IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR

 

IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR

I come from the

MOST BEAUTIFUL of families

With sit down dinners=and

WHERE our religion and LOVE

Were open to all=

We always had

An OPEN DOOR policy

In our home

IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR!=

God-Jesus-and the HOLY SPIRIT

Are three in one=

A virtual family=
THE FAMILY OF GOD!

“Jesus rejoiced=

In the Holy Spirit=and said=

'I give you praise-Father=

Lord of heaven and earth

For although you

Have hidden these things

From the

Wise and the learned

You have REVEALED them

To the childlike=

Yes=FATHER

Such has been-

Your gracious will'” Luke 10:21

A good family=A HEALTHY FAMILY

Is one of the

BEST ROLE MODELS

To teach us

ABOUT the love of God

That is WHERE

My love of God and Jesus

Come from=

The ROOT of my BEAUTIFUL FAMILY=

My beautiful extended family

And the BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES

Of my friends

The above is a relatively

OBSCURE MOMENT

In Luke's Gospel

And it gives us a GLIMPSE

Into the “FAMILY LIFE”

Of the Trinity

IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR=

We are ALL a part

Of GOD'S FAMILY=

That is where

All TRUE LIFE originates

“God sets the lonely

IN FAMILIES

He leads out

The prisoners

With singing

But the rebellious

Live in a sun-scorched land” Psalm 68:6

“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

God and JESUS and love=

Are A FAMILY AFFAIR=

Maybe that is WHY

We have such a BREAK DOWN of families

In today's world

LOVE by definition is fruitful=

BURSTING FORTH in newness of life-

Multiplying and reflecting

Throughout creation

THIS ADVENT=

If you haven't already

Done so

REDEDICATE yourself to God and FAMILY=

And fill yourself

With a sense of WONDER

For GOD'S FAMILY=

As well as you can

ADVENT=

It is A FAMILY AFFAIR

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

Robert P. Wallman

11-30-20

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Pable

SAINT ANDREW

 

SAINT ANDREW

Before Jesus

There was John

Andrew was a disciple of John

One day

Jesus was walking

Beside the Sea of Galilee

He saw two brothers

Who were fishermen

And he said to them,

“Come follow me

And I will make you fishers of men”

They immediately

Laid down their polls

And decided

To follow this mysterious man

Later on

Andrew was the one

Who found the little boy

With the two fish

And the five barley loaves

And immediately

A miracle was done

After Jesus’ Resurrection

We don’t know where

But we know

He preached God’s word

Wherever he could

Today

There are many churches

Named in his honor

And he is

The patron Saint of Scotland and Russia

Tradition states

If you say a certain prayer

Between today and Christmas ( 15 times )

A miracle may be possible

Today, November 30^th, is his feast day

I was baptized

At Saint Andrew’s Catholic Church

In Pittsburgh, Pa.

February 6^th, 1955---my mom and Dad’s first anniversary

Robert P. Wallman

2-26-11

12-1-15

11-29-2019 and 11-30-2020

EMBODYING THE LOVE OF GOD!

 

EMBODYING THE LOVE OF GOD!

As MODERN day Christians-

When people look at us=

When they SEE US

They should be able to see

THE LOVE OF God=

And the love of Jesus in us

We are to

EMBODY THE LOVE OF GOD!

“........Confess with your mouth

That Jesus is Lord

AND BELIEVE

In your heart........” Romans 10:9

I am LEARNING that discipleship

With Jesus is NOT just

Giving lip service

To the WORD OF GOD=

It is NOT-

Just about having good feelings

Our FAITH is also

A series of gestures=

BOWING in worship=

Praying earnestly=

And DOING GOOD for

All others WHEN WE CAN

EMBRACING THE LOVE OF GOD!

“........An instructor-of the foolish

A teacher of little children-

Because you have the law

THE EMBODIMENT

Of knowledge and truth-------

You then who teach others-

Do you not teach yourself?” Romans 2:20-21

We are to TEACH OTHERS=

With our mouths=

With our ears=

Our feet=and with our hands

We are to

EMBODY the love of God=

The love of others

We are to TEACH OTHERS

In whatever ways that we can

“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

“Now the overseer

Is to be above reproach=

Faithful to his wife-

Self-controlled=respectable=hospitable=

ABLE TO TEACH

Not given to drunkenness-

Not violent-but gentle-

Not quarrelsome-

Not a lover of money” 1 Timothy 3:2-3

We are to EMBODY

THE LOVE OF GOD=and

The love of JESUS

With our mouths=

We should PROCLAIM

The GOOD NEWS

We should listen to=HEAR=

And LIVE the word of God

With our ears

With our feet

We should FOLLOW GOD'S WORD

To the ends=of this world

And with our eyes=

We should SEE HIS FACE

In all others

When we pause=and REST

Our bodies=on the sabbath=

We RENEW OUR HEARTS

With the grace of God=

We will continue to EMBODY

THE LOVE OF GOD

For all others

In Jesus' name=and in the name of or ALWAYS living loving FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

11-29-10

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

STAY ALERT!=YOU JUST NEVER KNOW!

 

STAY ALERT=YOU JUST NEVER KNOW!

Life is a WONDERFUL GIFT=

Given to us by

GOD THE FATHER!

We are to ENJOY it and spend

EACH MOMENT with him and Jesus

That we can

For we NEVER KNOW WHEN

The world is COMING to

An end=or when our Lord

Might be calling us home=

So we should BE ALERT!

“Be watchful!=BE ALERT!=

You do not know

WHEN the Lord will come” Mark 13:33

BE READY in the moment

When it is not always easy=

We are to be AWAKE

In every moment

When we AWAKE in the

MORNING=we never know

If we will be there

At the end of the day

With God and OUR FAMILY

For God might be

CALLING US HOME

That very day

STAY ALERT!=You

Just never know

What the day might bring

Stay alert=BE JOYFUL=

Be alive=in the Lord

“Listen carefully

You are to set

An ambush

Behind the city

Don't go very far

From it=All of you

BE ON THE ALERT” Joshua 8:4

“And pray

In the SPIRIT

On all occasions

With all kinds of prayers

And requests

With this in mind

BE ALERT and

Always keep on praying

For the LORD'S PEOPLE” Ephesians 6:18

“Therefore with minds

That are ALERT

And fully sober

Set your hope

On the grace

To be brought to you

When Jesus Christ is revealed

At his coming” 1 Peter 1:13

The END can

Come unexpectedly=and

We NEVER KNOW WHEN

So prepare yourself

For the coming

Of the Lord

BE ALERT for the

COMING of the Lord and Jesus=

We will NEVER KNOW

When he-

Might be CALLING US HOME

“Then the END WILL COME

When he hands

Over the kingdom

To God the Father

After he has destroyed

All dominion-authority-and POWER” 1 Corinthians 15:24

Be alert=STAY ALERT!

For the COMING KINGDOM

Of God=you just never know

WHEN IT IS COMING!

In Jesus' name=and in the name=Of our ALL HOLY FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

11-28-20

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

KNOWLEDGE=TO SEE JESUS IN OTHERS AND OURSELVES

 

KNOWLEDGE=TO SEE JESUS

IN OTHERS AND OURSELVES

Do you have knowledge

Of the mysteries of God?

Do you have KNOWLEDGE

Of the mysteries of heaven?

The apostles did-you do-

I do-well we ALL do if we

CONSIDER ourselves to be

MODERN day apostles of God

And the Lord Jesus

We have insight

Into Jesus' WORD-and to the parables

And their MEANINGS

“WHY do you speak

To the crowd in parables?'

Jesus said to them

In reply,

'Because knowledge

Of the mysteries

Of the Kingdom of heaven

Has been granted to you

But to them

It has NOT been granted'” Matthew 13:10-11

How about that-you and I

Have knowledge-have INSIGHT

INTO the mysteries of God

“Teach me knowledge-

And GOOD judgment

For I trust your commands” Psalm 119:66

“The fear of the Lord

Is the BEGINNING of wisdom

And KNOWLEDGE of the HOLY ONE

Is understanding” Proverbs 9:10

“And this is my PRAYER-

That your love may ABOUND

More-in-more in knowledge-

And in depth and insight” Philippians 1:9

We KNOW the mysteries of God-

The mysteries of Jesus

For we ARE his sons and daughters

And we are

To INHERIT his Kingdom

We are his FAMILY

And he left us knowledge

That no one else has

It is Jesus-it is GOD

Who GIVES our hearts MEANING

He/GOD gives us the knowledge

To SEE his Son Jesus-in others

And in ourselves

He teaches us HOW to be

In RELATIONSHIP with him

We LEARN to see God/and Jesus

In our family members-

In our neighbors-

And even in strangers

He gives us the knowledge

Through parables to LEARN

HOW to love God-others-

And even ourselves

He gives our lives and

OUR HEARTS purpose and meaning

“They read

From the BOOK of the LAW of God

Making it clear

And giving the MEANING

So that the people understood

What was being read” Nehemiah 8:8

And the PARABLES

Help us to UNDERSTAND

What is being said by Jesus

And the SCRIPTURES

As well as to LOVE THEM (God & Jesus),

Love others, and love ourselves

Robert P. Wallman

7-20-16

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

11-28-29-2020

PREPARING IN PRAYER

 

PREPARING IN PRAYER

Today we START ADVENT-

And that makes it

A PERFECT TIME

To PREPARE for God

And prepare fro Jesus

To STAND vigilant against

The parts of our lives

That allow our HEARTS

To become drowsy

PREPARING IN PRAYER

For the COMING

Of our Lord=

For the coming

Of our Jesus

“Jesus said to his disciples=

'Beware that your HEARTS

Do not become drowsy

From carousing

And drunkenness

And the ANXIETIES

Of daily life'” Luke 21:34

I like to have

A good time=but NOT

To the point of excess

Not much of a partier=

Not too much

Into carousing and drunkenness

But the ANXIETIES

Of life=do get to me

That is WHY it is

A good time to PREPARE

For the coming of our LORD

IN PRAYER

“You PREPARE a table

Before me=

In the presence

Of my enemies

You anoint my head

With oil=

My cup overflows” Psalm 23:5

“Therefore this is

What I will do

To you=Israel

And because I will do

This to you Israel=

PREPARE to meet your God” Amos 4:12

“My Father's house

Has many rooms=

If that were not so-

Would I have told you

That I am going there

TO PREPARE

A place for you?” John 14:2

YES=today is ADVENT=

And our Lord is coming

To SEE US and meet us again

PREPARE IN PRAYER

For the coming

Of our Lord

Sometimes I FAIL

To let God be God

And get bogged down

In the anxieties of life

I NEED to PREPARE ROOM

For the COMING

Of our Lord=I need to PRAY

“For we are

God's handiwork-

Created in Christ Jesus

To do good works

Which GOD PREPARED

In advance=for us to do” Ephesians 2:10

REAL anxieties=needs

And relationships

TUG at our hearts

Let us PREPARE IN PRAYER

For the COMING of

Jesus Christ OUR LORD

IN JESUS' name=and in the name of our ALL LOVING=living HOLY FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

11-27-20

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kathleen Swartz McQuaig

THANK YOU LORD!

 

“Thank You Lord”

 

 

Thank you Lord for this life you’ve given

Thank you Lord for the hope that has arisen

Thank you Lord for all that we do

Thank you Lord for the opportunity to start anew

 

You are the one

You are the main reason

You are the one

That has been constant through every season

You are the one

Who can inspire us on to new goals

You are the one

That makes us complete and whole

 

Thank you Lord for this life we lead

Thank you Lord for planting the seeds

Thank you Lord for helping us to grow

Thank you Lord for helping us to know

When to reach out and try for more

When to sit back

And let you make us soar

Thank you Lord

 

You are the one

Who makes it all possible

You are the one

Who helps us to know our role

You are the one

Who leads us back from defeat

You are the one

With whom we can’t be beat

 

Thank you Lord for our world and country

Thank you Lord for it all

Thank you Lord for all the people around us

Thank you Lord for it all

Thank you Lord for our health and even our problems

Thank you Lord for it all

Thank you Lord  for the lives you’ve given

Thank you Lord for it all

 

You are the one

Thank you Lord

You are the main reason

You are the one

Thank you Lord

That has been constant through all the seasons

You are the one

Thank you Lord

That is at the center of it all

You are the one

Thank you Lord

That enables us to stand tall

No matter what the circumstance

No matter what the call

 

Thank you Lord

Thank you, Thank you for it all

 

 

11/24/1982         Robert  P.  Wallman

 

 

 

Giving thanks, not only at Thanksgiving Lord, but at all times, and for all things.

EVERYTHING good in our life is a gift from you---beginning with our life.

 

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2015 my FRIENDS

Today-would have been my Father’s 84th BIRTHDAY

11-25-15

 

 

11-27-2020

GIVING THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

 

GIVING THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

(Originally written 11-14-11)

As I sit here

Reflecting on my life

Preparing to fly to Maryland

To spend Thanksgiving

With my 2 sisters, my 4 nieces,

And other family members

Some memories flash through my mind

To times gone by

Lying there

Packed in an ice bed

For 2 weeks--------with a temperature of 108

I thank God for life

Bleeding internally

My blood count going down to 3

I thank God for life

The Good Father asking me

If I wanted to say an act of contrition

Or say something in my own words

Saying: “I don't think God

Wants me to die

But if he does

He must have a reason

And to please bless

My father, my mother, my 2 sisters,

My family and my friends,

Because it would be harder on them

Than it would be on me

I would be gone

But if God

Wanted me to life

I would live

For my family, my friends

And for all people everywhere”

And waking up a week or two later alive

I thank God for life

Spending 3 of the next 5years

Again in the hospital---in critical shape

On my birthday

I thank God for life

“May you never take

One single breath for granted

God forbid

Love ever leave you empty handed”

( Lee Ann Womack---”I HOPE YOU DANCE”

THANKING GOD FOR LIFE

All the support

I received from my parents

Never questioning---ALWAYS LOVING

I thank God for family

2 sisters---4 nieces

That give me emotional and financial support

ALWAYS being there for me

I thank God for family

An extended family

Beyond compare

I thank God for family

Old friends

That are still there for me today

I thank God for friends

New friends

That I have made from Miami

To Palm Beach Gardens and beyond

I thank God for friends

People that I have met

From all over the world

I thank God for you

Priests, clergymen and women

That I have met

I thank God for God

I thank God for you

By human standards

My life is a total failure

No health---no money or material possessions

No family ( wife or children )

But along the way

I found GOD

And I found YOU

“I have learned

The secret of being content

In any and every situation

Whether well fed or hungry

Whether living in plenty

Or in want” 1 Philippians 4:12

“Be joyful always; pray continually;

Give thanks in ALL circumstances

For this is God's will for you

In Christ Jesus” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE---I LOVE YOU

Robert P. Wallman

11-14-11

(and recopied 11-26-20=THANKSGIVING TODAY)

FEELING as strongly as ever about this=I HAVE BEEN BLESSED!

rpw=11-26-2020

GIVING GRATITUDE TO GOD!

 

GIVING GRATITUDE TO GOD!

These are TOUGH TIMES=

Tough times for our world=

For our country=and for

EACH and every one

Of our FAMILIES

But we ALL have something

To be THANKFUL for=

Even if it is

ONLY for life itself=

And our very NEXT BREATH=

As well as each other

“Stand up and go=

YOUR FAITH has saved you” Luke 17:19

The story o the

TEN LEPERS is one of

My most FAVORITE GOSPELS

Only one of the ten lepers

COME BACK and say thank you-

But he does much MORE than that

He FALLS on his face

At Jesus' feet

And praises God

EACH one of us

Should go back to God

Should go back to Jesus

And say THANK YOU

Thank you for all

The GOOD TIMES that

We have had=no matter

How DIFFICULT times

May be right now

GIVING GRATITUDE TO GOD!

“Let the message of Christ

Dwell among you richly

As you teach and admonish

One another

With all wisdom

Through psalms-hymns-

And songs from the SPIRIT=

Singing to God

WITH GRATITUDE in your hearts” Colossians 3:16

NO MATTER

How difficult things are=

No matter how difficult

May things may get

NEVER stop living

WITH GRATITUDE=

Never stop saying

Thank you to GOD AND JESUUS

Like at least

ONE of the ten lepers

Say thank you=

Recognize the DIVINE PRESENCE

Of Jesus=

GIVE GRATITUDE TO GOD=

Say thank you

“Enter the gates

With thanksgiving

And his courts with praise

GIVE THANKS to him-

And praise his name” Psalm 100:4

“BUT THANKS be to God

Who always leads us

As captives

In Christ's triumphal procession

And uses us

To spread the aroma

Of the knowledge

Of him everywhere” 2 Corinthians 2:14

Jesus PRONOUNCES to the

ONE LEPER that came back

“Your FAITH has saved you”

Let your faith SAVE you too=

And say thank you=

Things have got to get better

For us individually=for OUR FAMILIES

For our country

And for our world

NEVER stop saying thank you

And GIVING GRATITUDE for the

WONDERS of this life

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! My dear FAMILY and friends

I LOVE YOU ALL!

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

Robert P. Wallman

11-25-20

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

TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED

 

AUGUST 3rd 2012

TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED

Taking things for granted

Can sometimes leave you stranded

In the corners of your own mind

When things are coming too easily

You lack the ambition to go out and find

The things in life that are meaningful

The things that you should control

You spend too much time worrying

About the things that are insignificant

Namely, what others do and think

When you could be on the brink

Of discovering your own goals

When you’re taking things for granted

And comparing yourself to what the average person does

You are bound to be supplanted

Because you are concentrating on the norm

You’re ignoring your own form

You’re wasting your talent

Your life couldn’t possibly be in balance

You’re just another face in the crowd

But when things are going bad

You begin working for anything that you can get

Until you reach a goal that can’t be met

But you know, when you are concentrating

That could never happen

Somehow, when things are looking bleak

That’s when you reach a peak

If you don’t set lofty goals

And just be average-you know you are a fool

After what you’ve come through

You know-something no one else could do

Don’t be just another face in the crowd

You have to be proud

You know you are something special

You know you got that magic

If you don’t use it-it would be so tragic

Come on-stand tall

Don’t be afraid to fall

Just give it your all

Be the one above the crowd

But be humble in the crowd

Just don’t go taking things for granted

And you won’t be supplanted

And even when things are going well

Keep on forging ahead

The past is the past-so just don’t dwell

Well, enough for now has been said

It is time to go to bed

Tomorrow is another day

I’m not taking it for granted

Robert P. Wallman

9-26-1980

Ps “For it has been GRANTED to you on behalf of Christ

Not only to believe on him

But also to suffer for him

Since you are going through the same struggle

You saw I had, and now hear, that I still have” Philippians 1:29

THERE IS A COST=BUT BENEFITS TOO

 

THERE IS A COST=BUT BENEFITS TOO

Today can be

A TOUGH GOSPEL

For some of us to read

For in it=Jesus describes

Some awful things

That can happen to us=

If we CHOOSE

To follow him=

If we choose

To BECOME his disciple

Betrayal=arrest=imprisonment=

Unspeakable suffering=

And even death=

The EVENTS of his

Very own life

“Jesus said to the crowd'=

'They will seize and persecute you........'” Luke 21:12

We KNOW for a fact

That throughout history=EVEN TODAY=

Some Christians

Follow the same path

That Jesus himself lived

We call them MARTYRS=

But we can be martyrs too

In a living sense

By GIVING our lives to God

And Jesus=

Throughout much PAIN AND SUFFERING

But there are SOME BENEFITS TOO=

A LOVE with God and Jesus

Like no one else has

A love with ALL OTHER PEOPLE

Which UNITES us with God

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE the love

Of God and Jesus=

Don't ever underestimate

This LOVE

That is an INTENSE HUMAN BENEFIT

“But now

That you have been

Set free from sin

And have become

Slaves of God

THE BENEFIT you reap

Leads to holiness

And the result

Is eternal life” Romans 6:22

“All this is

For your BENEFIT

So that the grace

That is reaching

More and more people

May cause thanksgiving

To overflow

To the glory of God” 2 Corinthians 4:15

But don't UNDERESTIMATE

The pain either

The PAIN of when

Our loved ones=and friends

CEASE to become practicing Christians

The polarization WITHIN

The Catholic

And the Christian communities

TRYING to uphold

Our Christian ideals=when there

Is LITTLE SUPPORT in society

But all this is worth it

For ONE DAY in the

BENEFIT of of love

With God and Jesus

“Others have done the hard work=

And you have reaped

The BENEFITS of their labor” John 4:38

Following Jesus will COST

You something=somehow

But it will LEAD to

THE BENEFIT of a LOVE

That is eternal=and SOUL SHATTERING

Dear Lord=help us to bear=

The cost of your discipleship

For YOUR ETERNAL LOVE

In Jesus' name=and in the name of our living=ALL LOVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

11-24-20

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

GOD'S LIVING MERCY=OVERCOMES OUR DOUBT

 

GOD'S LIVING MERCY-

OVERCOMES OUR DOUBT

Do you BELIEVE

In God

Do you have SOME DOUBT

That God exists

I think

That a certain amount of doubt is GOOD

I think

It is what

MOVES US ON

to even GREATER things

“But Thomas said to them,

'UNLESS I see the mark

Of nails

In his hands

And put my finger

Into the nail marks

And put my hand into his side

I will NOT believe'” John 20:25

Talk about doubt

Talk about NEEDING PROOF

That God is alive

That OUR Lord and SAVIOR-Jesus

Is still alive

“But when you ask

You must believe-and NOT DOUBT

Because the one

Who doubts

Is like a wave

In the sea

BLOWN and tossed

By the wind” James 1:6

DOUBT can take

Many forms

From outright rejection

To someone-and their ideas

Just because

You don't like them

Or sometimes

It is a reflexive response

DEFINED by fear

Because someone is different

Or just looks different than us

But in the ABOVE STORY

Thomas' doubt is different

It is MOTIVATED

By the mystery of God

Seeing Jesus' suffering

His terrible execution-HOW can he

How can my Lord

STILL be alive

I WANT PROOF

“Jesus replied,

'TRULY-I tell you

If you can have FAITH

And do NOT DOUBT

Not only can you

Do what was done

To the fig tree

But also

You can say to the mountain

'Go throw yourself

Into the sea

And it will be done” Matthew 21:21

WE KNOW you are ALIVE

Dear Lord

We know that your GREAT LOVE

For us

Has overcome

All of our doubts

Even death

And that our doubt

Can LEAD to an

Even BRIGHTER outcome

Because of your LIVING MERCY

For us

And love

Dear Lord

We NO LONGER DOUBT

WE BELIEVE

Robert P. Wallman

6-26-15

Ps TODAY is the feast day of the GREAT APOSTLE-Saint Thomas

INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn

4-10-2019 and 11-24-2020

HOPE

 

JULY 28^th, 2012

HOPE

Hope in life

Hope in death

Hope in anything

Hope in everything

Hope when there

Isn’t even any

Hope is believing

In what can’t be seen

Hope is hoping

When it’s impossible to believe

Hope is

Hoping that there will be a miracle

Hope is hoping

In what can’t be seen

Hope is believing in God

Hope is knowing that he is there

Sometimes

Hope is all we have

Sometimes

Hope is all we need

HOPE

Robert P. Wallman

6-06-06

Ps “Why are you downcast-oh my soul

Why so disturbed within me

Put your HOPE in God

For I will yet praise him

My Savior and my God” Psalm 42:11

“Command those who are rich in the present world

Not to be arrogant

Nor to put their HOPE in the world

Which is so uncertain

But to put their HOPE in God” 1 Timothy 6:17

“And HOPE does not disappoint us

Because God has poured out his love

Into our hearts by the Holy Spirit

Whom he has given us” Romans 5:5

WE CAN SHARE TOO

 

WE CAN SHARE TOO

Today Jesus talked

About the POOR WIDOW

And how we can too=

SHARE from our personal poverty

While it is NATURAL

To think of it

In monetary terms=

We can share-

IN OTHER WAYS TOO

We can do for others-

We can PRAY for others-

And of course=we can

GIVE FINANCIALLY if we are able

“........but she from her POVERTY

Has offered her whole livelihood” Luke 21:4

The COINS symbolize

Whatever we consider

To be MEAGER=

About our ability to SHARE

WHERE do you sense=

Your POORNESS of mental=

Emotional=spiritual

Or physical aptitude?

In what ways are we limited?

In what ways=

CAN WE SHARE?

In what ways=are we

Are we HOLDING OURSELVES

Back from sharing?

WE CAN SHARE TOO!

“John answered=

'Anyone who has two shirts-

Should SHARE

With the one

Who has none

And anyone who has food

Should do the same'” Luke 3:11

“Nevertheless the one

Who receives instruction

In the word

Should SHARE all good things

With their instructor” Galatians 6:6

“Command them

To do good

To be rich

In good deeds

And to be generous

And willing to SHARE” 1 Timothy 6:18

NO MATTER how small

Or inept

Our personal abilities

Seem to us

They can make

A DIFFERENCE

In someone else's life

Take the RISK

To tell your PERSONAL STORY

To someone

Make an uncomfortable=

COMPLIMENTARY phone call

To someone

Spend some TIME

With a sick or

DYING PERSON

There is any NUMBER

Of things that we can do=

There are many WAYS

For us to SHARE

And be a part

Of someone else's life

“And do not forget

To do good

And to SHARE

With others

For with such sacrifices

God is pleased” Hebrews 13:16

So whatever your “TWO COINS”

Are in this life=

Don't be afraid

To SHARE THEM

Dropping our TWO COINS

With TRUST in God=

Provide us

With ENOUGH TO SHARE

WE CAN SHARE TOO!

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS SHARING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

11-23-20

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

ONE LAST LIGHT

 

AUGUST 24^th, 2012

ONE LAST LIGHT

One last light

One last light

Living for God

Living for you

One last light

Living for the world

Don’t want God’s word

To die

When I go into the ground

We are

To live for the love of God

We are to live

For the love of Christ

We are to live

For the love of one another

Jesus said,

“Love one another

As I have loved you”

So I am striving to be

That

One lat light

In this world

And I am asking you

To be

That

One last light too

One last light

Living for God

One last light

Living for you

Jesus said,

“Love one another

As I have loved you”

Jesus said,

“They will know you are

My disciples

By your love for one another”

Let us all be

That one last light

Let us all be Jesus’ disciples

Let us all be

That one last light

Living for God

And living for each other

Let us all be

ONE LAST LIGHT

Robert P. Wallman

2-4-11

Ps “You did not choose me-But I chose you

And I appointed you

To go and bear fruit-fruit that will LAST” John 15:16

“When I saw him- I fell at his feet as though dead

Then he placed his right hand on me and said:

“Do NOT be afraid-I am the First and the LAST” Revelations 1:17

“But if we walk in the LIGHT

As he is the LIGHT

We have fellowship with one another

And the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from ALL sin” 1 John 1:7

7-10-2019

HE COMES NOW TOO!

 

DON'T KNOW if you guys

Have NOTICED it or NOT?

But this is MY

FIRST NEW POEM

In several days

Have had some SEVERE

Health complications this week

But that has NOT STOPPED me

From PRAYING for you

And LOVING YOU!

HE COMES NOW TOO!

Our RESCUER came some

2,000 years ago= and SAVED US=

But he comes now TOO!

He LOVES us today=

And is with us as much now

As he was BACK THEN

“.......so I will tend

My sheep=

I will RESCUE THEM

From every place

Where they have scattered=

When it was cloudy

And dark” Ezekiel 34:12

God rescues us-

HE COMES NOW TOO!

The Lord is COMING AGAIN

This year=

Today we CELEBRATE

The feast of

CHRIST THE KING!

He is KING of

Our universe=and every universe

KNOWN TO MANKIND

We are not forgotten

This year=or any other year=

We know we NEED HIM

MORE this year 2020=

More this year

Than any other year

Our rescuer comes

HE COMES THIS YEAR TOO!

He is our KING!

“Lift up your heads=

You gates=

Be lifted up-

You ancient doors

That the KING OF GLORY

May come in” Psalm 24:7

“See your KING

COMES TO YOU

Righteous and victorious

Lowly and riding on a donkey

On a colt=the foal of a donkey” Zechariah 9:9

“........which God

Will bring about

In his own time

God the Blessed

And only Ruler

The KING OF KINGS

And Lord of lords” 1 Timothy 6:15

IN just over a month-

The KING of Kings

Will come again=

To bring us-

A BLESSED CHRISTMAS

We are only TEMPORARILY LOST=

He comes to us

To rescue us=

And to INVITE us back

To his LIGHT OF LOVE

NEW opportunities will UNFOLD=
Be on the lookout

For the Shepherd

Who is COMING TO US

Again this year=

HE COMES NOW TOO!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

I am thankful for you all

LOVE YOU ALL!

Robert P. Wallman

11-22-20

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

A BIG BIG GOD

 

AUGUST 20th, 2012

A BIG BIG GOD

Our God

Is a big big God

A God

With a big big love

There is room

For all of us

In his Kingdom

The Kingdom of God

While we may run out

Of everything else

God never ever

Runs out of love

There is room for the Catholics

All the other Christian religions too

And we won’t forget

The Muslims and the Jews

And all the other religions

Because

They are God’s people too

Our God is a big big God

A God

With a big big love

Our God

Is a big big God

And there is room

For you

There is room

FOR YOU

Robert P. Wallman

2-4-11

Ps “The Lord loves righteousness and justice

The earth is full of his UNFAILING LOVE” Psalm 33:5

“Though the mountains be shaken

And the hills be removed

Yet my UNFAILING LOVE for you

Will not be shaken

Nor my covenant of peace be removed

Says the Lord

Who has compassion on you” Isaiah 54:10

“And God’s HOPE does not disappoint us

Because God has poured out his LOVE

Into our hearts by the Holy Spirit

Whom he has given us” Romans 5:5

Ps 8-21-2019

CHOOSING TO SERVE GOD FIRST

 

CHOOSING TO SERVE GOD FIRST

We all have a MANTRA=

A CODE if you will=or

A MISSION STATEMENT=

For our lives

Mine has always been

To PUT GOD and FAMILY FIRST

“As for me and MY HOUSELOLD=

We will SERVE THE LORD” Joshua 24:15

Joshua was a GREAT warrior=

But he KNEW more than that

He knew to PUT GOD FIRST=

For himself and for

His FAMILY

When he FACED a challenge=

Or a decision in LIFE=

He ALWAYS put God first

WE should do so well=

As WHEN we have a decision=

Or face a challenge=

To always

PUT GOD and FAMILY FIRST

There are many WAYS

To make decisions and

There are many ways

To CHOOSE our

NEXT STEPS in life

But the ONLY way

To CHOOSE the will of God

Is to SERVE God first

And put GOD above everything else

“But seek FIRST

His kingdom and his righteousness

And ALL these things

Will be GIVEN to you

As well” Matthew 6:33

“But many who are FIRST

Will be last

And the last=FIRST” Mark 10:31

“We LOVE because

He FIRST loved us” 1 John 4:19

CHOOSE to SERVE God first=

Because God & FAMILY

Are NUMBER ONE=in our lives

We will FIND=that

Everything else=will FALL

Into its proper place

IF we choose to

SERVE God first=and we

PUT our home and family

UNDER GOD'S SERVICE

God will NEVER let us down=

Even in the midst

Of loss=and serious challenges

“Therefore=I GLORY

In Christ Jesus

In my SERVICE to God” Romans 15:17

“You know that

The household of Stephanas

Were the FIRST converts

In Achaia

And they have

Devoted themselves to SERVICE

Of the Lord's PEOPLE” 1 Corinthians 16:15

Dear Lord=TODAY=like Joshua=

MY FAMILY and I

CHOOSE to SERVE YOU FIRST

And let everything else

Ride on you

WE CHOSE to SERVE you Lord=

FIRST and ALWAYS

In the names of Jesus=and the LIGHT

Of the DIVINE FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

8-26-18

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens

11-21&22-2020

THE HANDS OF GOD

 

AUGUST 9^th, 2012

THE HANDS OF GOD

The hands of God

Are in our lives

The hands of God

Are with us

All the time

We all have choices

To make

We can choose right

We can choose wrong

Or we can

Let our lives

Follow the hands of God

We worry

We have anxiety

But the truth is

Each one of our lives

Is in

The hands of God

So we

Should always give thanks

Even when

We have no one or nothing

We should give thanks

For life itself

Because our very lives

Are in

The hands of God

Robert P. Wallman

5-19-06

Ps “I have set the Lord before me

Because he is at my right HAND

I will not be shaken” Psalm 16:8

“She opens her arms to the poor

And extends her HANDS to the needy” Proverbs 31:20

“Jesus called out with a loud voice

“Father, into your HANDS-I commit my spirit”

When he had said this-he breathed his last” Luke 23:46

PRAYING FOR A CHANGED HEART=FRON TRANSFORMATION-TO-SURRENDER

 

PRAYING FOR A CHANGED HEART=

FROM TRANSFORMATION-TO SURRENDER

I think ALL true Christians

PRAY for a changed heart

In today's world

PRAYS for a heart

That LIVES with God and his VIRTUES

Not living in this world

Dear Lord-we pray

For you to CHANGE US

From living in a world

Of sin

SINS like the seven deadly sins:

Pride-greed-lust-envy-

Gluttony-Wrath-and sloth

INTO a person

LIVING with the FRUITS

Of the HOLY SPIRIT-like what

Is in Galatians 5:22

Dear Lord-PLEASE CHANGE us into:

“LOVE-joy-peace-forbearance-KINDNESS-

Goodness-faithfulness-GENTLENESS-and

Self-control”

What a person we would be

IF we possessed ALL

Of these qualities

But transformation doesn't come

All at once

A CHANGED HEART

Comes in a series of small steps

“If you really

CHANGE your ways

And your actions

And deal with each other-JUSTLY

If you do NOT oppress

The foreigner

The fatherless-or the widow

And do not shed

INNOCENT BLOOD in this place

….....” Jeremiah 7:5-8

CHANGE your ways

Be TRANSFORMED by God

Into a person and a creature

OF GOD'S

NOT belonging to this world

BECOME a creature

That is TURNED INTO LOVE

Just like Jesus-himself

“Jesus said in reply

'You do not know

What you are asking-

CAN you drink the chalice

That I am going to drink?” Matthew 20:22

This was Jesus' RESPONSE

To the/a MOTHER'S REQUEST-

The mother of James and John

That they sit at his right-

And at his left hand-WAS

And they did drink

From the cup

After being CHANGED

Through total transformation

According to Christ's and God's WILL

And YOU AND I

Will drink of the cup also

AFTER totally SURRENDERING our will

To God's

“I will give thanks

To you Lord

With ALL my heart

I will tell

Of all your wonderful deeds” Psalm 9:1

“Let LOVE and FAITHFULNESS

Never leave you

BIND them around your neck

WRITE them

On the TABLET

Of your heart” Proverbs 3:3

Dear Lord-write your laws

OF LOVE-FORGIVENESS-and KINDNESS

On my heart

I SURRENDER ALL to you

CHANGE me into LOVE itself

Just as Jesus-YOUR SON-was

Dear Lord-

WE your APOSTLES and disciples of today

Are FULL of good thoughts

We pray to be TRANSFORMED

In small steps-into LOVE-

Just like Jesus was

We give up our willpower

And PRAY for a changed heart

Into love

Totally RELYING on your GRACE

O LORD

Dear Lord-in your name

LET IT BE

Robert P. Wallman

2-23-26

INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

11-20-21-2020

THE SIMPLE LIFE

 

JULY 12^th, 2012

THE SIMPLE LIFE

For me

The simple life is life

The simple life is peace

It is showing love

In the way we speak

For me

The simple life is honesty

The simple life

Is telling the truth

Keeping a simple life

In this world

Is the hardest thing to do

We get bogged down

By who is better looking

We get bogged down

By who has this

And who has that

We get bogged down

By all the things

That really don’t matter

The simple life

Is me loving you

For me

The simple life is love

For me

The simple life is truth

The simple life

Is me loving you

The simple life

Is me loving you

Robert P. Wallman

6-15-06

Ps “Dear friends

Since God so loved us

We also ought to love one another

No one has ever seen God

But if we love one another

GOD LIVES IN US

And his life is made COMPLETE in us

We KNOW that we live in him

And he is in us

Because he has given us OF HIS SPIRIT” 1 JOHN 11-13

YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO!

 

YOU COUNT=OH YES YOU DO!

Have you ever felt

EXCLUDED from a group of friends

Or a group of peers

That you really wanted to BELONG to?

I am SURE that you have=I have-we

ALL have-even Jesus was rejected

By his home town and his own people

But OUR God stands with you

He stands with all=he INCLUDES everyone

Even the poor and the “nothings”

YOU COUNT for something

You are SOMEONE=you are INCLUDED

In the kingdom of God

“........God chose the lowly

And despised of the world

Those who count for nothing

….....” 1 Corinthians 1:28

STAND with God-for he-

Will stand FOREVER with you

“I will declare

That your love stands

FIRM FOREVER

That you have established

Your faithfulness in heaven itself” Psalm 89:2

You COUNT-oh YES you do!=

In the kingdom of God-

And in the world of heaven itself

“You will be hated

By everyone-because of me

But the ONE

Who STANDS FIRM to the end

Will be saved” Matthew 10:22

STAND FIRM with God-stand firm

With Jesus-He will stand by you

UNTIL the end of time

“Nevertheless-God's SOLID foundation

STANDS firm

Sealed with this inscription:

'The Lord KNOWS those

Who are his'-and-

'Everyone who confesses

The name of the Lord

MUST turn away from wickedness'” 2 Timothy 2:19

There are NO nothings

There is no one who

Does not matter

In the EYES of the Lord

You are SPECIAL-you are INCLUDED

OUR God is an INCLUSIVE God-

A God who LOVES US ALL

DON'T ever let anyone tell you

That you do not matter

That you are nothing

THESE are the ONES our God

Our Jesus CHOOSES=he keeps us

IN his company=he chooses us

He COUNTS us as special

“You did not choose me

But I CHOSE YOU-

And appointed you

So that you might go

And bear fruit-

FRUIT that will last-

And so that whatever

You ASK in my name

The Father will give you

This is my command:

LOVE ONE ANOTHER” John 15:16

“But we ought ALWAYS

To thank God for you-

Brothers and sisters-

LOVED by the Lord

Because God CHOSE you as his first fruits

To be saved

THROUGH the sanctifying work

Of the SPIRIT

And through BELIEF in the truth” 2 Thessalonians 2:13

So WHOEVER you are in this world

YOU COUNT-You are SOMEONE SPECIAL

In this world

OH YES YOU ARE!-

Forever in Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

1-28-17

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

Ps 1-16-17-2019 and 11-19-20-2020

THE LOVELIEST WORDS

 

THE LOVELIEST WORDS

What about you

Are you like me

Are you longing to hear

The loveliest words

This side of paradise

I am

For I was hungry

And you gave me

Something to eat

But when Lord

When did I do this

For I was thirsty

And you gave me

Something to drink

But when Lord

When did I do this

For I was naked

And you gave me

Something to wear

But when Lord

When

When I was sick

You nursed me

When I was in prison

You visited me

But when Lord

When

And the Lord will reply

“Whatsoever you did to the least of my brothers

That you did unto me” Matthew 25:40

And then you will hear the loveliest words this side of paradise

“Well done good and faithful servant” Matthew 25:21

Robert P. Wallman

2-11-11

TAKING DELIGHT IN US

 

TAKING DELIGHT IN US

Our Lord takes GREAT JOY=

Great delight

In his people

And he tells us this over

AND OVER=in his book

The BIBLE

One such example

Is Psalm 149

“Sing to the Lord

A NEW SONG=

Let Israel be glad

In their maker

Let them PRAISE his name=

In the festive dance=

For the Lord

LOVES HIS PEOPLE” Psalm 149:1-4

In Psalm 149

The Lord INVITES his people

To express their JOY

He tells them

That they are

CHOSEN by God

And to express joy

Even when FACING extreme difficulty

Sing=dance=

And have a CELEBRATION

For the Lord DELIGHTS IN YOU

TAKING DELIGHT IN US=

Our Lord does

“Then my soul

Will rejoice in the Lord

AND DELIGHT

In his salvation” Psalm 35:9

“Here is my servant-

Whom I uphold=

My chosen one

In whom I DELIGHT

I will put my SPIRIT

On him-

And he will bring justice

To the nations” Isaiah 42:1

“The Lord your God

Is with you=

The Mighty Warrior who saves=

He will take

Great DELIGHT in you” Zephaniah 3:17

It took me a LONG TIME

To realize=

That MY DELIGHT in life

Comes from God

It took me a long time

To APPRECIATE God and Jesus

Really loved me

FAULTS and all

WHEN we rejoice

And appreciate GOD'S LOVE=

God takes DELIGHT IN US

Smile=laugh=live with God

Our loving-living FATHER=

He rejoices in you=

He TAKES DELIGHT in you

“Love does NOT

DELIGHT in evil=

But rejoices

With the truth” 1 Corinthians 13:6

“That is why-

For Christ's sake

I DELIGHT in weaknesses=

In insults=in hardships=

In persecutions=in difficulties

For when I am weak=

Then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12:10

We are NOT celebrating

Joy=or singing a new song=

Because we DELIGHT in our God

But because

God and Jesus

TAKES DELIGHT IN US

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ever living=LOVING JOYOUS FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

11-18-20

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

ONE PERSON CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

 

ONE PERSON CAN

STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

“Elisha said-'GIVE IT to the people to eat'” 2 KINGS 4:42

THIS reading

From the second book of Kings

Describes the marvelous multiplication

Of a few loaves of bread

For hungry crowds

And then

We read about

The MIRACLE OF Jesus

Feeding the five thousand

In John chapter 6

“ANOTHER of the disciples-Andrew-

Simon Peter's brother spoke up,

'Here is a boy with

Five small barley loaves

And two small fish

But how far will they go

Among so many?'” John 6:8-9

Plenty far

WHEN you are Jesus

The SON OF GOD

And you can CREATE a miracle

But we MUST REMEMBER

We need NOT be Jesus

We need not be able

To PERFORM large miracles

To make a difference

ONE CAN and does

STILL make a difference

In today's world

We can

GIVE a sick friend

A ride to the Doctor's

We can

Do some grocery shopping

For a house bound friend

There is NO LIMIT

For the things that we can do

TO HELP OTHERS

To make a difference

In today's world

ONE PERSON CAN

And still does

Make a difference

In today's world

For WHAT IF

Our individual gestures and compassion

Our personal prayers

OUR LONE VOICE

For HELPING OTHERS

Was JOINED

By thousands of others

In today's world

For a CHRISTIAN'S

MAIN JOB

Is to

KEEP HOPE ALIVE

In others

And make a difference

For them

“WHY my soul

Are you so downcast

WHY so disturbed

Within me?

Put your HOPE IN GOD

For I will yet PRAISE HIM

My Savior and MY GOD” Psalm 42:5

God makes a difference

In the lives of others

By the GOOD WORKS

He encourages us to do

“NO DOUBT

There have to be DIFFERENCES

among you

To show

Which of you

Have GOD'S APPROVAL” 1 Corinthians 11:19

WE HAVE to be

WE NEED to be

The differences

In this world

The difference

That BRINGS HOPE to another

Our efforts

OUR PRAYERS

Make a differences

NEVER DOUBT

That your “one loaf”

STILL makes a difference

A BIG DIFFERENCE

In today's world

Robert P. Wallman

7-25-15

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

6-30-17

7-11-18 and 2-2-19 and 11-18-19-2020

THE GIVING HEART

 

JULY 9^th, 2012

THE GIVING HEART

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

With love

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

With kindness

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

With forgiveness

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

In the ordinary

The giving heart

Is alive

In the birth

Of a child

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

In the beauty

Of a flower

The giving heart

Is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

In the beauty

Of a loving spirit

The giving heart is alive

The giving heart

Is alive

In almost everything

THE GIVING HEART IS ALIVE

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-06

Ps “Above all else-guard your heart

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

“Freely you have received-freely GIVE” Matthew 10:8

“This is the covenant I will make with them

After that time says the Lord

I will put my laws in their HEARTS

And I will write them on their minds” Hebrews 10:16

ARE YOU SEEING JOY? (IN YOUR LIFE)

ARE YOU SEEING JOY?

(IN YOUR LIFE)

What do you see

When you LOOK

In the MIRROR?

Are you SEEING JOY?

Or do you see a FACE

That is sad=weary=

And WORRIED?

A JOYLESS CHRISTIAN is

A CONTRADICTION in terms=

We should be happy=we should

KNOW=we are going to

LIVE FOREVER

FEEL THE JOY

“Sing to the Lord

A new song of PRAISE

In the assembly

Of the FAITHFUL” Psalm 149:1

From the earliest of TIMES

JOY has been

ONE of the hallmarks

Of our Christian faith

MANY Christians=have gone

To their deaths=singing

For joy

WHAT are you seeing

When you look in the mirror?

Are you seeing JOY

On your face?

“But let all

Who take refuge in you

Be glad

Let them even SING

FOR JOY

Spread your protection

Over them

That those who LOVE your name

May REJOICE in you” Psalm 5:11

“The FATHER

Of a righteous child

Has great JOY

A man who fathers

A wise son

REJOICES in him” Proverbs 23:24

“That JOY is mine

And it is now complete

He must become greater

I must become less” John 3:29-30

Of course=we can't

Walk around=GRINNING

All the time=because

Of our JOY

But we can let people KNOW

That the SOURCE of our joy

Is that

GOD LIVES inside of us

And that we are AWARE

Of the PRESENCE of God

And Jesus in our lives

And WHEN we look

Into the mirror=we should

That joy on our FACE

We should be aware

Of that EVER PRESENT JOY

Living INSIDE of us

“Many Lord are asking=

'Who will

Bring us prosperity?'

Let the light of your FACE

SHINE on us” Psalm 4:6

OUR kind of joy

Runs deep=it CAN even

COEXIST with sorrow=pain

Worry and fear

So I ask you=

Are you seeing JOY-or-

Are you seeing gloom

WHEN you look into the mirror?

I hope it is JOY=and

I hope it is

Because of the PRESENCE

Of God and Jesus in your life

Dear Lord=OUR SOURCE OF JOY=

Gives us a deep presence

Of you=in our life today

In the names of Jesus and OUR all loving Father

Robert P. Wallman

9-11-18

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

11-17-18-2020 

THE JOURNEY

 

JULY 8^th, 2012

THE JOURNEY

The journey

Is long

The journey

Is never-ending

The journey

To find God

Is mind altering

Is mind bending

The journey

Takes you to places

That

You don’t really want to go

The journey

Reveals to you

Parts of your self

That

You don’t really

Want to know

But through it all

God continues to care

Through it all

God continues

To be fair

Because

God loves you

At all times

And if you keep searching

He’ll work with you

Until at times

You feel sublime

For me

The search

Has carried with it

Much pain

Both physical and emotional

But for every loss

God has given me

A little gain

The journey

Is long

The journey

Is never-ending

The journey

To find God

Is mind altering

It is

Mind bending

But please

Do not give up

On your journey

Or on yourself

Your journey

It is well worth it

In the end

Robert P. Wallman

6-27-06

Ps “My soul FINDS rest in God alone

My salvation comes from him” Psalm 62:1

“For everyone who asks receives

He who seek FINDS

And to him who knocks

The door will be opened” Matthew 7:8

“It will be good for those servants

Whose master FINDS them watching

When he comes” Luke 12:37

WHERE DO YOU FIND GOD?

 

WHERE DO YOU FIND GOD?

I have been SEARCHING

For God=all of MY LIFE=

How about you?

Are you in a

SEARCH for GOD?

We look all over the

Place for God=

We can TRY to

Find God=in the busyness of life

And in our WORK

We can look for God-

In our CHURCH and in

Our FAMILY

But the TRUTH IS=

We can find God EVERYWHERE=

Because he is living is us=

RIGHT THERE in our hearts

Right there inside of us

“Behold I stand

At the door and knock

IF anyone-

Hears my VOICE

And opens the door

Then I will enter

His house=

And dine with him

And he with me” Revelation 3:20

WHERE do you FIND GOD?

Where have you looked?

I guarantee you

He is there

Sometimes I experience

God and Jesus

In the poor and the LONELY

Surely God is FOUND

in all places

And in all things=

WHERE DO YOU FIND GOD?

“But if from there

You seek the Lord

Your God

You will FIND HIM

If you seek him

With all your heart

And with all your soul” Deuteronomy 4:29

“And Saul's son Jonathon

Went to David at Horesh

And helped him-

FIND STRENGTH in God” 1 Samuel 23:16

“Ask and it

Will be given to you=

Seek and you WILL FIND-

Knock and

The door will be opened to you” Matthew 7:7

It is easy to FORGET

In our search=

To find God-

That he is “RIGHT HERE”

STANDING at the door

Of our hearts=

Knocking on our door

And WAITING for our response

It is easy to forget

That God is RIGHT HERE

With us

It is easy to BECOME

Too busy=and NOT be still enough

And find God=RIGHT HERE

In our hearts

“For whoever

Wants to save their life

Will lose it=

And whoever loses their life

For me=WILL FIND IT” Matthew 16:25

FIND GOD=right there

In your HEART=and let him in

Dear Lord=KNOCK once again

And we will find you=

Just give us the chance

TO OPEN THE DOOR

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

Robert P. Wallman

11-16-20

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens

IT IS IN YOUR HEART

 

August 16^th, 2012

It IS IN YOUR HEART

Where is God’s treasure

It is in your heart

Where is God’s pleasure

It is in your heart

So open your heart

Just let the world see

There is no more reason to hide

God knows

What is inside

All the world must know

That the answer is

In each person’s heart

God’s treasure

Is in your heart

In the heart of a person

Who knows how to love

In the heart of a person

Who knows how to forgive

For it is only in these two things

That a person

Can really live

The answer to all the questions

The answer to life

The answer-the answer

The answer is

In your heart

The answer is in your heart

Robert P. Wallman

4-14-06

Ps The heart is figuratively the center of person-that which

Gives direction to a person

“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance

Or his height for I have rejected him

The Lord does not look at the things man looks at

Man looks at the outward appearance

BUT THE LORD LOOKS AT THE HEART” 1 Samuel 16:7

“Above all-guard your HEART

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

“I have your word in my HEART

That I might NOT sin against you” Psalm 119:11

BELIEVING IN A MIRACLE

 

BELIEVING IN A MIRACLE

Do you

BELIEVE in the

MIRACLES of God=

The miracles of Jesus?

I do=because I am ONE=

Life itself is a miracle

My whole life

IS A MIRACLE=

So is yours=

APPRECIATE this life=

You only get one=

Don't take it

For granted

“Jesus asked the blind man=

'WHAT do you want me

To do for you?'

“He replied=

“Lord=please let me SEE'” Luke 18:41

GOD KNOWS our every hope=

Our every sorrow=

Every thought

That you have

Even without us

Saying them OUT LOUD

So WHY did Jesus

ASK the blind man-

What he wanted-

Jesus already knew

But he wanted

To see=

What the man's RESPONSE would be

And the response

Was PLEASING to Jesus=

It was direct=

It was respectful=

And it was FAITH-FILLED

The blind man

BELIEVED A MIRACLE

Was possible

How about you?

Do you believe GOD HAS-?

Do you believe Jesus has

A MIRACLE

In store for you

IN THIS LIFE

I do=EVERY DAY

I am alive=is a

MIRACLE for me

“You are the God

WHO PERFORMS MIRACLES=

You display your power

Among the peoples” Psalm 77:14

“Then Jesus-

Began to denounce

The towns

In which

Most of his MIRACLES

Had been performed” Matthew 11:20

“Fellow Israelites-

Listen to this

Jesus of Nazareth

Was a man

Accredited to you=by GOD

To you=BY MIRACLES-

Wonders and signs=

Which God did among you

Through him-

As you yourselves know” Acts 2:22

So=IF you need

A MIRACLE in your life=

Don't be afraid

To ASK God the Father=

Don't be afraid-

To ask his Son=Jesus Christ

Who are you?

A man or a woman

Lacking FAITH

Or are you

Like the BELIEVING BLIND MAN?

Don't be afraid to ask=

Don't be afraid to

BELIEVE IN A MIRACLE

For your life

In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR MIRACLE WORKING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

11-15-20

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

GOD'S MERCY TO ALL

 

GOD'S MERCY TO ALL

At the LAST SUPPER

The apostle Philip

Made a plea that Jesus

Had already answered

“Philip said to him,

'Master-SHOW us the Father

And that will be ENOUGH for us'” John 14:8

Jesus answered,

“WHOEVER has seen me

Has already seen the FATHER” John 14:9

So in this YEAR OF MERCY

As proclaimed by Pope Francis

IF we have not ALL already

Seen the Father-THE FACE OF MERCY

We have all-at least-

Felt him in our hearts

As we all have felt

Jesus living there

At one time or another

GOD'S MERCY is

For us all

NOT just Catholics-Not just Christians

But for ALL PEOPLE in this world

BELIEVERS in God

And nonbelievers alike

So who knows WHERE we will

See the face of God

It can be seen and felt

In the most unlikely of places

And it will serve to REMIND US

That the face of God

Can be anywhere

“Many-Lord-are asking-

'WHO will bring us prosperity?'

Let the light of your face

Shine on us” Psalm 4:6

“May God to be GRACIOUS to us

And BLESS us

And make his face

SHINE on us” Psalm 67:1

“They will see his face

And his name

Will be

On their foreheads

There will be

No more night

They will not need

The LIGHT of a lamp

Or the light of the sun

For the Lord

Will give them light

And they will REIGN

Forever and ever” Revelation 22:4-5

And so we say thanks

To Philip and James

And all the other apostles

The GOSPEL has reached

The ends of the earth

Thanks to people like them

And we his apostles-

Of today

Will sooner or later

MAKE SURE the gospel of God

And Christ- IS ACCEPTED

By every individual in this world

And ultimately

GOD'S MERCY TO ALL

May be shown

To every person in this world

LIT by our faith in Christ-

The FACE that shines the

Father's love and mercy

TO ALL those in NEED

Robert P. Wallman

5-5-16

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

The feast day of Saint Philip and James are SHARED together on the 3^rd of May each year

11-15-16-2020

GOD'S WAY

 

NOVEMBER 15^th, 2012

GOD'S WAY

The capability of LOVE

Is all it is about

Nothing else really matters

I just want to stand and shout

Love God

Love your neighbor

Forgive those

Who want to harm you

God’s way is love

God’s way is forgiveness

God’s way is

Turning the other cheek

God’s way is near

Hatred likes to make distance

The capability of love

Is all it’s all about

Nothing else really matters

I just want to stand and shout

Love God

Love your neighbor

Forgive those

Who want to harm you

That’s all it is all about

God’s way

GOD’S way

Robert P. Wallman

6-04-06

Ps “As for God-his WAY is perfect

The word of the Lord is flawless

He is a shield

For all who take refuge in him” 2 Samuel 22:31

“Commit your WAY to the Lord

Trust in him-and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn

The justice of your cause like the noonday sun” Psalm 37:5-6

“Jesus answered, “I am the WAY and the truth and the life

No one comes to the Father except through me” John 14:6

HANDLE WITH CARE=LIFE IS FRAGILE

 

HANDLE WITH CARE=LIFE IS FRAGILE

I guess I was 22=

When I FIRST realized

HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS

I had an emergency surgery=

And the BEGINNING of a

Long and lasting illness=

That is STILL with me today

I lost relationships=I lost

FINANCES=and I almost

LOST my life=on three

Separate occasions

Be careful=HANDLE WITH CARE=

Everything in life=can be LOST=

Everything in life=can be BROKEN

HANDLE WITH CARE=

LIFE IS FRAGILE!

“You yourselves-

KNOW very well

That the day of the LORD

Will come-

Like a thief at night” 1 Thessalonians 5:2

IF you ever LOST a loved one

In life=

You REALIZE=

How very FRAGILE life is

Finances are fragile=

RELATIONSHIPS are fragile=

EVERYTHING in life=can be lost

Be AWARE of the

Fragility of life=

It can be=a good or bad thing=

DEPENDING on how you

USE the information

IF it leads to too

Much fear and anxiety=

It can be DESTRUCTIVE

But if you use the INFORMATION

To truly UNDERSTAND

What is important in life

It can be TRANSFORMATIVE=

It can become a good thing=

It can change us=INTO

A truly CARING human being

Handle with care=

LIFE IF FRAGILE!

“What is mankind

That you are

Mindful of them

Human beings=

That you CARE-

For them?” Psalm 8:4

“The righteous CARE

About justice=

For the poor

But the wicked

Have no such concern” Proverbs 29:7

“By the grace of God

Has given me=

I laid a foundation

As a wise builder=

And someone else

Is building on it

But each one-

Should BUILD WITH CARE” 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

We will NEVER be able

To live A PERFECT LIFE

But we can live

The GOSPEL LIFE

Of justice-mercy-and FORGIVENESS

Let them take on

MORE URGENCY=before

The end of your life

“Be shepherds=of God's flock=

That is UNDER YOUR CARE-

Watching over them--------

Not because you must

But because you are willing

As God wants you to be

NOT pursuing dishonest gain

But eager to serve.......” 1 Peter 5:2

Dear FRIENDS=

HANDLE YOUR LIFE WITH CARE=

Everything in life

IS FRAGILE

And CAN BE BROKEN

In Jesus' name=and in the name of OUR EVER LIVING GOD

Robert P. Wallman

11-14-20

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek