLESSINGS
This year=if we
STAY CLOSE to God


For the Lord BLESSES US
And KEEPS US=
Each and every day
Of our lives


HAPPY NEW YEAR! My dear FRIENDS
I LOVE YOU!=and wish you an AWESOME YEAR


In the names of Jesus-Mary-and Joseph=and OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER GOD!


Robert P. Wallman
12-31-19 for 1-1-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.

NEVER GIVE UP!

NEVER GIVE UP!


We are at the BEGINNING
Of a NEW YEAR=and
There are=
Any number of RESOLUTIONS
We could make


My Uncle John used to
PROMISE=that he was going
To be a better person


Which was PRETTY DIFFICULT=
He was a great person
As it was=GOD REST HIS SOUL!


Many years ago=I PROMISED
God=that I
Would NEVER GIVE UP!


And I ask God and you to
HELP ME
KEEP THAT PROMISE


I hope to be
A BETTER PERSON too


“Children=it is
The last hour


And just
As you heard
That the ANTICHRIST was coming


So now-
Many antichrists
Have APPEARED” 1 John 2:18


And so NOW I appeal
To you my dear
Brothers and sisters


KEEP your resolutions
Of LOVING GOD
Keep your resolutions
Of loving OTHERS


Keep on fighting
The GOOD FIGHT=and
Keep your PROMISES TO GOD


NEVER GIVE UP!=
Keep your resolutions-
Keep your promises


“But Daniel RESOLVED
Not to defile himself
With the royal food
And wine


And he asked
The chief official
For permission


NOT to defile himself
This way” Daniel 1:8


“For I RESOLVED
To know nothing
While I was with you


Except Jesus Christ
And him crucified” 1 Corinthians 2:2


It is BEST to keep
All your promises=
But it is even BETTER
To KEEP
Your PROMISES to God


Fight the devil=
Fight the lies
That the antichrists throw
At you
In this world


OUR RESOLUTIONS to God
Are not just
Another promise=
Another statement
IT IS DEVINE!


“Through these
He has given
His very great
And PRECIOUS PROMISES


So that through them
You may participate
In the DIVINE NATURE


Having learned the corruption
In the world-
Caused by evil desires” 2 Peter 1:4


NEVER GIVE UP!=
On your promises to God
Keep them in 2020=
And ALL the days
And years of your life


Dear Jesus=Dear LOVING FATHER=
Please keep us CLOSE to you
THIS DAY=and all the days
Of our lives
As we attempt to
NEVER GIVE UP!


Robert P. Wallman
12-30-19




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

BRINGING US HOPE

BRINGING US HOPE


Today we TALK ABOUT
The PRESENTATION of Jesus
At the TEMPLE


And the BRINGING OF HOPE
To all people


“And coming forward
At THAT very TIME........” Luke 2:38


When Mary and Joseph
PRESENTED their child
In the temple
SIMEON entered the scene


And Luke tells us
That the HOLY SPIRIT
Was upon Simeon


“........and the Holy Spirit
Was on him=
It had been revealed
To him
By the Holy Spirit


That he would NOT DIE
UNTIL he had seen
The Lord's Messiah” Luke 2:25-26


Simeon took Jesus
In his arms


And prophesied
That Mary's heart=
Would be slashed


Like a sword's wound
Because of
The child's FUTURE PERIL


What a HARSH BLOW
To a young
MOTHER'S HEART


But I wonder
If Mary knew of
The HOPE he would
BRING to us all


BRINGING US HOPE!


“PUT your HOPE
In God


For I will yet
Praise him
My Savior-and my GOD” Psalm 42:5


“But those who
HOPE in the Lord
Will renew their strength” Isaiah 40:31


“For in this HOPE-
We are saved


But HOPE that is seen
Is NO HOPE at all=
Who HOPES for
What they already have?” Romans 8:24


The LIFE of Jesus-
The death of Jesus-
Would bring HOPE
To us all-because of
THE RESURRECTION


And then there was Anna-
LIVING in the TEMPLE
For decades--------
Appearing on the scene


Her PRAISE for Jesus' life
BALANCED Mary's pain
WITH HOPE


The PROMISE of HOPE
That Jesus' life brings


“........and a BETTER HOPE
Is introduced
By which we
DRAW near to God” Hebrews 6:19


And because of Jesus
We can look at
Own personal lives


We can BALANCE the
Painful episodes of our lives
With the GIFT OF HOPE


Because of the the LIFE of Jesus
BRINGING US HOPE


BALANCING pain with HOPE
For all of MANKIND


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our HOPE GIVING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
12-29-19




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

HAVING EMPATHY AND COMPASSION

HAVING EMPATHY AND COMPASSION


We read today
About the HOLY FAMILY


About how they GOT UP
In the night-
Hurried out of the country-
And had
To FLEE the country


“Rise=take the CHILD
And his mother=
FLEE TO EGYPT.......” Matthew 2:13


Mary and Joseph did this
So that the CHILD Jesus
Would NOT be murdered
Bu Herod


They RAN toward
A land that offered
Them SAFETY


How often do we-
Or someone that we LOVE
Run towards
WHERE we can be SAFE


How frantic
They must have felt
How SAD
They must have felt


As they traveled
INTO the bleak darkness
Of another country


FEELING EMPATHY AND COMPASSION
For the HOLY FAMILY
And feeling empathy and compassion
For the COUNTLESS FAMILIES
Of today


That have to LEAVE
Their homelands
Due to persecution-
Violence-and other
Life-threatening conditions


“The Lord
Is gracious
And COMPASSIONATE


Slow to anger
Rich in love” Psalm 145:8


“The Lord is
Good to all


He has COMPASSION
On all
He has made” Psalm 145:9


“I will
Have mercy
On whom I have mercy


And I will
Have COMPASSION
On whom I have COMPASSION” Romans 9:15


Those FAMILIES that
Leave their homelands
Are a lot
Like the HOLY FAMILY


They leave behind relatives=
Language=and the
FAMILIAR places of
Their history and culture


FEELING EMPATHY and
Compassion for the
HOLY FAMILY=
Feeling empathy and compassion
For all TRANSPLACED families


“The Lord is
COMPASSIONATE and gracious=
Slow to anger-
Abounding in LOVE” Psalm 103:8


There are a lot
Of POLITICS=regarding those
Who cross borders
Into foreign lands


But please let us
Have EMPATHY
For these FAMILIES
And what
They are going through


And let us EXTEND COMPASSION
And PRAY for those
Struggling families
LOOKING FOR SECURITY


Just like=
They were the HOLY FAMILY


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our God the FATHER and his HOLY FAMILY


Robert P. Wallman
12-28-19




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

CHOOSE LOVE OR FEAR!

CHOOSING LOVE OR FEAR!


It is easy to get
OVERWHELMED=in this world=
There is always so
MUCH going on


In this world=
And in our personal lives


But the SECRET is how
WE RESPOND in this life=
We can either
CHOOSE LOVE-
Or we can choose fear


“Then would the waters
Have OVERWHELMED US=


The torrent
Would have
Swept over us” Psalm 124:4


It seems IMPOSSIBLE
Some times=life does


But it is really
That SIMPLE=
We can CHOOSE LOVE
And function


And we will NOT BE
So overwhelmed


“My guilt has
OVERWHELMED ME
Like a burden
Too heavy to bear” Psalm 38:4


“My soul
Is OVERWHELMED with sorrow
To the
Point of death


Stay here
And keep watch with me” Matthew 26:38


“People were OVERWHELMED
With amazement=
'He has done
Everything well


He even makes the deaf hear
And the mute speak'” Mark 7:37


When we CHOOSE FEAR
Over love
We are


FOCUSING on the chaos-
Focusing on the situation-
The circumstance-
And impending doom


We are focusing
On everything
That could GO WRONG


CHOOSING LOVE OVER FEAR!


When we choose fear=
We are OVERWHELMED=
We are increasing
Our anxiety-our misery-
And our suffering


But WHEN we chose LOVE-
We are FOCUSING ON GOD=
We are focusing
On GOD'S POWER
And his ability
To HANDLE any situation


CHOOSE LOVE!


“I LOVE you Lord
My strength” Psalm 18:1


“Hatred stirs up conflict
BUT LOVE
COVERS all wrongs” Proverbs 10:12


“But if anyone
Obeys his word


LOVE for God
Is truly
Made complete for him” 1 John 2:5


When we CHOOSE LOVE-
We have the peace
That TRANSCENDS UNDERSTANDING


We choose the POSSIBILITY
For a MIRACLE
In our lives


CHOOSE LOVE in your life=
And ALL THINGS are possible


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
12-27-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong

BE AN EXAMPLE!

BE AN EXAMPLE!


As we have PASSED CHRISTMAS
And are approaching the
NEW YEAR


I challenge each of us
To be
A BETTER PERSON in 2020=
And to LIVE your FAITH


And be a CHRISTIAN EXAMPLE=
Like Christ in 2020


“........what we have
Seen and heard
We PROCLAIM
Now to you........” 1 John 1:3


This passage
CAUSES us to ask
A question


HOW did we RECEIVE
Our faith?
How did we DEVELOP
Our faith?


My mom and dad
Were BOTH CATHOLIC=
And I grew up
NATURALLY to it


As I got older-
I tried to REACH OUT
To people of all
CHRISTIAN FAITHS


To reach out to
ALL PEOPLE of all religions
And love them


That is the SECOND COMMANDMENT
“To love our neighbor
AS OURSELVES”=
Reach out to everyone
LOVE EVERYONE!


It doesn't say any
Particular religion=JUST LOVE BABY!


LIVE BY EXAMPLE!
Develop your faith-
LIVE by the law of LOVE


Be an example! OF LOVE


“I have set you
AN EXAMPLE
That you should


Do as I
Have done for you” John 13:15


“FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE
As I follow-
The EXAMPLE of Christ” 1 Corinthians 11:1


“To this
You were called


Because Christ suffered
For you
Leaving you an EXAMPLE


That you should follow
In his steps” 1 Peter 2:21


I followed the EXAMPLE
Of my parents=that they set for me=
And some of my grandparents too


But especially the EXAMPLE
Of Christ=and the EVERY DAY APOSTLES


BE AN EXAMPLE!
For God and Christ
In this world=
Be an example of LOVE-
LIVE your faith


And so-HOW do we
Live our faith
“Be glad........and
Give thanks” Psalm 97:12


Live JOY filled lives
Live with GRATITUDE
And HAVE FAITH!


“Have FAITH
In the Lord
Your God
And you will be upheld


HAVE FAITH
In the prophets
And you will be SUCCESSFUL” 2 Chronicles 20:20


Dear Lord=help us to BE
A SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE
Of love in 2020


By living lives of JOY, of
Gratitude, and OF FAITH


Help us to be TRUE EXAMPLES
Of Christian living
Day in and day out


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our FOREVER LIVING-LOVING Father


Robert P. Wallman
12-26-19




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

JOHN=THE BELOVED DISCIPLE

JOHN---THE BELOVED DISCIPLE ( from thunder to love )




After Jesus
Called Peter and Andrew
He continued
To walk beside the Sea of Galilee


He saw another set of brothers
James and John---the sons of Zebedee
They were with their Father
When Jesus called them
And they immediately left their boat
And their Father
And followed Jesus


John is one of the 3 Apostles
Considered to be the closest to Jesus
He is the author
Of the 4^th Gospel
Three letters
And though disputed
The final book of Revelation


John was present---along with Peter and James
At the Transfiguration
And again---in the Agony of the Garden


We must remember
That John---along with the other Apostles
Had that same selfish sinful spirit
That we ALL have


John and his brother James
Once went to Jesus and asked,
“Teacher, we want you to do for us
Whatever we ask” Mark 10:35


“What do you want me to do for you,”
Jesus asks Mark 10:36


They said,
“Let one of us
Sit at your right hand
And the other at your left
In your glory” Mark 10:37


I can just picture Jesus
Rolling his eyes---looking up at the sky
And saying---“Father
This is what you give me to work with”


I know
That is what I would have done


They just didn’t get it
Until after the Resurrection
As we often
Still don’t get it today


But John did eventually---GET IT
As I am sure you and I will get it---someday


As Jesus hung there dying on the cross
He looked down
To see his precious Mother---standing beside John


“Dear woman,” he said, “here is your son”
And to John he said,
“Here is your Mother” John 19:26 & 27


From that point on
John took care of Jesus’ Mother, Mary
As if she was his very own


HOW GREAT IS THAT


In his Gospel
John teaches us
That Jesus IS the Son of God


He teaches us
That we are not only to love God
But to love one another as our neighbor


And in the letters of John
He teaches us
That God is LIFE
That God is LIGHT
And that God is LOVE


He teaches us
That true love
Will manifest itself in actions---NOT just words


He teaches us
That PERFECT LOVE drives out fear
And that the love that God has for us
Is CERTAIN and UNCONDITIONAL


And in Revelation
On the island of Patmos
John teaches us
About the ULTIMATE TRIUMPH
Of GOOD over evil


John once said,
“It is the Word of the Lord
And if you KEEP it
You do enough”


So we know
That if we TOTALLY love God
And if we TOTALLY love one another


We are like John---the Beloved Disciple
And we too---are Disciples


THE DISCIPLES WHOM JESUS LOVES


Robert P. Wallman
12-18=11


Ps John’s feast day is today---December 27^th
And there are many many other great Saints named John---including
---but NOT limited to


John the Baptist
John of God---patron of hospitals and the sick
John of the Cross---poet and mystic---Doctor of the
Church---and co-founder of the Discalced Carmelite
Order


rpw


12-27-14and 12-27-19

STEPHEN=THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR

STEPHEN—THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR




Do you know
Who the first
Christian martyr was


His name was Stephen


In those days
Some of the Jewish women
Were being overlooked
In the distribution of the food


The apostles gathered
And chose seven men
To oversee the food distribution


One of those men
Was Stephen


Stephen was a man
Full of God’s grace and spirit
And performed many miraculous signs


Some opposition
Arose to Stephen
But since
They couldn’t fairly battle Stephen
Because of his wisdom and spirit
They persuaded some men to lie
And say—Stephen was blaspheming
About God and Moses


Stephen then testified
To the whole Sanhedrin
About the Lord’s covenant through people
Like Abraham and Moses


Stephen said to the Sanhedrin,


“You always resist the Holy Spirit”
And about Christ,


“Was there ever a prophet
Your fathers did not persecute
They even killed those
Who predicted the coming
Of the Righteous One


And now you have
Betrayed and murdered him
-You have received the law
That was put into effect through angels
But have NOT obeyed it” Acts 7:52 & 53


The religious community
Became furious at him
And gnashed their teeth at him


But Stephen remained full of the Holy Spirit
And said,


“Look I see heaven open
And the Son of Man
Standing at the right hand of God” Acts 7:56


At this
They began yelling at him-rushed him
And began stoning him


Stephen prayed,


“Lord Jesus-receive my spirit
Lord-do NOT hold this sin
Against them” Acts 7:59-60


At this-he died


Dear Lord-we pray
That when people lie about us
And betray us
During the ordinary course of our lives


That we have
The FAITH of Saint Stephen
And clutch even tighter to you
And have the courage
To live that faith
Just as your humble servant-Saint Stephen


In Jesus ‘name-we pray


Robert P. Wallman
5-16-12




MISC. WITNESS 6-19-14

NEEDING TO HEAR

NEEDING TO HEAR


Sometimes=there are things
In life=
That we don't
Necessarily want to HEAR


But we NEED TO HEAR
Nonetheless=for our
VERY OWN GOOD


That is the case today=
As we CELEBRATE
The martyrdom
Of the FIRST
CHRISTIAN MARTYR=Saint Stephen


“But they cried out
In a loud voice


COVERED their ears
And rushed upon him together” Acts 7:57-58


That was the CASE
For today of our
GREAT SAINT Stephen


He was PREACHING a
JOYFUL reality of Christ
To the people


IF they would only
TURN away from their sins


That is AS TRUE today
For us=and our FOLLOWERS
Of Christ


As it was 2,000
Years ago
NEEDING TO HEAR


“........if my people
Who are called
By my name
Will humble themselves


And pray
And seek
And seek my face
And turn
From their wicked ways


Then I WILL HEAR
From heaven
And I will forgive
Their sin” 2 Chronicles 7:14


“In that day
The deaf will HEAR
The words
Of the scroll” Isaiah 29:18


“Whoever has ears
LET THEM HEAR” Matthew 11:15


The people did
NOT WANT to hear
The words of Saint Stephen


So they made him
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR


What teachings do we
NEED TO HEAR
From our CHRURCH
In today's world?


Are we STILL FIGHTING
Against the TEACHINGS of Christ
From 2,000 years earlier?


MAYBE=there is something
In the BIBLE
That we still
NEED to take to heart


That you need to heart
AND APPLY to your life
In today's world


“Pay attention
And turn your ear
To the sayings
Of the wise


APPLY your heart
To what I teach” Proverbs 22:17


“APPLY YOUR HEART
To instruction
And your ears
To words of knowledge” Proverbs 23:12


And so today-
As we celebrate
THE LIFE of saint Stephen


Let us keep our minds
And our HEARTS OPEN=
About what we NEED TO HEAR


From the CHURCH=
And from the bible=
And from others


In the names of Jesus=and our FORVER TEACHING FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
12-25-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terence Hegarty

BORN TO GIVE US NEW LIFE

BORN TO GIVE US NEW LIFE


Today we CELEBRATE
The COMING of the Lord=
The NEW LIFE
That he brought
To us all


“When they saw this
They made known
The MESSAGE


That had been told them
ABOUT THIS CHILD” Luke 2:17


The NATIVITY STORY
Has been told countless times


In book=on stage=and in film
But we CANNOT tell
The story ENOUGH


We cannot over emphasize
The DIFFERENCE
This one little baby
Has made
In ALL of our lives


NEW LIFE for us all=
We are made new
In Jesus=we are LIVING
In a brand new world


Born to give us
A BRAND NEW LIFE


“I will sing to
The LORD
All my LIFE


I will SING PRAISE
To my God
As long as I live” Psalm 104:33


“For those who
Find me=
FIND LIFE


And receive favor
From the Lord” Proverbs 8:35


“In him was LIFE
And that LIFE
Was the light
Of all mankind” John 1:4


So THIS CHRISTMAS
As you celebrate
Your new life


With FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Think about what
The GIVING of one life
Did for you


It is the
GREATEST GIFT ever given
This giving of a SINGLE LIFE


So THANK GOD=
Thank Jesus for this gift
Of your brand new life


This gift of a NEW LIFE
Has CHANGED the world=
Has changed you and me=FOREVER


“If I were hungry
I would not tell you


For this WOLD
Is mine
And all
That is in it” Psalm 50:12


“........that God
Was righting the WORLD
To himself in Christ


Not counting people's sin
Against them” 2 Corinthians 5:19


So today ON CHRISTMAS=
I celebrate this ONE LIFE
As you do


And I celebrate all of
YOUR LIVES=for together
We MAKE A DIFFERENCE


In the name of the FOREVER LIVING Jesus=and his LIFE GIVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
12-24-19




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

CHOOSE LIGHT!

CHOOSE LIGHT!


We live in a
DARK dark world


Where there is violence=
And where=there are
Things GOING WRONG
All the time


But IF we keep
Our hearts OPEN=
We can FIND LIGHT
In the PROMISE
Of Christ


We ultimately
Can CHOOSE
To LIVE WITH HOPE


“In the tender
COMPASSION of our Lord


The dawn
From on high
Shall break upon us


To SHINE on those
Who dwell in darkness
And the shadow
Of death


And to GUIDE
OUR FEET
Into the way
Of peace” Luke 1:78-79


IF we live with HOPE
We can INSPIRE OTHERS


And others=living in hope
Can inspire us
If they are CHOOSING THE LIGHT too


Our lives IMPACT OTHERS
In ways we can never predict
And might
NEVER BE AWARE OF


CHOOSE LIGHT!
Choose the light of GOD=
In what can be
A dark dark world


“Many Lord are asking=
'Who will
Bring us prosperity?'


Let the LIGHT
Of your face
SHINE ON US” Psalm 4:6


“Come descendants
Of Jacob


Let us walk
In the LIGHT
Of the Lord” Isaiah 2:5


“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


This Christmas Eve
And CHRISTMAS
Let us CHOOSE LIGHT!


And let us
CARRY that light
For all of the year
IN 2020


Let us EMBRACE
The CHILD OF LIGHT
In this messy messy world


“But if
SERVING the Lord


Seems undesirable to you
Then CHOOSE for yourselves
This day


Whom YOU WILL SERVE........” Joshua 24:15


CHOOSE LIGHT!


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
My dear friends=let GOD'S LIGHT
FOLLOW YOU!


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER GLOWING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
12-23-19




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

CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE WALLMANS!

DECEMBER 24, 2012




CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE WALLMANS




From the time we lived at Massachusetts Avenue (1-31-63 to 11-30-98)
We always had the greatest Christmas Eves
Thanks to my mother and father


As a young boy-my two sisters and I-would be surprised
When the elves came
The elves would always bring us pajamas and slippers


My dad would sometimes be cussing
I didn’t know what it was about at the time-but as I got older
I came to understand that he was usually trying to put something
Together ( ie. a bike for my sisters or me )


Often times-we would go to midnight Mass
Except my father-who would sneak off to bed
Even when we had a houseful


And that is what I remember most, the “HOUSEFULS”
We always had an Open House on Christmas Eve


My friends-my sisters’ friends-and even some of my father’s and mother’s friends
Would show up-down through the years
Sometimes-some of our relatives would be there too
If they were just looking to have some fun


It would usually start with Rick and Patty coming after 6:00or 7:00 pm Mass
And as they got older-they would show up with their children-Samantha and Tim
They even came one year less than a week after Timmy was born


Also showing up were Rich and Betty Ann (when they were still married)
And their beautiful daughter Bridget
And Ed and Debbie and their daughter-Samantha
Ray and Arlene and their family
And many other family and friends


Most of it-was just clean fun
But we did have our own version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
And “Pup” singing C is for the Christ child
I will always remember Pup
He died in 1979 in a motorcycle accident
He always carried a “magnum” gun with him everywhere he went
When he came into our house on Christmas Eve
He would take them out and give them to me at the door


And after my cousin, Donny, got divorced
We had our own version of “Same Time-Nest Year”
With him and Rooster


What wonderful memories I have of “CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE WALLMANS”


And when we moved in 1998-my mother wrote the following poem




As we turn out the lights and
Lock the door of this old house
Not a creature is stirring
Not even the proverbial mouse.


Hush! Quiet and silence. Can you believe!!!
Any day of the year, but Christmas Eve!!!


Now we REALLY KNOW it’s time to go
But before we do, we want you to know


Through the love and the joy, the laughter & tears
That you have imparted, you have enriched
Our lives all these past 36 years.


If these walls could talk, what tales they would tell
No need, however, we remember them well.


For caring and sharing and just being there
Our love, thanks and warmest wishes for a
Happy New Year.


The Wallman
Christmas 1998


Robert P. Wallman
7-09-07


Ps “For God so loved the world that he gave his ONE AND ONLY SON
That whoever believes in him shall NOT PERISH but have eternal life”
John 3:16


12-25-15

GOD'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWS US

GOD'S GUIDANCE FOLLOWS US


The TEACHINGS of God
Are lifetime teachings=
What we learn
As a child


FOLLOWS US throughout
Our life=
And our GROWING
In these teachings
Follows us


“GUIDE me
In your truth


And TEACH ME
For you are God-
My SAVIOR” Psalm 25:5


Can you REMEMBER
What you learned
When you were a child?


Can you see how
Those TEACHINGS
Opened you up
And deepened in you
As you grew older?


GOD'S GUIDANCE follows us
All the days
Of our lives


HELPING us to be
MORE AWARE
Of everything around us


How does this happen?
It happens because of
God's leadership and
GUIDANCE within us


“For this God
Is our God
For ever and ever


He will be
OUR GUIDE
Even to the end” Psalm 48:14


“When you walk
They will GUIDE YOU
When you sleep


They will
Watch over you
When you awake


They will speak to you” Proverbs 6:22


“But when he
The Spirit of truth=comes


He will GUIDE YOU
Into all the truth” John 16:13


In QUIET PRAYER
We receive
The intuitions of God


God's GUIDANCE shows us
We are loved=
And that
We have the ability
To SHARE THAT LOVE


Reading the BIBLE
Is another SOURCE
Of God's daily inspiration=
It is God's daily guidance


CONVERSATIONS with others
Help us move along
In life=and help others
MOVE ALONG


If we are OPEN to God=
He certainly INSPIRES US
He instructs us=
In all sorts of ways


“I will INSTRUCT YOU
And teach you


In the way
You should go=
I will counsel you


With my loving eye
On you” Psalm 32:8


If we KEEP
Our hearts open=
GOD'S GUIDANCE
Will come to us


God's GUIDANCE
WILL FOLLOW US
All the days
Of our lives


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LEADING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
12-22-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.

YOUR CHRISTMAS SEASON

“Your Christmas Season”

It’s another Christmas Season

And I wonder what’s in people’s hearts

I see people rushing everywhere

They’re moving in such a hurry

I wonder if they remember what Christmas is all about

Perhaps, it could even be tearing them apart

But this poem is not to admonish anyone

It’s merely to help me to regain my perspective

To see my responsibilities, and also enjoy the fun

I’m so thankful

There’s so much fun in just being alive

On Christmas day I’m not trying to accomplish anything

I’m not trying to strive

I’m not living in the world’s competition

I’m just relaxing and enjoying myself

I’m surrounding myself with family and friends

And if I receive their presence

My Christmas will be beyond description

Sometimes I wonder if we haven’t lost the meaning of Christmas

Are we only concerned with our number of presents

Or if the present we got cost as much as what we spent

Maybe, we’re comparing our decorations to that of our neighbor

Is our Christmas wreath as pretty as the one next door

What you do and believe is what’s at the core

Of the Christmas season

In my Christmas, I want a blend

Of loving and sharing with my Family and friends

And for the one’s who are far away

The greetings we receive and the greeting we send

A nice glass of red wine

And a home-cooked meal

The opportunity to sit down and dine

And relax once more

What do you want in your Christmas season

Whatever it is

I hope it is in the true spirit of Christmas

And I hope it comes your way

12/14/1980        Robert  P.  Wallman

Today is also the feast of Saint Nicholas. The idea of Santa Claus is widely believed

To be attributed to him.  He had a great love of children.  Legend has it that he once

Saved 3 young girls from prostitution by giving them their marriage dowries.

12-24-2015

GROWING AND CHANGING

CHANGING AND GROWING
I went through a time
In college
Where I
QUESTIONED MY FAITH
I QUIT practicing my
CHRISTIAN religion=but it really
Was a time
Of GROWING AND CHANGING
For me
"O God
You taught me
From my YOUTH
And till the present=
I proclaim
Your wondrous deeds"                                                                                                         Psalm 71:17
Looking back-
NOW I see
That the SPIRIT=
Christ's own spirit=
The HOLY SPIRIT
Really was guiding me
THROUGHOUT that period
Of my life
I was CHANGING AND GROWING-
Growing into the FAITH
That would last me
Through my life FOREVER
I had to
SEARCH for the answers=
I had to change
And GROW INTO GOD
CHANGING=GROWING IN GOD!
"And Jesus
GREW in wisdom
And stature
And in FAVOR
With God and man"                                                                                                              Luke 2:52
"So the chuches
Were strengthened
In the faith
And GREW daily
In numbers"                                                                                                                                  Acts 16:5
"But GROW in the grace
And knowledge of
Our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ
To him be glory
BOTH now and forever"                                                                                                           2 Peter 3:18
I RETURNED to God
I returned to faith=
But I learned
An important lesson
NEVER ASSUME you know
What is going on
in the heart
Of another human being
Their heart
May need to CHANGE AND GROW
Just like mine did=
MAYBE like yours did too
This Advent=we are
WAITING for the Lord
To come once again
BE PATIENT and WAIT=
Grow and change-
If you have to=
Our Lord Jesus Christ is COMING
"A person's wisdom
Yields PATIENCE
It is to one's glory
To overlook an offense"                                                                                                     Proverbs 19:11
BE PATIENT this Advent
With yourself=
As you CHANGE AND GROW
And wait for
The COMING OF THE LORD
May we all be
MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE
Like God=this Advent
With others=as they GROW and change-
And with ourselves too
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ever PATIENT=waiting-nurturing FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
12-18-19

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH by Terri Mifek

REMAINING OPEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD

REMAINING OPEN TO THE VOICE OF GOD


Are you a DREAMER?
Do you have dreams
WHEN you sleep?
Do you REMEMBER
What you dreamed about?


“Such was his intention........” Matthew 1:20


Today we read about
Our great SAINT JOSEPH again


He was a RIGHTEOUS MAN
Who was
In the MIDDLE of a dilemma


He wanted to do RIGHT
By Mary-
Yet uphold=
The SPIRIT OF THE LAW


He was struggling
With the SCANDALOUS NEWS
Of Mary's pregnancy


And his own UNWILLINGNESS
To expose her
To shameful consequences


Remaining OPEN
To the VOICE OF GOD


“For he is
Our God=
And we are
The people
Of his pasture


The flock
Under his care


Today=if only you
Would hear
His VOICE.......” Psalm 95:7


“Whether you turn
To the right
Or to the left


Your ears will hear
A VOICE
Behind you saying=


'This is the way
WALK IN IT'” Isaiah 30:21


“So=as the
Holy Spirit says=


'Today=if you hear
His VOICE=
Do NOT harden
Your hearts'” Hebrews 3:7


Joseph LISTENED for
The VOICE OF GOD=he was
Remaining OPEN to it=
So should we


Joseph prayed=and FINALLY
Made a decision=to
Quietly DIVORCE MARY


But hen he received
NEW information IN A DREAM=
And took Mary
As his wife
And RAISED Jesus
As his own


He REMAINED OPEN
To the message=
He remained open
To the=VOICE OF GOD


“Consequently=faith comes
From hearing the MESSAGE


And the MESSAGE
Is heard
Through the WORD
About CHRIST” Romans 10:17


Today we PRAY to our Lord
And to the GREAT Saint Joseph
The Father of FAMILIES


PLEASE be with us
In our decision making
And HELP GUIDE US
In the way forward


As we REMAIN OPEN
To the VOICE OF GOD


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
12-19-19




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

RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH!

RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH
Saint Joseph is the BLESSED FATHER
Of us all=
How GRATEFUL I am=
How grateful we all
Should be
For Joseph STANDING BY
Mary and Jesus=in their
TIMES OF NEED
"Joseph=son of David
Do not be afraid
To take Mary-
Your wife=
Into your home"                                                                                                                Matthew 1:20
UNLIKE going to the Aventura mall
Or any other mall
Advent is BEST DONE
PREPARING for the way
Of Jesus==
Preparing for JESUS' ARRIVAL
But even the CHURCH
Has trouble WAITING=it is
TIME=to get ready
For the COMING OF Jesus
It is time
To RESPECT SAINT Joseph
And his GUIDANCE of
Mary and Jesus
"........So that your daily life
May win the RESPECT
Of outsiders
And so that you
Will not be dependent
On anyone"                                                                                                                              1 Thessalonians 4:12
"He must manage
His own family
And see that his children
Obey him-
And he must do so
In a manner worthy
OF FULL RESPECT"                                                                                                                  1 Timothy 3:4
"Show PROPER RESPECT
To everyone
Love the family
Of believers=
Fear God-
Honor the emperor"                                                                                                                      1 Peter 2:17
Saint Joseph
Was a GREAT MAN=
The FATHER of us all
He respected everyone
He was a man
For his times=
He was a man
FOR OUR TIMES TOO
When so many Fathers
FAIL to step up=
JOSEPH always stepped up
RESPECTING SAINT JOSEPH!
HIS LOVE for Mary
SAVED her life=and Jesus'
And saves our LIVES TOO
"It is I=proclaiming victory=
Mighty to SAVE"                                                                                                                          Isaiah 63:1
The ANGEL who visited Joseph
Probably SANG to
THE HOLY FAMILY
Joseph is the IDEAL
FAMILY MAN=
Stepping up FOR HIS FAMILY
Jesus never mentions
His Father Joseph
But he does give us
THE FIRST BEATITUDE
"BLESSED are the poor
In spirit=
For theirs is
The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"                                                                                            Matthew 5:3
We PRAY to our FATHER
In heaven today=to thank him
For the HUMILITY of Saint Joseph
And to STEP UP
As all Fathers should
RESPECTING Saint Jospeh this ADVENT
And CHRISTMAS!
In Jesus' name=and in the name of our HOLY FAMILY=led by our Saint Jospeph=
And in the name of our all glorious=LOVING FATHER GOD
Robert P. Wallman
12-18-19

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

RENEWING YOUR LOVE WITH GOD THIS CHRISTMAS

RENEWING YOUR LOVE WITH GOD=
THIS CHRISTMAS


Life happens=Things happen
In our lives=and we move AWAY
From God


This Advent=This CHRISTMAS
We PRAY=that it becomes
A time for RENEWAL


A time for RENEWING
Our love with God


“He will rejoice
Over you with gladness
And RENEW YOU
In his love


He will sing joyfully
Because of you
As one sings
At festivals” Zephaniah 3:17-18


Doesn't the prophet Zephaniah
Hit the nail RIGHT
On the head


With this wondrous piece
OF AFFIRMATION?


He tells us=that
This Christmas=
GOD IS RENEWING
His love with us


That this Advent=should be
A time of HOPE
For us=a time of renewal
OF LOVE


God is=
Christ is=RESTORING us to
Him=this Christmas=
God is being
RESTORED IN YOU


“Create in me
A pure heart=O God


And RENEW a steadfast spirit
Within me” Psalm 51:10


“But those
Who HOPE in the Lord
Will RENEW their strength” Isaiah 40:31


“Therefore we do NOT
Lose heart


Though outwardly
We are wasting away=
Yet inwardly
We are being RENEWED


Day be day” 2 Corinthians 4:16


This Christmas=this Advent
God is TOUCHING us
All over again


Like it was the very
First time
He ever touched OUR HEART


Have you fallen AWAY
From God?=Don't worry
His love keeps FOLLOWING YOU


He keeps REACHING OUT to you
To touch you once again=
To RENEW your heart
THIS CHRISTMAS


“........who satisfies your desires
With good things
So that your youth


Is RENEWED
Like the eagle's” Psalm 103:5


“Do not conform
To the pattern
Of this world


But be transformed
By the RENEWING
Of your mind” Romans 12:2


Our God is the
GREAT RESTORER=
He renews all things


In these final days
Of ADVENT=let us get READY
For Christmas


JOIN in the GREAT CELEBRATION=
BE RENEWED!


HAPPY ADVENT!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!


I LOVE YOU!=in the name of our LORD JESUS


Robert P. Wallman
12-20-19




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

NOT WHO WE ARE

NOT WHO WE ARE
The men and women of this WORLD
Have been DEFINED by sin=
Since the
Beginning of TIME
But it is
IMPORTANT to remember
That that is NOT
WHO WE ARE
We are BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Of our Lord Jesus Christ=
And CHILDREN of the Father
We are defined BY
GOD'S LOVE FOR US
"REMEMBER that your compassion=
O Lord
And your kindness
Are from of old
........in your KINDNESS
Remember me
Because of your goodness=
O LORD"                                                                                                                                 Psalm 25:6, 7
Extravagant overflowing LOVE
For us=that is what
The FATHER
Has for us=That is
What Jesus has for us
He is a KIND=
LOVING GOD
God's love for us
Is like the love
From from the Father=
For his PRIDIGAL SON
In Luke chapter 15=of Saint Luke's GOSPEL
We are DEFINED NOT by sin
But by God's
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for us=
That love that is EVERLASTING
"Before the mountains
Were born=
Or you brought forth
The whole world
From EVERLASTING to EVERLASTING
You are God"                                                                                                                           Psalm 90:2
"In a surge
Of anger=
I hid my face from you
For a moment
But with EVERLASTING KINDNESS
I will have compassion
On you
Says the Lord
YOUR REDEEMER"                                                                                                             Isaiah 54:8
NOT by sin are
We defined=but by
GOD'S EVERLASTING LOVE
For us
WHEN we return to God-
When we are contrite=
When we WALK in
GOD'S TRUTH
God rejoices for us
And embraces us
WITH A HUG
Our past sins NEVER
Stand in the way=
Of God's all UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
For us
"LOVE is patient-
Love is kind=
It does not envy
It does not boast=
It is not proud
........
LOVE always protects-
Always trusts-
Always hopes-
Always PERSEVERES
LOVE NEVER FAILS"                                                                                                     1 Corinthians 13:4-8
We are NOT DEFINED
By sin
We are not defined
BY OUR BROKENNESS
We are GOD'S LOVE for us
We are psalm 25
We are the PRODIGAL SONS
AND DAUGHTERS
RETURNING to our Father God
Jesus says=God the FATHER says=
You are NOT SIN
You are DEFINED BY MY LOVE
FOR YOU=Come and FOLLOW ME
In the names of Jesus=and our ALL LOVING=EVERLASTING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
12-16-19

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

COME JESUS COME!

SORRY ABOUT no poems this week=WHEN I got back from Virginia on MONDAY NIGHT=
I had NO television, internet, or home phone UNTIL TONIGHT=
MISSED YOU=LOVE YOU ALL!

COME JESUS COME!
Advent can be
A time of SPIRITUAL RENEWAL
For us
The last five days
BEFORE Christmas can be
Challenging and frantic
For all of us
CONE JESUS COME!=
O dear Lord JESUS-
Please come into our hearts
"Therefore the Lord himself
Will give you
This sign=
The virgin shall CONCEIVE
And bear a son
And shall name him
EMMANUEL"                                                                                                                                 Isaiah 7:14
There are all kinds
Of things for us
To do=in these days
Preceeding Christmas
Gifts to buy-
Parties to attend-
Food to prepare
And FINALIZING our Christmas plans
So much to do=we can get
Mixed up
About what is REALLY IMPORTANT
The coming of Jesus
Into our hearts=
COME JESUS COME!
PREPARE for Jesus
To come and LIVE
In our hearts=AT CHRISTMAS
And all year through
"YOU PREPARE
A table before me
In the presence
Of my enemies
You anoint my head
With oil
My cup overflows"                                                                                                                Psalm 23:5
"And if I go
And PREPARE a place
For you
I will come back
And take you
With me
That you also
May BE where I am"                                                                                                         John 14:3
Prepare for the COMING
Of Jesus=Each day
Take a few minutes=to prepare ROOM
In your heart=PRAY for him
For the coming of Jesus
INTO OUR HEARTS
RECONCILE your heart
This Advent=for the coming
Of Jesus
COME=O Jesus come!=
Come and LIVE in our hearts
This Christmas
And STAY in our hearts
ALL YEAR LONG
"Let me LIVE
That I may praise you
And may your laws
Sustain me"                                                                                                                        Psalm 119:175
Try to make ADVENT=
SPECIAL in your life
Special in your heart
This Christmas season
And make the
LAST few days of ADVENT
More than just a race
To the finish line
COME JESUS COME!
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our FOREVER =GRATEFUL LIVING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
12-16-19

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick

THE DISPLAY OF FAITH

THE DISPLAY OF FAITH
LIFE is a difficult thing=
But our FAITH can
Make such a difference
IN OUR LIVES
It has in mine and
I FIRMLY BELIEVE
That that is WHY
I am alive today
Why I have LIVED
ALL these years=
My promise=
"To live for my FAMILY=
My friends=
And all people everywhere"
Did you ever notice
How the apostles
Try to SHOO the people
AWAY=who are calling out
To Jesus
TODAY we read about a
POOR WOMAN=trying to
Calling out for help
For her daughter
"She said='please Lord
For even the dogs
Eat the scraps
That fall from
The table
Of their masters'"                                                                                                                    Matthew 15:27
This lady is DESPERATE-
She will take anything
Jesus will provide
FINALLY=Jesus is moved
By the woman's FAITH
And says=
"Woman-you have GREAT FAITH-
Your request is granted"                                                                                                           Matthew 15:28
And the daughter is HEALED
At that precise moment
Jesus wants us to UNDERSTAND
That the ESSENCE
Of this miracle
Isn't the miracle itself
But the DISPLAY OF FAITH
By the mother
THE DISPLAY OF FAITH!
"If you do not
Stand firm
In your FAITH
You will NOT
Stand at all"                                                                                                                                   Jeremiah 7:9
"He replied=
'Because you have
So little FAITH
Truly I tell you-
If you have FAITH
As small
As a mustard seed
You can say to
This mountain'
'Move from here
To there
And it will move=
NOTHING=will be
IMPOSSIBLE to you'"                                                                                                                Matthew 17:20-21
"Therefore=since
We have been justified
Through FAITH
WE have
Peace with God
Through our Lord Jesus Christ
Through whom we have gained
Access by FAITH
Into this grace
In which we now stand"                                                                                                           Romans 5:1
My dear friends
Jesus NEVER worked a miracle
Without first
The DISPLAY OF FAITH
It is TRUE in this story
And it is true
In my VERY OWN LIFE
Whatever you are FIGHTING
In your life=keep on fighting
DON'T GIVE UP
And keep on showing
That DISPLAY OF FAITH
BELIEVING in Jesus=and believing
IN OUR SUPREME FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
8-6-19

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick

DISCERNING OUR GOD!

DISCERNING OUR GOD!
We live complicated lives
Where our choices
ARE MANY
HOW do we know which way
Is right?
How do we know which way
IS GOOD?
Which way
Is the RIGHT WAY?
"In those days
Like a fire-
There appeared
The prophet Elijah
Whose words
Were a FLAMING FURNACE"                                                                                                        Sirach 48:1
The TRUTH is-we can't
Always be sure=IF
We are going
In the right direction
Sometimes we just
Have to PRAY
About a certain situation
WEIGH the pros and cons
And choose a DIRECTION
And move that way
DISCERNING OUR GOD!
"But who can DISCERN
Their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults"                                                                                                         Psalm 19:12
"You DISCERN
My going out
And my lying down
You are familiar
With all my ways"                                                                                                                      Psalm 139:3
"And this is my prayer=
That your love
May abound more
And more
In knowledge and depth
Of insight
So that you may be able
TO DISCERN
What is best
And may be pure and blameless
For the day of Christ"                                                                                                                Philippians 1:9-10
And then there
Are those times=
When we feel
Like the HOLY SPIRIT
Is speaking
DIRECTLY to us
Our hearts are BURNING
With the prophetic words
The SPIRIT
Lays on our hearts
The SPIRIT OF GOD
Lays his words on our hearts
On EXACTLY
Which way to go
"Commit your WAY
To the LORD=
Trust in him=and
He will do this"                                                                                                                 Psalm 37:5
"Start your children off
On the WAY
They should go
And even when
They are old
They will not
TURN from it"                                                                                                                    Proverbs 22:6
PAY ATTENTION
To the word-
Of the Lord=
PRAY about his words
TURN these words
Over in your heart
And he will GUIDE YOU-
In the RIGHT WAY
To go
DISCERNING OUR GOD!=
Discerning the diredtion
Of the Lord
Lord=help us RECOGNIZE
The words you speak to
OUR HEART
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER DISCERNING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
12-14-19

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

A DESIRE TO BE WHOLE AGAIN

A DESIRE TO BE WHOLE AGAIN
Many of us have
Been ILL during
Our life
Many of us deal
With a CHRONIC ILLNESS
Of some type or
Chronic limitations
In our life-
We desire to be
WHOLE AGAIN
"Jesus said to him=
'Rise=take up your mat=
And walk'"                                                                                                                                                      John 5:8
Today we read about
A man
Lying by the pool
At Bethesda
This man has lived
With a CRIPPLED BODY
For 38 years-
Yet Jesus asks him
"DO you want to be well?"                                                                                                                    John 5:6
I have been dealing with
A CHRONIC ILLNESS
For 42 years
IF I were this man-
I would scream out=
"YOU BET I DO"
Yes I have a DESIRE
To be WHOLE AGAIN
I have a desire
To be well again
Jesus saw into the man's heart
Jesus SEES into our hearts-
He recognizes our DESIRE
For WHOLENESS
He knows we all
Want to be WELL AGAIN
"For they are life
To those who find them
And health
To one's WHOLE BODY"                                                                                                                   Proverbs 4:22
"Why should you be
Beaten anymore?
Why do you
Persist in rebellion?
Your WHOLE head
Is injured=
Your WHOLE heart afflicted"                                                                                                           Isaiah 1:5
"May God himself
The God of peace
Sanctify you
Through and through
May your WHOLE SPIRIT=
Sole and body
Be kept blameless                  
At the COMING of
OUR Lord Jesus Christ"                                                                                                        1 Thessalonians 5:23
Jesus HEALED this man's
Crippled body=
Jesus set into motion-
A kind of resurrection
For this man
A journey of HOPE
And HEALING=sometimes I wish
He would do the same
For you and me
For we all have
The desire to be
WHOLE AGAIN
"You Lord=
Hear the DESIRE
Of the afflicted
You encourage them
And you listen
To their cry"                                                                                                                                     Psalm 10:17
"What the wicked dread
Will overtake them
What the righteous DESIRE
Will be granted"                                                                                                                              Proverbs 10:24
I was GIVEN THE MIRACLE
Of a second chance at life
And though I have NEVER-
Been granted WHOLE HEALTH=
I have been ENCOURAGED
By God and others
And I live in communion
With the FAMILY OF GOD
And the FAMILY of others
Feeling WHOLE ONCE AGAIN=
I hope that you
Feel it too
In Jesus' name and in the name=of our=MIRACLE WORKING FATHER
Robert P. Wallman
3-31-19

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

HAVING THE HEART OF GOD

HAVING THE HEART OF GOD
Our GOD is a loving
And compassionate God=he has
A HEART for evryone
He WANTS all the people
In this world to BELONG
To the KINGDOM OF GOD=
We should want that too
We should have a loving
And COMPASSIONATE HEART=just like
God the Father=and his Son
Jesus Christ
"I-the Lord
Your God
Teach you
What is
For your own GOOD
And lead you
On the way
You should go"                                                                                                                                     Isaiah 48:17
The poet=Emily Dickinson wrote=
"The HEART wants
What it wants"
And this is true
But what we want
For ourselves
Is often
NOT for our own good
We should HAVE A HEART
Like God=we should want
What is BEST for us
How well
Do we KNOW
Our own heart?
How often
Do we want
What is BEST FOR US?
How often do we have
The heart
Of our LOVING & COMPASSIONATE FATHER?
"Take delight in the Lord
And he will give you
The desires
OF YOUR HEART"                                                                                                                   Psalm 37:4
"Light in a messenger's eyes
Brings joy
TO THE HEART
And good news
Gives health
To the bones"                                                                                                                              Proverbs 15:30
"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
Often our urges for ourselves
Are subliminal=
That we kept HIDDEN
Even from ourselves
But if we HAVE
The HEART of our LOVING GOD=
All things become transparent
And become known
Dear Lord=we PRAY
For ourselves today=that
We have a loving heart
That is COMPASSIONATE and LOVING
Just like you=and YOUR SON
We pray that we DON't
Always get ANSWERED PRAYERS=
But we get answers
That are BEST for us
And ALL OF MANKIND
Dear Lord=
Teach us what is GOOD
And what WAY
We should go
"Now that you have
Purified yourselves
By obeying the truth
So that you
Have sincere love
For each other
Love one another
DEEPLY FROM THE HEART"                                                                                                 1 Peter 1:22
Dear Lord=OUR GOD & FATHER
We pray always that
We have
The ONE TRUE HEART OF GOD
In Jesus' name
Robert P. Wallman
12-13-19

Ps        INSSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy