MONEY CAN'T BUY ME LOVE PTII

 

WITNESS

June 1^st, 2013

MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE---PART II

A favorite move of mine

Was a movie called,

“CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”

With a young Patrick Dempsey

It was about

A nerdy high school boy

Paying the most popular girl

In school-to be his girlfriend

So he can become popular

She became

His paid for girlfriend

He becomes popular

And turns into a complete jerk

And she winds up

Despising him

And turns the whole school

Against him

MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE

In life

If we are good-looking

We can buy fame

We can

Even buy sex

But we CAN’T BUY

True love

We can’t buy

True affection

And that

Is what is so great

About our God

We don’t have to

HE MADE US

He loves us

He KNOWS every strength

And every weakness

That we have

He knows

EVERY flaw

In your character

And yet

HE LOVES YOU ANYWAY

Money can’t

BUY ME LOVE

And it

Doesn’t have to

God loves you

FOR WHO YOU ARE

But what do you LOVE MORE

Is it God

Or is it money

“For where your treasure is

There your heart

Will also be” Matthew 6:21

“NO ONE can serve two masters

Either he will hate the one

And love the other

Or he will be devoted

To the one

And despise the other

YOU CANNOT SERVE

BOTH GOD AND MONEY” Matthew 6:24

Where does your treasure lie?

Which master do you serve?

Don’t get me wrong

Having money

Is NOT a sin

We all need money

To live

But the love of money

Putting money above people

Above God-Above family-IS

“For the LOVE OF MONEY

Is a ROOT of all kinds of evil

Some people-eager for money

Have wandered from the faith

And pierced themselves with many griefs” 1 Timothy 6:10

“MONEY CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”

For the record

In the movie-“CAN’T BUY ME LOVE”

The young man

Figures out

What a fool he has been

And the MOST popular girl in school

Actually does FALL IN LOVE with him

Fame and fortune

Can never buy real love

But sincerity-honesty-loyalty-and goodness

Being genuine

Being real

Being kind-CAN

And these things

Are qualities of LOVE

And ALL these things

Are qualities of GOD

“No one has ever seen God

But if we can love one another

God LIVES in us

And his love

Is made COMPLETE in us” 1 John 4:12

GOD IS REAL

SO IS LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

2-25-13

Ps June 1^st, 2013 and 9-30 and 10-1-2020

LIKE FLOWERS

 

OCTOBER 1^st, 2012

LIKE FLOWERS

People are like flowers

For that reason alone

We should shower them

With our love

Flowers differ

In their attractiveness

Some are striking

In their beauty

Like the rose

And the lily

But some are

Just ordinary

Like the violet

But all flowers

Give glory to God

By being what they are

So too with people

Some of us are beautiful

Some of us are brilliant

And some of us

Are just ordinary

Is that any reason

We should love anyone

Any less

Robert P. Wallman

10-14-06

Ps Dedicated to Saint Theresa the Little flower

Today-October 1^st-Is her feast day

“The grass withers and the FLOWERS fall

But the word of God stands forever” Isaiah 40:8

WE ARE HIS FOLLOWERS!

WE ARE HIS FOLLOWERS!

The apostles were HIS FOLLOWERS

In Jesus' day=But we

Are his followers TODAY=

The followers of his word

In this 21^st century

“........someone said to Jesus='I will FOLLOW YOU

Wherever you go'” Luke 9:57

I am CERTAIN we all know

Many followers of Jesus=

That is for SURE

The apostles got to worship

His MIRACLES and enthusiasm=

And the WARMTH of his personality

We get to READ ABOUT=

We get to take it all in

And IMAGINE we were there too=

Right with them=some 2,000 years ago

Jesus asked them as he asks us

To FOLLOW HIM right now=

There is no time

To say=”Let me go home

And check on a few things

And then I will come”

We are his followers too=

And we need to FOLLOW HIM

In love=in charity=

And in forgiveness and peace-

EVERY DAY of our lives

BE one of his followers

And your are in

For a challenging=yet REWARDING JOURNEY

WE ARE HIS FOLLOWERS!

“Moses summoned all Israel

And said=

'Hear-Israel-the decrees and laws-

I declare in your hearing today

Learn them=

And be sure to FOLLOW THEM'” Deuteronomy 5:1

“Surely your goodness and love

WILL FOLLOW ME

All the days

Of your life

And I will dwell

In the house

Of the Lord forever” Psalm 23:6

“Then Jesus said

To his disciples'

'Whoever wants

To be my disciples

Must deny themselves

And take up their cross

And FOLLOW ME'” Matthew 16:24

NO ONE ever said

It was going to be easy=

To BE a FOLLOWER of Christ=

We will have many crosses too=

And we will have many

Difficulties in life=regardless

We are going to GET TIRED

Along the way=face hardships

And our results=our FRUITS=

Will not always be seen=

It is UP to us

To PERSEVERE on the journey

We WILL find rewards

In being a FOLLOWER of

Christ too=though they may be INTERNAL

“For the SON OF MAN

Is going to come

In his FATHER'S GLORY

With his angels

And then he will

REWARD EACH PERSON

According to what they have done” Matthew 16:27

We are THE FOLLOWERS

Of Christ=we are to

ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER=as we

Fearlessly FOLLOW JESUS=in word-

Deed and action

In this world into the NEXT=we are

HIS MODERN DAY FOLLOWERS

In Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

9-29-20

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

 

THE LOST SOUL INSIDE ALL OF US

 

SEPTEMBER 30^th, 2012

THE LOST SOUL Inside All Of Us

Inside each of us

Is a part of us

We don’t

Want to let go

Inside each of us

There is a part of us

We don’t want

Anyone else to know

Inside each of us

There is some part

Of us

That we are ashamed of

That we don’t want

To share with anyone else

That’s ok

As long as

We share it with God

God knows that part of us

That we don’t even

Want to admit to ourselves

God knows

So you may as well

Talk to him about it

God loves you anyway

God loves the good in us

God loves the bad

God loves

The part of you

That you share with the world

And God loves

The part inside of us

That is lost

God loves

The lost soul

Robert P. Wallman

6-24-06

Ps “My people have been LOST sheep

Their shepherds led them astray

And caused them to roam on the mountains

They wandered over mountain and hill

And forgot their own resting place” Jeremiah 50:6

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep

And loses one of them

Does he not leave the ninety-nine

In the open country open

And go after the LOST sheep

Until he finds it” Luke 15:4

THE LOST SOUL INSIDE ALL OF US

 

SEPTEMBER 30^th, 2012

THE LOST SOUL Inside All Of Us

Inside each of us

Is a part of us

We don’t

Want to let go

Inside each of us

There is a part of us

We don’t want

Anyone else to know

Inside each of us

There is some part

Of us

That we are ashamed of

That we don’t want

To share with anyone else

That’s ok

As long as

We share it with God

God knows that part of us

That we don’t even

Want to admit to ourselves

God knows

So you may as well

Talk to him about it

God loves you anyway

God loves the good in us

God loves the bad

God loves

The part of you

That you share with the world

And God loves

The part inside of us

That is lost

God loves

The lost soul

Robert P. Wallman

6-24-06

Ps “My people have been LOST sheep

Their shepherds led them astray

And caused them to roam on the mountains

They wandered over mountain and hill

And forgot their own resting place” Jeremiah 50:6

“Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep

And loses one of them

Does he not leave the ninety-nine

In the open country open

And go after the LOST sheep

Until he finds it” Luke 15:4

MESSENGERS OF GOD

 

MESSENGERS OF GOD!

When it was on=one of

MY favorite television shows

Was “TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL”

It starred Roma Downey=and it was

ABOUT an angel-coming to

To earth in HUMAN FORM

To HELP OTHERS

Angels are MESSENGERS

FROM GOD!=and they can come

In HUMAN FORM too

“I will give thanks to you=

O Lord=with all my heart

….....In the presence of ANGELS

I will sing your praise” Psalm 138:1

Today we HONOR the

REAL angels sent by God=

And a special THANKS to

All the human angels

That have touched

My life=and my family's life

There have been MANY

The ANGELS we celebrate

Today are=

Michael=who is like God?

Gabriel=strength of God

And Raphael=medicine of God

In the Scriptures=they appear

In revelatory dreams=in

Astonishing announcements=

And in TIMES of illness

And other times=

They really are

MESSINGERS OF GOD!

I thank the real ANGELS

And I thank the HUMAN ANGELS=

Who have helped me=

And brought me

MESSAGES in my life

“Who has believed our MESSAGE=

And to whom

Has the arm of the Lord

Been revealed?” Isaiah 53:1

“Consequently faith

Comes from=hearing the MESSAGE

And the MESSAGE is heard

Through the word-

About Christ” Romans 10:17

“........that God

Was reconciling the world

To himself in Christ

Not counting people's sins

Against them=

And he has

Committed to us

The MESSAGE of reconciliation” 2 Corinthians 5:19

Here is to all the ANGELS=

ALL the real angels-

And the people

That are sent to us=

REAL LIFE MESSENGERS OF GOD!

May we live

With AWARENESS of their nearness

And IMITATE them

In their faith and knowledge

“For he will

COMMAND HIS ANGELS

Concerning you=to guard you

In all your ways” Psalm 91:11

And may we ALL

Be blessed

With the word of God

And touched with

The WILLINGNESS to help others

So that we can

Live as MESSENGERS of God

And BRING the presence of God

To all others

In the names of Jesus=and our EVER faithful MESSENGER OF LOVE=God the HOLY FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-28-20

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

JUST THINK

 

SEPTEMBER 29^th, 2012

JUST THINK

Just think

Of all the people

God could have created

GOD CREATED YOU

There is NO ONE

In this world

Exactly like you

There is no one

In this world

With your exact looks

Your exact personality

And your traits

You are unique

There is ONLY ONE you

You are someone special

In this world

God loves you-for WHO you are

Robert P. Wallman

8-13-07

Ps “For everything God CREATED is good

And nothing is to be rejected

If it is received with thanksgiving” 1 Timothy 4:4

“Father I want those you have given me

To be with me where I am

And to see my glory

The glory that you have given me

Because you loved me

Before the CREATION of the world” John 17:24

YOUR VALUE TO GOD

 

WITNESS

3-24-13

YOUR VALUE TO GOD

Have you---Like me

Ever wondered

If your one little life

Is of any value to God

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

In Luke 15

Jesus tells us

About the story of one lost sheep

And how the Shepherd

Will leave the other 99

And come find him

Then he will

Tell his friends and neighbors

“Rejoice with me

I have found my lost sheep”

We may get lost

Along the way

On the road of life

But don’t worry

God will come find you

And Jesus

Tells us the story about a woman

With coins---who loses one

And when she finds it

She will say,

“Rejoice with me

I have found my lost coin”

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

Or the story

Of the lost son

And his loving Father

Who says,

“For this son of mine

Was dead

And he is alive again;

He was lost

And is found”

So if

You are lost

On this road of life

Please patient

Please persevere

God will come find you

And if he can’t

Please come home again

On your own

God will be there

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

He will come find you

And if he can’t

Come home again

On your own accord

HE WILL BE THERE

Robert P. Wallman

3-6-11

Ps WITNESS 3-24-13

“Consider the ravens: they do not sow or reap-

They have no storeroom or barn-yet God feeds them

And how much more VALUABLE you are than birds” Luke12:24

“For physical training is of some VALUE

But godliness has VALUE FOR ALL THINGS

Holding PROMISE for both the present life

And the life to come” 1 Timothy 4:8

“He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ

As of GREATER VALUE than the treasures of Egypt

Because he was looking ahead to his reward” Hebrews 11:26

MISC. WITNESS 5-6-14 and 9-27-28-20

ROOTED IN GOD

 

SEPTEMBER 28^th, 2012

ROOTED IN GOD

Rooted in God

Rooted in love

Rooted in all things

From God above

Rooted in kindness

Rooted in friendship

Rooted in all things

From God above

Rooted in mercy

Rooted in forgiveness

Rooted in all things

From God above

Rooted in caring

Rooted in sharing

Rooted in all things

From God above

Rooted in love

Rooted in God

Rooted in all things

From God above

Robert P. Wallman

6-21-06

Ps A ROOT is the part of the plant that anchors it and absorbs

Nutrients and moisture; a plant CANNOT exist without its

Root; WE CANNOT EXIST fruitfully without God

“For the love of money is a ROOT of all kinds of evil

Some people-eager for money-have wandered from the faith

And pierced themselves with many griefs” 1 Timothy 6:10

THE KEY THAT OPENS THE DOOR

 

THE KEY THAT OPENS THE DOOR

It is EASY for

A person

To become RELIGIOUSLY SMUG

If we go to church-

If we donate to the poor=

And AVOID big sins

Like adultery and stealing=

We can become pretty CONFIDENT

That we WILL

ENTER the kingdom of GOD

“Remember your MERCIES=O Lord” Psalm 25:6

That was the EXACT MISTAKE=

The chief priests and elders

MADE in the time of Jesus

They were self-righteous=

They thought they

Were BETTER than everyone else

They AVOIDED someone like

PROSTITUES and tax collectors=

But Jesus SHOCKS everyone

By telling them

That=these DESPISED ONES=

Were the ones

Getting into the KINGDOM OF GOD

The KEY that opens

The door is MERCY=

The prostitutes and tax collectors

KNEW they were sinners

And they looked to God

FOR MERCY=but we

Are ALL SINNERS=

And we should ALL

Be looking to God FOR MERCY

And we should all

Be giving each other MERCY=

And then we can ASK

God and JESUS for mercy too

“Remember Lord=

Your great MERCY and love

For they are from of old” Psalm 25:6

“Lord I have heard

Of your fame=

I stand in awe

Of your deeds Lord=

Repeat them in our day

In our time-make them known

In wrath=REMEMBER MERCY” Habakkuk 3:2

“Woe to you

Teachers of the law

And Pharisees=You hypocrites!

You give

A tenth of your spices--------

Mint-dill-cumin

But you have

Neglected the more important

Matters of the law--------

Justice-MERCY-and faithfulness” Matthew 23:23

And woe to us=if we

Are NOT SINCERE

In our MERCY=toward others

The KEY that

OPENS THE DOOR to find the

Kingdom of God

Is living with MERCY

Toward others

Then we can ASK

For MERCY from God

For our very own selves

“I will give you

THE KEYS=of the kingdom of heaven

Whatever you bind

On earth=will be bound

In heaven=and whatever you loose-

On earth

Will be loosed in heaven” Matthew 16:19

Dear Jesus=you are

The KING OF MERCY=

Forgive us our sins

And SHOWER your merciful love

Upon us and others

As we SEEK to live

And treat others

WITH MERCY

For we know=LIVING WITH MERCY

Is the KEY=

If we seek to reach

The KINGDOM of heaven

In the name of Jesus=and our ever MERCIFUL FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-26-20

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

TEARS AND SADNESS=TURNED TO JOY AND GLADNESS

 

SEPTEMBER 27^th, 2012

TEARS AND SADNESS

TURNED TO JOY AND GLADNESS

My tears and sadness

Have been turned to

Tears of joy and gladness

How did it happen

By faith

By faith in God

By remaining patient in God

All through the storm

Nothing changed on

The outside of me

But something changed within

My tears and sadness

Have been turned to

Tears of joy and gladness

How did it happen

By faith

By faith in God

By remaining in God

All through the storm

Tears and sadness

Turned to

Tears of joy and gladness

Changed by God

Changed by faith

Changed forever more

Robert P. Wallman

6-20-06

Ps “For as I have often told you before

And now say again even with TEARS

Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ” Philippians 3:18

“Those who sow in TEARS

Will reap with songs of joy” Psalm 126:5

“And God will wipe away every TEAR

From their eyes” Revelations 7:17

OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT

 

OUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT

God gives us many GIFTS=

And I think the

Most PRECIOUS ONE

Is the GIFT OF TIME

We all have a FINITE

Amount of time

In this LIFE=and none of us KNOW

How long that that is

“There is an APPOINTED TIME

For everything=

And a TIME for everything

Under the heavens” Ecclesiastes 3:1

TIME is a GIFT from God=

Look at a clock=

Watch for one minute=You

Have only so many

Of these moments

In your life=

USE THEM WISELY!

HOW have you chosen

To SPEND the time

God has given you?

Sleeping=working=eating=relaxing=

Etc., etc., etc.,

Hopefully= you have spent

SOME PORTION of your TIME

On loving God=On being

With your family=

And being with and LOVING your FRIENDS

And all others

USE your TIME wisely!

“And who knows-

But that you have come

To your royal position

For such a TIME

As this” Esther 4:14

Esther spoke up=and

SAVED her Jewish heritage=

How can you CHANGE things

For the better=for someone=

Have you SPOKEN UP?=like Esther=

When you have had the opportunity?

“Sow righteousness for yourselves-

Reap the fruit=of unfailing love

And break up your unplowed ground

For it is TIME

To seek the Lord

Until he comes

And showers his righteousness

On you” Hosea 10:12

TIME IS A PRECIOUS GIFT=

It is ALWAYS a good time

To SPEND your time

With God and FAMILY

And good personal friends

“........so Christ was sacrificed

Once=to take away

The sins of many

And he will appear

A SECOND TIME

NOT to bear sin

But to bring salvation

To those

Who are waiting for him” Hebrews 9:28

Our God will COME AGAIN=

So please REMEMBER

To spend some TIME

With him

Each year equals=31,536,000 seconds=

Take some seconds-

Take some minutes=

And spend SOME TIME

With GOD-with family-

And with some friends today

Time=use it wisely=

It is YOUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT

In Jesus' and the Holy Father's=MOST PRECIOUS NAME

Robert P. Wallman

9-25-20

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

GOD SENDS PEOPLE

 

WITNESSS

5-24-13

GOD SENDS PEOPLE

Throughout time

When the world

Has chosen the wrong road

Has chosen the road of darkness

Instead of God’s road of LIGHT

God sends people

God sends people

People to point out our mistakes

God does this

Because there is

So much at stake

One such person

That God sent

Was Jeremiah

A prophet who came

About 600 years before Christ

Idolatry and perverted worship

Were the rule of the day

God sent Jeremiah

To the people of Judah

Who had

Turned their back on God

Jeremiah pointed out

To the people of his day

That we should worship God

And God alone

For his efforts

Jeremiah endured

Contempt and ridicule

Lost his family and friends

And even suffered attempts

On his life

Throughout time

God has sent us people

Abraham, Moses, and Elijah

Throughout time

God has sent us people

John the Baptist, Peter, and Paul

Throughout time

God has sent us people

Jesus Christ alone

The One who stands out

For all time

This world

Is lost today

Turning its back

On God

Making the wrong decisions

Time after time

Who is God sending today

Perhaps you

Perhaps me

Dear Lord God above

Please Please Please

SEND US SOME PEOPLE

Robert P. Wallman

3-30-11

Ps WITNESS 5-24-13

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

‘And I said here I am-SEND ME’” Isaiah 6:8

Ps 9-25-26-20

LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

 

SEPTEMBER 26^th, 2012

LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT

I am

Living from the inside out

I am

Letting God’s love

Turn me all around

I am

Letting God’s love

Turn me every which way

But down

I am

Living on God’s love

I am

Living inside out

Inside out

Is the way

I want to live

Inside out

Is the way

I want to give

Inside out

I want to give

All that’s in me

Inside out

I just

Want to live

Inside out

I just

Want to give you

The love that God gave to me

I just want to live

Inside out

Robert P. Wallman

7-02-06

Ps “You TURN things upside down

As if the potter were thought to be

Like the clay

Shall what is formed say to him

Who formed it

“He did not make me”

Can the pot say of the potter

“He knows nothing” Isaiah 29:16

“You TURNED my wailing into dancing

You removed my sackcloth

And clothed me with joy” Psalm 30:11

“Remember this

Whoever TURNS a sinner

From the error of his way

Will save him from death

And cover over a multitude of sins” James 5:20

FINDING WHAT IS TRUE AND LASTING

 

FINDING WHAT IS TRUE AND LASTING

Dear Lord=today we

Are LOOKING

For what is TRUE

And what is LASTING

Dear Lord=for me

THAT IS YOU=

That is my FAMILY

Who have been FOREVER

With me=and that is

BOTH my true friends

From CHILDHOOD=and my newer friends

That are REAL

“Vanity of vanities

Says Qoheleth=

Vanity of vanities!

All things are vanity!

What profit has man

From all the labor

Which he toils at

Under the sun?

One generation passes

And another comes

But the world FOREVER STAYS” Ecclesiastes 1:2-4

Dear Lord=help me/help us

To FIND what

Is truly LASTING

In this life

Help us to LIVE

Out of the

WORD OF GOD=

The word of God is TRUE

The word of God

LASTS FOREVER

“How can a young person

Stay on the path

Of purity?

By living-

According to YOUR WORD” Psalm 119:19

“EVERY WORD of God

Is flawless=

He is a shield

To those who

Take refuge in him” Proverbs 30:5

“Truly I tell you

This generation-

Will certainly not pass away

UNTIL all these things

Have happened

Heaven and earth will pass away

BUT MY WORDS

Will never pass away” Matthew 24:34-35

That is WHY

I have built my life

On the WORD OF GOD=

That is why I have

Built my life on FAMILY

And strong friends

These things

Can never go away=

These things can and

WILL LAST FOREVER

FIND what is TRUE

And LASTING in the world=

And build your life on it=

Build your life on ROCK=

On what LASTS FOREVER

“This is a day

You are to commemorate

For the generations to come

You celebrate it

As a festival

To the LORD--------

A LASTING ORDINANCE” Exodus 3:14

Lord=we PRAY=

Please grant us the wisdom

To discern what is TRUE

AND LASTING=in this world

And live our lives

BASED on your words

And our family and trusting friends

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

Robert P. Wallman

9-24-20

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

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER=LIFE WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES

 

SEPTEMBER 25^th, 2012

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

LIFE WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES

It may be health

It may be money

It may be

Trying to be someone

You are not supposed to be

One way or another

Life will bring you

To your knees

You might not think it

But in that time

Is your opportunity

To find God

And to find yourself

Because I have been there

And that was the only place

For me to find true happiness

There just wasn’t anyone

Or anything else

It may be health

It may be money

It may be trying to be someone

That you are not

Someone that you shouldn’t be

One way or another

Life will bring you

To your knees

That just might be

Your opportunity

To find God

To find peace

Inside of yourself

While you are down

On your knees

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-06

Ps “If you seek him he will be FOUND by you

But if you forsake him-he will reject you forever” 1 Chronicles 28:9

( David to his son-Solomon )

“But if from there you seek the Lord your God

You will FIND him if you look for him

With all you heart and with all your soul” Deuteronomy 4:29

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me

For I am gentle and humble in heart

And you will FIND rest for your souls

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” Matthew 11:29-30

LIVING SIGNS

LIVING SIGNS

The APOSTLES were

LIVING SIGNS of Jesus

In yesterday's world

We are supposed to be

LIVING SIGNS

For Jesus in TODAY'S WORLD=

Living signs for LOVE=peace=

Forgiveness=joy=and kindness

For Christ=in this

MODERN day 21^st century

“He said to them

'Take NOTHING for the journey........'” Luke 9:7

PACKING for any trip-

Can be quite a CHALLENGE=

Lists are made-

Bags are checked and rechecked=

We want to be PREPARED

For every eventuality=

WE want to leave

NOTHING TO CHANCE

I am sure the apostles

Were NOT any different=

And we are to be

NO DIFFERENT=we are to be

The LIVING SIGNS for Christ

In today's world

“Therefore=the Lord himself=

Will give you A SIGN=

'The virgin will conceive

And give birth to a son

And will call him Immanuel'” Isaiah 7:14

“He(Nicodemus)=came to Jesus

At night and said=

'Rabbi=we know

That you are a teacher

Who has come from God=

For no one

Could perform the SIGNS

You are doing=IF GOD=

Were not with him'” John 3:2

“Jesus performed

MANY OTHER SIGNS

In the presence

Of his disciples

Which were not recorded

In this book” John 20:30

The apostles and us

Are ALIKE

In many ways

Jesus asks them

To place THEIR TRUST

Solely in him=

As he asks us too

He(Jesus)=asks them

To go WITHOUT a walking stick=

Without food=money=or spare change

Who could travel this way?

I guess we could

IF we really=TRUSTED the Lord=

I guess we could

If we really believed

WE are LIVING SIGNS

Of the Lord

“Therefore=I urge you=

Brothers and sisters=

In view of God's mercy

To offer your bodies

As a LIVING SACRIFICE=

Holy and pleasing to God--------

This is your true

And proper worship” Romans 12:1

Today we CELEBRATE the feast

Of Saint Padre Pio=

Let us FOLLOW his advice

“PRAY-hope-and don't worry”

And LOVE THE WORD of

God and Christ

If we do this=we will be

TRULY like the APOSTLES=

LIVING SIGNS of Christ

In today's world

In the name of Jesus our Lord=and the name of GOD=OUR HOLY FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

9-23-20

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Greg Erlandson

LINGERING SINS=GOSSIP

 

SEPTEMBER 24^th, 2012

LINGERING SINS-GOSSIP

There once was a woman

With a physical handicap

She is still the same now

As she was twelve years ago

What about our sins

Are our sins

The same today

As they were 12 years ago

No one

Stays the same

Are we improving

Or are we regressing

Once

There was a woman

Who gossiped

When she went to confession

The Catholic priest

Told her to go to the market place

And buy a chicken

What an easy penance

She thought

Then the Catholic priest

Told her

To pluck the chicken

And spread the feathers everywhere

Strange-she thought

But she did this too

Then the priest told her

To go and gather the feathers

And put them

Back on the chicken

“I can’t do that Father,” she said

“The feathers are everywhere”

“Exactly,” the priest said

“This is what happens

When you talk about someone”

What about my lingering sins

What about

Your lingering sins

Where are we

In relationship

To where we were

Twelve years ago

ARE WE IMPROVING

Robert P. Wallman

5-10-10

Ps *Based on the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

“A GOSSIP betrays a confidence

But a trustworthy man keeps a secret” Proverbs 11:13

“For I am afraid that when I come

I may not find you as I want you

And you may not find me as you

Want me to be

I fear that there may be quarreling,

Jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions,

Slander, GOSSIP, arrogance, and disorder” 2 Corinthians 12:20

“A perverse man stirs up dissension

And a GOSSIP separates close friends” Proverbs 16:28

OUR COMPANION AND OUR MESSENGER

 

OUR COMPANION AND OUR MESSENGER

Jesus is OUR faithful companion

WHO walks with us

And talks with us

On our JOURNEY through life

He is our HOLY COMPANION

Our leader

And our messenger

Who carries

THE MESSAGE OF GOD

In fact

He is our scout

He goes up ahead

TESTS the waters

And tells us

Which way to go

He explores

The most productive

The most hospitable

And guides us

To the BEST VENUE for our life

And HOW to find PEACE

And WHERE to find

The most RECEPTIVE people

For our message

We are NEVER ALONE

For we have

The COMPANIONSHIP of God

And God's own Son

Who is ALWAYS with us

And the companionship

Of our brothers and sister

In Christ

Who WALK ALONG with us

FOLLOWING Christ's message

(AND GOD'S)

“Who has

BELIEVED our message

And to whom

Has the arm of the Lord

Been REVEALED?” Isaiah 53:1

I BELIEVE LORD

I BELIEVE in your message

Of love-and mercy-and forgiveness

For your love

HAS TRANSFORMED my life

Your message has

Given me the FAITH

To live off of

YOUR POWER

Not my own

“Consequently

Faith comes from

Hearing the message

And the message

Is heard through

The WORD OF CHRIST” Romans 10:17

THE MESSAGE of Christ

The message of God

Is to

Pick up our crosses

And COME and follow him

The cross of chronic illness

The cross of financial debt

The CROSS of broken relationships

The cross

Is the ONLY WAY to SALVATION

“And anyone

Who does not pick up his cross

And FOLLOW ME

Is not worthy of me

WHOEVER finds his life

Will lose it

And whoever loses his life

For my sake will FIND IT” Matthew 10:38-39

JESUS CONQUERED his cross

Through love and forgiveness

Only to LIVE AGAIN

We CAN do the same

That is Jesus' MESSAGE

I am following Jesus

To HOPE AND SALVATION

Are you

COMING WITH ME?

Let us

ALL FOLLOW THE MESSENGER

Robert P. Wallman

11-12-14

4-27-15 and 9-22-20

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Allie!

 

SEPTEMBER 22^nd, 2012

ALLIE

Allie Allie

She’s our girl

Allie Allie

No matter what she does

Allie Allie

She is a pearl

Allie

She has a face

Of a beauty

She has the body

Of a model

But my Allie

She is a person

She is very real

My Allie

Has many personalities

But I love them all

And I am very happy

To talk to them all

My Allie

Is very talented at gymnastics

Some times I think

Her body is made of plastic

Allie Allie

She’s our girl

Allie Allie

No matter what she does

Allie Allie

She is a pearl

Robert P. Wallman

8-13-06

Today is Allie’s birthday-Happy Birthday Allie!-I love you

Ps “Children-obey your parents in everything

For this pleases the Lord

Fathers ( parents )- do not embitter your children

Or they will become discouraged” Colossians 3-20-21

“If anyone does not provide for his relatives

And especially his immediate family

He has denied the faith

And is worse than an unbeliever” 1 Timothy 5:8

PART OF HIS FAMILY

 

PART OF HIS FAMILY

Do you know that

You are JESUS' BROTHER

Or sister? Do you know

That we are all brothers

And sisters in Christ?

We are PART

OF HIS FAMILY=and our holy God

Is our DEAR FATHER

“My mother and my BROTHERS

Are those

Who HEAR the word of God

And act on it” Luke 8:21

What a PRIVILEGE it is

For us to be CHOSEN

As PART of HIS FAMILY=

What greater GIFT could

Our Holy Father God

Ever give to us

Jesus tells us that

BELONGING to the family

Is NOT a matter

Of common physical characteristics=

But SHARING

COMMON spiritual characteristics=

It is all UP TO US

To choose to FOLLOW

The Word of God

The word of Jesus

This is what

Makes us FULLY ONE

With him=

Makes us=ONE WITH Jesus

Makes us

PART OF THE FAMILY

Jesus said=”COME FOLLOW ME”=

And be a part

Of MY FAMILY=be my

Brother or my sister

“A friend

Loves at all times

And a BROTHER is born

For times of adversity” Proverbs 17:17

“One who has

Unreliable friends

Soon come to ruin

But there is a friend

That sticks closer

Than a BROTHER” Proverbs 18:24

And that BROTHER=that person

Is JESUS=

We are a PART

OF HIS FAMILY

When we imitate Jesus=

When we become

MORE like him=

We become an even BIGGER

PART of his family

That is what our lives

Are MEANT to BE

A sharing of JOY IN JESUS CHRIST

Jesus freely OFFERS US

A chance to LOVE HIM=it is our CHOICE

To love him or not

Our choice=to be

A PART OF HIS FAMILY

“He must manage

HIS OWN FAMILY well=

And see that his children

Obey him

And he must do so

In a manner worthy

Of full respect” 1 Timothy 3:4

Today=this day=

This MORNING=would be a

GOOD TIME to ask

The Holy Father if

We have ACCEPTED the

TREMENDOUS GIFT of Christ Jesus

Are we imitating him?

Are we loving him?

Are we LIVING as part

Of Christ Jesus' FAMILY?

In the name of our BROTHER Jesus=and our HOLY GOD THE FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-21-20

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

THE SPIRIT OF GOD

 

SEPTEMBER 23^rd, 2012

THE SPIRIT OF GOD

The spirit of God

Lives in you

The spirit of God

Lives in me

Too

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

It lives in us

In love

It lives in us

In joy

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

It lives in us

In peace

It lives in us

In patience

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

It lives on in us

In goodness

It lives on in us

In our faithfulness

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

It lives on in us

In gentleness

It lives on in us

In our self-control

It lives on in us

In love

It lives on in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

The spirit of God

Lives in you

The spirit of God

Lives in me

The spirit of God

Lives on in us

In love

Robert P. Wallman

4-16-10

Ps “But the fruit of the SPIRIT is love,

Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness

Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

Against such things there is no law” Galatians 5:22-23

“Since we live by the SPIRIT

Let us keep step with the SPIRIT” Galatians 5:25

“And if the SPIRIT of him

Who raised Jesus from the dead

Is living in you

He who raised Christ from the dead

Will also give life to your mortal bodies

Through the SPIRIT who lives in you” Romans 8:11

MERCY=WHY IS IT SO HARD?

 

MERCY=WHY IS IT SO HARD?

We live in a

Difficult world=where

NO ONE likes to

Cut another guy a BREAK

All you have to do

Is look at the TRAFFIC=

No one ever wants

Let another guy=

Or a girl=in for a break

MERCY=giving someone

An even break=NOBODY

Wants to do it

MERCY=why is it so HARD?=

But Jesus looked at it

ANOTHER WAY

“Go and learn the meaning

Of the words=

I DESIRE MERCY-

Not sacrifice

I did not come to call

The righteous

But sinners” Matthew 9:13

There is a preponderance

Of “MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES”

Which prevent judges

From handing out what many think is

“Too much” mercy or leniency

We don't want to see

Anyone “GET AWAY”

With anything=we LIVE

In a hard-cold- cruel world

Yet we are ALL are

In need=of mercy=MERCY-why is

IT SO HARD?

God will treat us=in

The way=we love-

Forgive-and treat others

With or WITHOUT MERCY

“In his LOVE AND MERCY

He redeemed them

He lifted them up

And carried them

All the days of old” Isaiah 63:9

“He has shown you=

O mortal=what is good

And what does the Lord

Require of you?

To act justly

And to LOVE MERCY

And to walk humbly

With your God” Micah 6:8

“But because

Of his great love for us=

God=who is RICH IN MERCY

Made us alive with Christ

Even when we were dead

In transgressions--------

It is by grace

You have been saved” Ephesians 2:4

There is NOT a one

Of us=who has not done

Something stupid or wrong

In our lives

Given that=WHY is it

SO DIFFICULT to show

Others mercy?

WHY IS IT SO HARD?

Recently=it was a YEAR

OF MERCY

In the CATHOLIC CHURCH

Why don't more of us

LIVE LIKE JESUS?

Why don't more of us

SHOW MERCY to others?

Dear Lord=we pray=REMIND US

TODAY=that each person

Is a CHILD OF GOD=

Who needs and deserves

MY MERCY and compassion

In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ever=and ALL MERCIFUL FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

9-20-20

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

GOD CHANGED MY HEART

 

SEPTEMBER 21^st, 2012

GOD CHANGED MY HEART

I have seen

Many miracles in my life

But the greatest miracle

I have ever seen

Is the miracle

That is taking place

Within me

God changed my heart

He gave me a brand new start

God changed my heart

God changed my heart

God changed me

From thinking I was a failure

Based on the world’s thinking

Sex, money, and violence

God changed my heart

God changed my way of thinking

That the man (or woman)

Who is a success

Is based on

Love, kindness, and forgiveness

God changed my heart

I have seen many miracles in my life

But the greatest miracle

I ever did see

Was the one

That took place within me

God changed my heart

Robert P. Wallman

6-17-06

Ps “Listen, I tell you a mystery

We will not all sleep

But we will all be CHANGED-in a flash

In the twinkling of an eye

At the last trumpet

For the trumpet will sound

The dead will be raised imperishable

And we will be CHANGED” 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

GOD'S GENEROSITY

 

GOD'S GENEROSITY

We worship a GENEROUS GOD=

A fact Illustrated by

The fact that he gives us

LIFE ITSELF

To do with

WHATEVER we want

Jesus' parable today

FURTHER illustrates that fact

Today we read about a

Landowner hiring workers early

IN the morning, at 9am, at noon,

And again later in the day

He pays them ALL THE SAME

The WORKERS that were

Hired early QUESTION the landowner

His response=

“Are you envious-because

I am GENEROUS'=Thus the

Last will be first=

And the first-will be last” Matthew 20:15-16

He tells the workers

“Take what is yours and GO” Matthew20:14

He is a FAIR GOD

It is the SAME with us

FOLLOWERS of Jesus=

Whether we come to him

At birth in baptism=

Or on our own death bed

He OFFERS US the same reward=

A LIFETIME in eternity

With him=

He is a GENEROUS GOD!

GOD'S GENEROSITY!

“Good will come

To those who are GENEROUS

And lend freely

Who conduct their affairs

With justice” Psalm 112:5

“The GENEROUS will themselves

Be blessed-

For they share their food

With the poor” Proverbs 22:9

What SEPARATES the last

From the first-

In this parable?

It is NOT

The quality of their work

It is the ATTITUDE

Of superiority=that the

FIRST workers had=

Like the attitude

Of many of us

In this world

They REJECT EQUALITY

With those who came later

But we WORSHIP A GENEROUS GOD

Who loves us all equally

“Then it will be ready

AS a GENEROUS GIFT=

Not as one grudgingly given” 2 Corinthians 9:5

“Command them to do good

To be rich

In good deeds

And to be GENEROUS

And willing to share” 1 Timothy 6:18

We worship a GENEROUS GOD=

GOD'S GENEROSITY extends

To WHEREVER he wills

Even to those whose

ONLY PRAYER is

“GOD HELP ME”

God is GENEROUS with us=

It behooves us=to be

GENEROUS WITH OTHERS

In the name of Jesus=and our ALWAYS GENEROUS FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-19-20

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

WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR PEACE

 

SEPTEMBER 20^th, 2012

WHERE DO YOU FIND YOUR PEACE

Finding peace in God

Finding peace in you

That’s all I know

That’s all I want to do

Where do you try

To find your peace

Is it in money

Is it in sex

Is it in

The miracles of science

If it is

You are going to be looking for a long time

Finding peace in God

Finding peace in you

That’s all I know

That’s all I want to do

You can’t find peace in money

You can’t find peace in sex

You can’t find peace

In drugs, alcohol or pornography

You can’t find peace in anything else in this world

You can only find peace in God

And by loving and forgiving others

And in order to do this

You must look deep inside of you

Robert P. Wallman

6-18-06

Ps “Keep your tongue from evil

And your lips from speaking lies

Turn from evil and do good

Seek PEACE and pursue it” Psalm 34:13-14

“PEACE I leave with you

My Peace I give to you

I do not give to you

As the world gives

Do NOT let your hearts be troubled

And do NOT be afraid” John 14:27

“And the PEACE of God

Which transcends all understanding

Will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:7

THE SAVING GRACE OF GOD

 

THE SAVING GRACE OF GOD

Did you ever wonder

WHY God seems to hear

This or that person's prayer

And maybe not yours

Or mine?

“When the poor one

Called out

The Lord heard

And from all his distress

He SAVED him” Psalm 34:7

Why did the Lord

Save this person-

And NOT the person

Right beside him-or

The person right beside him?

The FACT of the matter is

The Lord hears-

ALL of our prayers

And tries to HELP us all

In our distress

“In my distress

I called

To the Lord

I cried

To my God for help

From his temple

He heard my voice

My cry

Came before him

Into his ears” Psalm 18:6

“In my distress

I called

To the Lord

And he ANSWERED me

From deep

In the realm of the dead

I called for help

And you listened

To my cry” Jonah 2:2

The Lord hears all

The LORD ANSWERS ALL

He is my Savior

When I am in distress

The truth is

The Lord SAVES US

From a great many distresses

He ALWAYS answers the call

But we don't always recognize

The saving

The automobile accident

We just missed

The weather and lightening strike

That hits right beside us

God answers ALL prayers

He always answers our call

In one way or another

NOT only the physical saving

But also the emotional-

And spiritual HEALING

“Let your face

SHINE on your servant

SAVE me

In your UNFAILING LOVE” Psalm 31:16

“Heal me Lord

And I will be HEALED

Save me-

And I will be saved

For you are the one

I PRAISE” Jeremiah 17:14

We endure

Some terrible trials and difficulties

In this life-

Physical-spiritual-and emotional

Bet we can handle all those

Terrible trials and difficulties

With the Lord

The Lord hears all

And RESPONDS with

THE SAVING GRACE OF GOD

Robert P. Wallman

6-29-16

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

1-25-26-2019 and 8-16-2019 and 9-18-19-2020

LET GOD TAKE OVER

 

SEPTEMBER 19^th, 2012

LET GOD TAKE OVER

When you are

Facing a challenge

One you can never meet

A word of advice

Do all you can

Then step aside

And let God take over

Otherwise

You will never succeed

Let God take over

Let him move

In people’s hearts

Let God take over

Let him move

In people’s souls

Step aside

And just

Let God take over

It takes faith

To step aside

It takes belief in God

But to succeed

You must

Let God take over

Let God take over

Robert P. Wallman

7-02-06

Ps “I must speak ONLY what God puts in my mouth” Numbers 22:38

“Be strong and very courageous

Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you

Do no turn from it to the right or the left

That you may SUCCESSFUL wherever you go” Joshua 1:7

“For NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE with God” Luke 1:37

LOOKING FOR A HAPPY ENDING

 

LOOKING FOR A HAPPY ENDING!

Don't you just LOVE

A HAPPY ENDING in life=

But they seem so few

And FAR BETWEEN

Jesus' ending was NOTHING

Like happy=until the RESURRECTION!

“But now Christ

Has been RAISED

From the dead

The first fruits of those

Who have fallen asleep” 1 Corinthians 15:20

It is TRUE that

You can tell

The story

Of the NEW TESTAMENT

In SIX WORDS

The six words are=

“HE LIVES=AND SO DO WE”

Yes=I love a HAPPY ENDING

And I love that-

I will LIVE FOREVER=

With God the Holy Father=

And Jesus his HOLY SON

I look forward to

SEEING MY FAMILY=and all

My loved ones again

Including my FRIENDS

LOOKING FOR A HAPPY ENDING!

“But may the righteous

Be glad=

And rejoice before God=

May they be HAPPY

And joyful” Psalm 68:3

“A HAPPY HEART

Makes the face cheerful=

But heartache

Crushes the spirit” Proverbs 15:13

The RESURRECTION of Jesus

Is only the BEGINNING

Of a great life

For all of us

A HAPPY ENDING that leaves us

LIVING with Jesus

Forever and ever

I am NOT in any hurry

To get there=But I am

LOOKING FORWARD to living

In ETERNITY with Christ Jesus

The truth is=that God

THE FATHER loves us

So much

That he wants each of

OUR STORIES=long or short

To have

The HAPPIEST OF ENDINGS

To live happy

In this life=and to live

HAPPILY ever after=FOREVER AND EVER

“I know that

There is nothing better

For people

Than to BE HAPPY

And do good

While they live” Ecclesiastes 3:12

“Is anyone among you

In trouble?=Let them pray=

Is anyone HAPPY?

Let them sing songs of praise” James 5:13

Dear Lord=Dear FATHER+

Hold our hands

And guide us toward

A HAPPY ENDING with you

In this life=and the next

In Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

9-17-20

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

HAVE A HEART

 

SEPTEMBER 18^th, 2012

HAVE A HEART

Have a heart

With which

We can love

Have a heart with which

With which

We can care

Have a heart

With which

We can share

That is all life is about

Is having a heart

To love

Sometimes

We get so bogged down

In our problems

So bogged down

In our own wants and needs

We forget

Other people have problems

Other people have

Wants and needs too

All life is about

Is having a heart

To share our life and love

With others too

Have a heart

With which

We can love

Have a heart

With which

We can care

That is all

Life is about

Is having a heart

To share

Have a heart

For other people

And maybe others

Might have a heart

FOR YOU TOO

Robert P. Wallman

8-25-06

Ps Your heart is the center of you-that part of you

Which gives you your direction

“Above all else guard your HEART

For it is the wellspring of life” Proverbs 4:23

“…..for the Lord searches every HEART

And understands every motive behind the thoughts” 1 Chronicles 28:9

“Blessed are the PURE IN HEART

For they shall see God” Matthew 5:8

LIVING WITH LOVE AND WITH MERCY

 

LIVING WITH LOVE AND WITH MERCY

As CHRISTIANS=our calling

Is to live

With LOVE AND MERCY

For every other individual

In this world

Saint Paul tell us

About faith-hope-and LOVE=

And the GREATEST of all

IS LOVE

And when we live

With love=we INCLUDE

MERCY for all living things

“So faith-hope-LOVE REMAIN

And the greatest of all

These is LOVE........” 1 Corinthians 13:13

Demonstrating love!

And at every CHRISTIAN wedding

We read=

Saint Paul's REMARKABLE

Definition of love

I know=

Because I have read it

At a couple of weddings myself=

And of course=

I try to live it

And with MERCY TOO

“LOVE is patient=

Love is kind=

It does not envy-

It dose 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 does 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

And if we are LIVING

In love with all others=

We are living

With MERCY

For all others too

“Give thanks to the Lord-

For he is good-

FOR HIS MERCY endures forever” Psalm 118:1

It is a BLESSING

To know

That the LORD'S LOVE

And mercy for us

ENDURE FOREVER

The Lord lives with love

For us=and he gives

With it MERCY & JUSTICE

For each of us

In this world

Although=it seems

Sometimes our JUSTICE

Is a long time in coming

Jesus preached about MERCY

From the beginning

Of his public life

UNTIL DEATH=

And he lived with mercy too

Jesus even OFFERED mercy

And forgave a guilty thief

As well as the Roman soldiers

“Remember Lord

YOUR GREAT MERCY and LOVE

For they are from

Of old” Psalm 25:6

We REJOICE that the

LORD is MERCIFUL to us=

As such=we are to

TREAT OTHERS=in a like manner

Go out TODAY and live a life

FULL OF love and mercy

IMITATE JESUS!

In Jesus' name and in the name of our FOREVER LIVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-16-20

Ps INSPIRED by articles in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE

LIKE HIM

 

SEPTEMBER 17^th, 2012

LIKE HIM

I want to be

Like him

I want to live

Like him

I want to love

Like him

I want to be kind

Like him

I want to forgive

Like him

I want to be smart

In the ways of God

Like him

I want to be known

As a disciple

Of my Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ

I want to be

Like him

Robert P. Wallman

6-29-06

Ps Jesus ALWAYS had a great love of children

“Unless you change and become like little children

You will never enter into the kingdom of heaven

Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child

Is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven

And whoever welcomes a little child like this

In my name –welcomes me

But if anyone causes one of these little ones to sin

It would be better for him to have a large millstone

Around his neck and to be drowned

In the depths of the sea” Matthew 18:3-4

My mother and father always loved all children

And loved their own children and grandchildren

With an unconditional love

I wish ALL children could experience the love

That they had for us

Rpw

2-22-11

KNOWING SORROW

 

KNOWING SORROW

Jesus-Mary-and Joseph

Was a FAMILY

That knew SORROW

In fact=at the PRESENTATION

Simeon PREDICTED that a

Sword would PIERCE

Mary's heart

“Then Simeon blessed them

And said to Mary=his mother=

'This child is destined

To cause the falling

And rising of many

In Israel

And to be a sign

That will be spoken against

So that the thoughts

Of many hearts

Will be revealed

And a SWORD will

PIERCE your own soul too'” Luke 2:34-35

There could be no more

AGONIZING PIERCING for Mary

Than to watch

Her own son be crucified

Mary knows the SORROW

Of watching her own son die=

That is WHY I prayed

The way I did

When I was 22

I could NOT BEAR the thought

Of seeing my own mother

See me die

Jesus-Mary-and Joseph KNOW

The price that

All families pay=

The agonizing UPS AND DOWNS

And ALL of our families

KNOW SORROW TOO

“They will be like

A well-watered garden

And they will SORROW

No more” Jeremiah 31:12

“I have great SORROW

And unceasing anguish

In my heart” Romans 9:2

“GODLY SORROW brings repentance

That leads to salvation

And leaves no regret=

But worldly sorrow

Brings death” 2 Corinthians 7:10

As Mary was watching her

Son die=I can't

Imagine her sorrow=

She stood below=Pouring out

Her LOVE to him

And he looked down and saw her

In that wrenching moment=

He-Jesus

ENTRUSTED her to John's care=

KNOWING SORROW=Jesus did

Mary did=we all know

SOME TYPE of sorrow

“Standing by the cross of Jesus-

Was his mother.......

WHEN Jesus saw his mother

And the disciple there

Whom he loved-

He said to his mother

'Woman-behold your son'

Then he said

To the disciple

'Behold your mother'” John 19:25-27

DEAR BELOVED MARY=as we

Undergo our sorrow

In this life

HELP US to know your

SON'S LOVE=just as you did

Turn our piercing sorrow

INTO JOY=

In Jesus' name=and in the ever name of our ever LOVING MOTHER Mary=

And God the HOLY FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-15-20

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

BE AWARE OF THE BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE

 

BE AWARE OF THE BLESSINGS

IN YOUR LIFE

ARE you aware

Of the BLESSINGS

In your life

Or are you aware

That you have

Any blessings

FOR MYSELF

After coming so close

To death

Being ALIVE itself

Is a great blessing

The parents that I had

And the sisters that I have

Are MAJOR blessings

Are you aware

Of the blessings

In your life

My extended family

And my friends

Are GREAT blessings

In my life

BE AWARE

Of the blessings

In your life

“The blessings of the Lord

Bring wealth

Without painful toil for it” Proverbs 10:22

Maybe NOT material wealth

But the SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS

Of God

The BLESSINGS of the SPIRIT

“But the FRUIT of the SPIRIT

Is love-joy-peace-forbearance-

Kindness-goodness-faithfulness-and self-control

Against such things

There is NO LAW” Galatians 5:22

And HOW BLESSED we are

IF we can live

With these qualities

Be aware

FOR these are

The BLESSINGS OF GOD

These are

The blessings of Jesus

“Bless the Lord

O my soul

And forget not all his benefits” Psalm 103:2

OUR BLESSINGS

Permeate our lives

On a daily basis

And wisdom ALLOWS us

To CONTINUE to be aware

How they FULLY enrich our lives

“LOVE-joy-peace,” etc., etc., etc

God and FAMILY

And be aware

Of a home-cooked meal

A roof over your head

Your gainful employment

PLUS all the daily BLESSINGS

That we

Sometimes take for granted

In our lives

These are

GOD'S BLESSINGS TOO

Take some time today

To be AWARE

Of the blessings in your life

And ALWAYS be thankful

To God for them

Robert P. Wallman

5-23-15

Ps For WHEN you take TIME to give thanks for it ALL

You feel an even DEEPER APPRECIATION of JOY

And you REMEMBER how much you are REALLY LOVED

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

9-15-16-2020

LET THE LIGHT SHINE ON ME

 

SEPTEMBER 16^th, 2012

LET THE LIGHT SHINE ON ME

Let God’s Light shine on me

Let the light of God’s love

Live in my heart

Live in my heart

All day through

Live in my heart

Let the word of God

Live in this world

Like it was brand new

Let God’s light shine on me

Let it show me the way

Let it show me

Just what to say

Let it show me

Just what to do

Shine on this world

All day through

Let the light of God shine on me

Let God’s light shine on me

Let it shine on me

All day through

Let it

Show me just what to say

Let it

Show me just what to do

Let the light shine on me

Robert P. Wallman

6-19-06

Ps “Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a LIGHT for my path” Psalm 119:105

“I will also make you a LIGHT

For the Gentiles

That you may bring salvation

To the ends of the earth” Isaiah 49:6

“This is the message we have heard

From him and declare to you

GOD IS LIGHT

In him there is NO DARKNESS at all” 1 John 1:5

THE JOURNEY OF LIFE

 

THE JOURNEY OF LIFE

We are all on a JOURNEY

THROUGH LIFE=and no matter

Where we are

In our journey through life=

WE FACE

A multitude of problems

So often our PATIENCE

Is worn thin=by her journey=

But we have to REMAIN PATIENT

Because we RECEIVE BLESSINGS

In our journey=as well as challenges

“........with their PATIENCE

WORN OUT by the journey

The people complained

Against God........” Numbers 21:4-5

WHEN life brings us

What it will=we have

A CHOICE OF ATTITUDE

To maintain

We MUST remain patient

In our journey

So that we can

RECEIVE the BLESSINGS OF LIFE

KEEP a positive attitude

On your journey through life

“........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 4:23-24

“Therefore since Christ suffered

In his body=arm yourselves

Also with the SAME ATTITUDE

Because who suffers in the body

Is done with sin” 1 Peter 4:1

“For the word of God

Is alive and active

Sharper than any

Double-edged sword=it penetrates

Even to dividing soul and spirit=

Joints and marrow=it judges

The thoughts and ATTITUDES

Of the heart” Hebrews 4:12

And so as we

Go through our JOURNEY

Of life=let us

Keep a POSITIVE attitude

As we FACE our challenges

And blessings

The ISRAELITES suffered

Many challenges

Before they reached

The PROMISED LAND

And we will face

MANY CHALLENGES

As we attempt

To REACH the

Promised land of our lives

The Lord sends

MANY BLESSINGS as well

Keep alive=keep strong=

KEEP POSITIVE for the JOURNEY

OF YOUR LIFE

“........so that we

Might humble ourselves

Before our God=and ask him

For a SAFE JOURNEY-

For us-and our children

With all our possessions” Ezra 8:21

ENJOY the JOURNEY of your LIFE

In Jesus' name=and in the name of=GOD=our HOLY FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

9-14-20

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

UNTIL MY DYING BREATH

 

SEPTEMBER 15^th, 2012

UNTIL MY DYING BREATH

I will live out of love

I will be faithful

To my promise

Until

My dying breath

All I know

Is love

All I care about

Is love

I’ll be faithful

Until my dying breath

I will be faithful

To God’s love

Until my dying breath

Robert P. Wallman

6-15-06

Ps “The Lord God formed the man

From the dust of the ground

And breathed into his nostrils

The BREATH of life

And the man became a living being” Genesis 2:7

“And with that he BREATHED on them, and said,

“Receive the Holy Spirit” John 20:22

FINDING FREEDOM!

 

FINDING FREEDOM

Today we talk about

Jesus' FAMOUS STATEMENT

And about finding forgiveness

And about finding FREEDOM

When we forgive

“Jesus answered=

'I say to you

NOT seven times=

But SEVENTY-SEVEN TIMES'” Matthew 18:22

This is Jesus' famous RESPONSE

To the question of

HOW MANY TIMES

We should forgive someone

He teaches us that

We are to be GENTLE=

Compassionate=merciful

And patient

In our humanity=

We are BOUND to HURT OTHERS=

And in our divinity=

We are also

Bound to forgive

And when we forgive=

WE FIND FREEDOM!

“........in hope

That the creation itself

Will be liberated

From its bondage

To decay

And brought into the FREEDOM

And glory

Of the children of God” Romans 8:21

“Now the Lord

Is the SPIRIT

And where the

Spirit of the Lord is

THERE IS FREEDOM” 2 Corinthians 3:17

Yes there

Is FREEDOM in the Lord

And there is

FREEDOM IN FORGIVENESS

Regardless of how many times

We have to give it=

FORGIVENESS GIVES FREEDOM!

Because the Holy Spirit

Lives in us=we are empowered

To love unconditionally

And Jesus knows that

HOLDING on to resentment

And bitterness-

Causes us to poison ourselves

FORGIVENESS yields freedom=peace

And well-being

FINDING FREEDOM IN FORGIVENESS!

“You=my brothers and sisters

Were called to be FREE

But do not use

YOUR FREEDOM=to indulge the flesh

Rather serve one another

Humbly in love” Galatians 5:13

Just as we are CALLED

To forgive others=

We are called

To FORGIVE OURSELVES TOO

With the SAME KINDNESS

And generosity of spirit

It it TIME for us

To let old grudges DISSOLVE

It is time

TO FIND FREEDOM

In forgiving others

And ourselves

LET OTHERS and yourself

Off the hook

FIND FREEDOM!

In Jesus' name and in the name=of our ever FORGIVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-13-20

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

I'll WALK AHEAD

 

SEPTEMBER 14h, 2012

I’LL WALK AHEAD

Don’t worry

I’ll walk ahead

I’ll walk ahead

And see what’s up there

I’ll walk ahead

With love

Don’t worry

None of us

Really know where

We are going

I’ll walk ahead

With love

With love

I’ll do some scouting

With love

I’ll see

What’s ahead

Don’t worry

I’ll walk ahead

I’ll walk ahead

With love

Robert P. Wallman

6-29-06

Ps “Come, Oh house of Jacob

Let us WALK in the light of the Lord” Isaiah 2:5

“Whoever follows me

Will never WALK in darkness

But will have the light of life” John 8:12

“And this is love

That we WALK in obedience to his commands

As you have heard from the beginning

His command is that you WALK in love” 2 John 6