GOD IS WORING IN US

 

GOD IS WORKING IN US

Jesus CAME to this world

As a SERVANT=to WORK

For us= and to WORK IN US

IMAGINE the surprise and shock=

Felt by the apostles

WHEN he began

To wash their feet

At your service=

GOD-WORKING IN US

“Then he poured water

Into a basin

And began to WASH

The disciples' feet

And dry them

With the towel

Around his waist” John 13:5

They KNEW him as Jesus=

The CHRIST=

The worker of MIRACLES

And now here he was

Acting as their servant=

This Jesus=this is

OUR GOD=WORKING FOR US

Working in us

At all times

But this was God-

Doing what he had always done

SERVING US

It took us a long time to see-

But our God is

A loving-serving God

That is our God-

WORKING IN US

“And now Israel-

What does the Lord

Your God ask of you

But to fear

The Lord your God=

To walk in-to walk in obedience

To him

To love him=TO SERVE

The Lord your God

With all your heart

And with all your soul

And to observe

The Lord's commands

And decrees=that I am

Giving you today

For your own good?” Deuteronomy 10:12

GOD IS=WORKING IN US

And through us

WHEN I look at

My accomplishments

In this life

I SEE NOW

That it was NOT truly my own work=

But God=WORKING WITHIN ME=

Our God

WORKING WITHIN US

They were GIFTS

From the Holy Spirit=

Who put the FRUITS

Within us

“But the FRUIT of the SPIRIT

Is love=joy=peace=

Forbearance=kindness=goodness=

Faithfulness=gentleness=and self-control” Galatians 5:22-23

God=WORKING IN US=

Giving us the fruits

Of the Spirit=

To get the job done

Just like Jesus

Our being of SERVICE TO OTHERS

Without the HOLY SPIRIT

Guiding me/guiding us=

Our lives would NOT

Have taken the ROUTES

That they did

For God loves us=and wants us

To DO HIS WORK

Here on earth

If he stopped loving us=

We would CEASE to exist

GOD IS WORKING IN US=

By leading us=to be OF SERVICE

To others

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

HAPPY HOLY THURSDAY everyone!=I love you

Robert P. Wallman

3-31-2021

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

GOD'S LOVE DOES NOT FADE AWAY

 

GOD'S LOVE DOES NOT FADE AWAY

Everything in life

FADES AWAY-or perishes

ALL that is-EXCEPT

God's love

GOD'S LOVE

Sustains me

Through every situation

“The Lord sustains

The humble

But casts the wicked

To the ground” Psalm 147:4

Even trees

Planted near a flowing river

Change their colors these days

Autumn reminds us

That leaves do fade

But God's love

NEVER FADES AWAY

He evens sustains

The fatherless

And the widow

“The Lord

Watches over the alien

And sustains

The fatherless and the widow

But he frustrates

The ways of the wicked” Deuteronomy 10:18

GOD'S LOVE

Does not fade away

Those that live

Off of God's word

Will never perish

“My sheep

Listen to my voice

I know them

And they know me

I give them eternal life

And they shall NEVER perish

No one can snatch them

Out of my Father's hand” John 10:27-28

We may die

But we will find

ETERNAL LIFE

By LIVING off the WORD OF GOD

God's LOVE

Never fades away

And while

We may not find

earthly glory

We will find heavenly glory

And we will find

GOD LIVING INSIDE OF US

And that gives us peace

And the Lord our God

OUR SHEPHERD

Will lead us home

To that glory

“And when

The chief SHEPHERD appears

You will receive

THE CROWN OF GLORY

That will NEVER FADE AWAY” 1 Peter 5:4

And that crown of glory

IS GOD'S LOVE

LIVING inside of you

God's love

Inside of you

THAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT

EVER FADE AWAY

Robert P. Wallman

2-9-14

7-12-15 & 8-9-18 and 3-31-4-1-2021

WHERE DID GOD GO?

 

MARCH 31^st, 2012

WHERE DID GOD GO

Speeding along

Day after day

In our search

For money and fame

But I have a question

Where did God go

Lord Lord

Where did you go

Can’t even see you

In my rearview mirror

But alas

God didn’t go anywhere

It’s us

Off on our own

Personal quests and searches

For money and fame

God didn’t go anywhere

It’s us

Thought we could

Find something better

But that’s impossible

God is love

And God is here

To stay

Robert P. Wallman

3-20-10

BEING ON THE SIDE=OF THE POOR

 

BEING ON THE SIDE=OF THE POOR

The great THEME of the BIBLE=

Is that God is

On the SIDE=of the POOR

That is why God CHOSE

The ISRAELITES=and why

It is at the HEART of

Mary's Magnificat-and Jesus' Beatitudes

“For the Lord-

Hears the POOR=

And his own

Who are in bonds

He spurns not” Psalm 69:34

And God CONTINUES

These THEMES in the bible=

To TAKE CARE of the poor-

The widow-and the orphans=

Those society has LEFT BEHIND

“RELIGION that God our Father

Accepts pure and faultless is this=

Look after ORPANS AND WIDOWS

In their distress

And to keep oneself

From being polluted

By the world” James 1:27

BEING on the

SIDE OF GOD=loving the UNWANTED

We are to LOOK AFTER

Those less than us

In this world

The POOR are economically poor=

But more than that

They may be at

A DISTINCT DISADVANTAGE

In society

Due to race-age-gender-

Health-education-

Or just lacking OPPORTUNITIES

IF God is on their side=

Shouldn't we

BE on their SIDE too

BEING ON THE SIDE=OF THE POOR

“What then=shall we

Say in response

To these things?

IF GOD is for us=

Who can be against us?” Romans 8:31

WE can be on

The SIDE of the poor

In so MANY WAYS

By volunteering=by helping financially=

By staying INFORMED on the issues=

And always=always

PRAYING FOR THE POOR

“Defend the weak=

And fatherless-

Uphold the cause of the POOR

And the oppressed” Psalm 82:3

“If I give=all I possess

TO THE POOR

And give over my body

To hardship

That I may boast

But do not have love-

I gain nothing” 1 Corinthians 13:3

Dear loving God=

You hear=

The cries of the POOR

HELP US to hear them too=

And fight for

The POOR and disadvantaged=in this world

Being on=

THE SIDE OF THE POOR

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our always CARING=thoughtful Father

Robert P. Wallman

3-30-2021

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

OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT

 

WITNESS

7-19-13

OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT

We often become

Discouraged or disappointed

On our life’s journey

Sometimes it’s just

The ordinary things of life

Our job isn’t going right

We score badly on a test

In school

Someone looks at us

The wrong way

Or says the wrong thing

At the wrong time

Or it could be

Something more major

Like a health diagnosis

Bad finances

Or a relationship breaking apart

In ANY case

The question becomes

How do we overcome being discouraged

And WHERE

Do we find HOPE

In the book of Joshua

God appoints Joshua

To succeed Moses

And Joshua is wondering

If he has what it takes

AS YOU AND I

Sometimes wonder

IF we have what it takes

To overcome our obstacles

And SUCCEED in life

God tells Joshua

“Have I not commanded you

Be strong and courageous

Do not be terrified

DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED

For the Lord your God

Will be with you

WHEREVER YOU GO” Joshua 1:9

And I tell you

BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS

In whatever obstacles

You are facing in life

WIN FROM WITHIN

WE HAVE what it takes

The Lord your God

The Lord my God

OUR GOD IS WITH US

Of whom or what

Should we be afraid

“WHY are you so 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 42:5-6

So in Psalm 42

We find the answer

To being discouraged

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD

And WHAT EXACTLY

Is this thing called HOPE

It is KNOWING

That when we run into discouragement

And into difficulty

That tomorrow can be-and WILL BE BETTER

If we just TRUST IN GOD

“Therefore

Prepare your minds for action

Be self-controlled

Set your hope

Rely on the GRACE

To be given you

When Jesus Christ is REVEALED” 1 Peter 1:13-14

And Jesus Christ

Has been REVEALED

To you and me

So we have the POWER

WITHIN us

TO OVERCOME every discouragement in our life

You have WHAT IT TAKES

WIN FROM WITHIN

Find your hope IN GOD

Robert P. Wallman

6-26-13

WITNESS 7-19-13

Ps MISC WITNESS 4-15-14

10-2-14

& 5-10-15 and 3-30-31-2021

THE WIND AND GOD

 

MARCH 30^th, 2012

THE WIND AND GOD

We don’t see the wind

But we can feel it

We know

That it is there

We don’t see God

But we can feel him

We know

He is there

The wind

Moves our sailboat

Through the water

We try to control

Where we are going

Most of the time successful

But sometimes not

Like the wind on the water

Let the spirit move in us

Like the wind on the water

Let us be open to God

To where he wants

To move us

Like the wind on the water

Let the spirit be alive

Like the boat on the water

Let us be open to the spirit

And where he wants

To move us

Like all of mankind

Should be

Spirit

Help us to be open

To God’s word in us

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-06

TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD

 

TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD

I don't know about you=

But SOMETIMES I feel

Like I am working

IN VAIN=for the souls

Of God the FATHER

And I am SURE=

Jesus felt that way

When he reached HIS END

Giving it all=just to

GIVE GLORY TO GOD

When you are WORKING

For God=sometimes it is

EASY to think

You are working in VAIN=

Because you really

CANNOT measure the results

“Though I thought

I had toiled in VAIN

And for nothing

Uselessly=spent my strength=

Yet MY REWARD

Is with the Lord=

My recompense

Is with my God” Isaiah 49:4

I am sure=Jesus felt

That way=in the end

He COULDN'T SEE

All the souls he would SAVE

Including me and you

I am SURE a lot

Of priests and ministers=feel that way

BOTH men and women

Working for=working to

GIVE GLORY TO GOD

“The heavens

Declare the GLORY OF GOD=

The skies proclaim

The WORK

Of his hands” Psalm 19:1

“And they were

Calling to one another'

'Holy-holy-holy=is the Lord Almighty-

The whole earth

Is FULL OF HIS GLORY'” Isaiah 6:3

“........for all have sinned

And fall short

Of the GLORY OF GOD

And all are justified freely

By his grace=

Through the redemption

That came by Jesus Christ” Romans 3:23-24

How about you? Could yo

See the REWARDS of your profession?

Probably=most things

In this world ARE MEASURED

But working for GOD'S GLORY

Cannot be measured=ONLY

In love=for love is not quantifiable

THANK GOD for that

WORKING to

GIVE GLORY to God=

Working for his rewards alone

“Whoever is kind

To the poor=

Lends to the Lord

And he will REWARD THEM

For what they have done” Proverbs 19:17

“If=what has been built

Survives=the builder

Will receive a REWARD” 1 Corinthians 3:14

WE WORK for the Lord-

The PAY isn't that great=

But the RETIREMENT PLAN

Is out of this world

The work we do

In this world=

CANNOT be measured

But it is meant to

GIVE GLORY TO GOD

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

Robert P. Wallman

3-29-2021

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

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

 

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

This world

Often sets

IMPOSSIBLE STANDARDS for us

It tells us

That we should

LOOK like the guy or the girl

On the television commercials

(and our mate should look like that too)

Or we should be driving

That brand new luxury model car

BARELY possible goals

For some of us

IMPOSSIBLE for those of you

Like me-AVERAGE

And sometimes

This leaves us

FEELING like we are alone

Like we are the ONLY ONE

Who can't

Live up to these standards

But the truth is

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

GOD CHOOSES you and me

For GOD

Is our shield

“To him

WHO alone does GREAT wonders

HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER” Psalm 136:4

And for those of us

Who are chasing God

OVER the things

Of this world

God tells us

NOT to worry

The psalmist tells us,

“But you (God)

Are a SHIELD around me

O Lord

You bestow glory

On me

And lift up my head” Psalm 3:3

Our Lord and God

PROTECTS

WEARE NEVER ALONE

The world tells us

That in hopeless situations

To give up

It says,

“You can't do this

with your own resources

So you might as well

Give up”

But GOD tells us,

“You don't have to

DO IT ALONE

You have to give up

And LEAN on me”

So if you get

A bad health diagnosis

That says

You can't get better

If you don't

Have Enough funds

To buy that beautiful car

If you don't

Look like MR. GQ

Or aren't a perfect ten

GOD TELLS US

We still matter

God tells us

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

GOD is our shield

“The Lord is my STRENGTH

And my SHIELD

My heart trusts in him

And I am helped

My heart

Leaps for joy

And I will give thanks

To him-in song” Psalm 28:7

So the next time

The world tells you

That big lie

Sets you up

For that impossible standard

REASSURE yourself DAILY

Based on the evidence

That GOD-and OTHERS are with you

And that

WE ARE NEVER ALONE

Robert P. Wallman

11-19-13

ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH Magazine by Phil Fox Rose

misc. WITNESS 2-20-14

4-15-15

3-29-30-2021

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE!

MARCH 29^th, 2012

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Keep the dream

Alive

Keep the hope

Alive

Keep on believing

Keep on relying

Keep on living

God

When the whole world

Lets you down

Keep on believing

In God

Keep the dream

Alive

When the whole world

Knocks you down

When you are

Having trouble

Getting off the ground

Keep on believing

In God

Keep the dream

Alive

Keep the hope

Alive

Keep on believing

Keep on relying

Keep on living

God

Keep he dream alive

Robert P. Wallman

6-27-06 

MORE THAN A STORY

 

MORE THAN A STORY

It is HOLY WEEK=and we

Are RELIVING the past once again=

The death=

And the RESURRECTION of Jesus

We have heard the STORY

So many times=that we think

It is just a story

But it is NOT=it is

REAL LIFE=Jesus really

Was TORTURED and sentenced

To death=for the sins

Of us all

He was crucified and he RESURRECTED

After three days-

He CONQUERED death=

And he walked the dirt roads

Of this earth=once more

Once again=

MORE THAN A STORY

“Six days before PASSOVER=

Jesus came to Bethany

Where Lazarus was=

Whom Jesus

Had raised from the dead” John 12:1

It is an old story-

But we are going to

Tell it again=

We are going to

KEEP telling it over and over again

UNTIL the world finally LIVES it

And believes it=

Jesus really is the

The SON OF GOD

More than=just a STORY

It was=it is

The REAL LIFE STORY

Of a man=the Son of God

Living and dying for our sins

“For we did not follow

Cleverly devised STORIES

When we told you

About the coming

Of our Lord Jesus Christ

In power

But we were eyewitnesses

Of his majesty” 2 Peter 1:16

“In their greed=these teachers

Will exploit you

With fabricated STORIES

Their condemnation=has long been

Hanging over them=and their destruction

Has not been sleeping” 2 Peter 2:3

THINK like you were there

With Jesus=like you

WERE PART of his life

You are SITTING with Jesus

And his friends=at dinner

You are WALKING with him

To Jerusalem=WITNESSING THE Lord

On the cross=and in time

SEEING the empty tomb

This is MORE than

Just a story=it is REAL LIFE

The real life of Jesus Christ

The real life of SALVATION

For you and me

“Show me Lord=MY LIFE'S END

And the number=Of my days

Let me know

How fleeting MY LIFE is” Psalm 39:4

Next Sunday=NEXT EASTER

We will be singing=for Jesus

We will be singing-for him-every day

EVERY EASTER=for him

Again and again=

From now=until the end of time

This was=MORE THAN A STORY

It was Jesus' life=

A life that NEVER ENDS

Dear Lord=we pray

Open our hearts

As we WALK with Jesus

This Holy Week

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

Robert P. Wallman

3-28-2021

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

IF IT IS OF GOD

 

IF IT IS OF GOD

How many of us

Are worried about our legacies

And worried

If we will be remembered

After we are gone

Whether it

Be with our families and children

Whether it

Be in charitable work/causes

Or contributions you have given

I have

Some good news for you

There is

Nothing to worry about

If we are in tune with God

And doing

What we are supposed to be doing

Do you think Christ was worried

The 33 years or so

He walked this earth

“Heaven and earth will pass away

But my words

Will never pass away” Matthew 24:36

Doesn’t sound like he was too worried to me

He KNEW who he was

“And the WORD OF GOD

Is living 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

He KNEW who he was

And if you know him

God’s living---breathing---active word

The words of the spirit

Are alive in you---they LIVE in you

That is your legacy

That---YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD

Lifted up by our God

THE GOD OF THE LIVING

NOT of the dead

“I no longer live

But Christ lives on me” 2 Galatians 20

“And so we know

And rely on the love

God has for us

God is love

Whoever lives in love

Lives in God

And God in him

In this way

Love is made complete among us

So that we will have confidence

On the day of judgment

Because in this world

We are like him” 1 John 4:16-17

That is your legacy

A LEGACY OF LOVE

Passed on to you by the God’s own SON---JESUS CHRIST

Live it---speak it---pass it on to others

CHRIST wasn’t worried

And IF we believe he IS who he said he was

NEITHER SHOUD WE BE

Robert P. Wallman

1-3-12

3-28-29-2021

CARRY ME THE EXTRA MILE

 

MARCH 28^th, 2012

CARRY ME THE EXTRA MILE

I’m running out of time

And I’m running out of money

I’m already out of health

And I don’t

Even have a honey

Lord

Carry me the extra mile

Because if you don’t

How am I going to get through

Please help me Lord

The time is now

Lord I have so much work to do

How am I going to do it

Without you

It can’t be done

Without you

The battle

Can’t be won

Lord

Please carry me the extra mile

Lord

Help me to do it in style

With class, with love

It can only be done

By the grace of God above

I’m running out of time

I’m running out of money

Don’t have much health

Don’t even have a honey

Lord

Please carry me the extra mile

Please, please, Lord

Let’s do it in style

Lord, please carry me

Carry me

Carry me the extra mile

Robert P. Wallman

5-1-06

Ps 7-27-2019

DIVINE FORGIVENESS

 

DIVINE FORGIVENESS

Jesus' crucifixion and death=

Caused him much physical pain=

But he also SUFFERED

Another kind of pain=and rejection

The pain of BEING ABANDONEN

In his time of NEED

“And they all LEFT HIM

And fled” Mark 14:50

Jesus' physical pain was much=

But it would be hard to imagine

HOW MUCH PAIN-

Being abandoned caused him

Jesus certainly UNDERSTOOD

The apostles' fear and rejection=

And he FORGAVE THEM

Just as he FORGIVES US

When we COMMIT the

Same sin

Over and over again

Just as he forgives us

When we TURN from him

In our most ardent TIME OF NEED

DIVINE FORGIVENESS

He forgave the apostles

He certainly forgives us

“The weapons we fight with

Are not the weapons

Of this world

On the contrary-

They have DIVINE POWER

To demolish strongholds” 2 Corinthians 10:4

“Through these

He has given us

His very great

And precious promises

So that through them

You may participate

In the DIVINE NATURE=

Having escaped the corruption

In a world=caused by evil desires” 2 Peter 1:4

After the resurrection=

Jesus appeared to the APOSTLES=

And through the GIFT

Of the Holy spirit=

The apostles=were CHANGED MEN

And they were able

To SPREAD the gospel message

FAITHFULLY=to the whole world

And Jesus forgives us=

And APPEARS to us-

Every day in our PRAYERS

And in our bible readings

DIVINE FORGIVENESS for us all

Because of

Jesus' MOST COMPASSIONATE HEART

He didn't hold the the apostles' REJECTION

Against them=

And he doesn't hold our

Sins against us=

Even though we keep committing

The SAME sins over and over again

“For the Lord your God

Is a merciful God

He will NOT ABANDON

Or destroy you

Or forget the covenant

With your ancestors

Which he confirmed to them

By oath” Deuteronomy 4:31

Where there is UNFAITHFULNESS-

There is the offer-

Of DIVINE FORGIVENESS

By our Lord

Then we become NEW AGAIN-

Just like the apostles

Let us BE GRATEFUL

For the loving divine forgiveness

Of God our FATHER

Who gives it to us

When we really need it

And CHANGES US

In the names of Jesus=and our ever DIVINE HOLY FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

3-26-2021

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

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD

 

MARCH 27^th, 2012

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD

They say

It can’t be done

They say

Never in a million years

But God can do all things

In those who believe

God can do all things

In those who receive

God’s words

Into their hearts

They say

It can’t be done

They say

It is impossible

Don’t you remember

All things

All things are possible with God

All things are possible

For those who believe

All things are possible

For those who receive

God’s words

Into their hearts

All things

ALL THINGS are possible with God

Robert P. Wallman

4-29-06

WE WORK TOGETHER!

WE WORK TOGETHER!

It is TRUE that Jesus

DIED at the hands

Of the Jewish people

But it is also true

That because of this=

We had the

BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY

God has a plan=

God always

Has a PLAN=and

WE WORK TOGETHER!=

For the GOOD of all

“The chief priests

And Pharisees=convened

The San Hedrin=and said

'What are we going to do?

This man=

Is performing many signs........'

So from that day on=

They planned to kill him........

Now the Passover of the Jews

Was near=and many went up

From the country to Jerusalem.......

They looked for Jesus........” John:11:47, 53, 55, 56

WE ALL WORK TOGETHER!=

For the love of the Lord

We all WORK TOGETHER!

To promote the knowledge

Of the Lord

God has a PLAN for us all=

For the Jewish people

For the Christian people=and

ALL the people of this world

“May he give you

The desire of your heart

And make=

All your PLANS succeed” Psalm 20:4

“Do not those

Who plot evil=go astray?

But those=who PLAN what is good

Find love and faithfulness” Proverbs 13:22

Just before today's passage

Jesus had raised Lazarus

From the dead

This is why the leaders

DECIDED that he must die

The Jewish Passover

Begins on PALM SUNDAY

And concludes with Easter=

As it usually does=it is

Usually close together

We work together!

FOR GOD'S LOVE

“And we know

That in all things=

God WORKS for the GOOD

Of those who love him

Who have been called

According to his purpose” Romans 8:28

This year=many of us

Are suffering from COVID 19=

SUFFERING all kinds of

Painful change-illness-and death

I am GRATEFUL

The Christian and Jewish communities

And communities=of ALL FAITHS

Are working together=

To try and OVERCOME

This dreadful disease

So keep reading=those SCRIPTURAL readings

And saying THANK You to God

For all things good

God's plans are GOOD=

For all of us

WE WORK TOGETHER!

“But the PLANS=of the Lord

Stand firm forever=

The purposes of his heart

THROUGH all generations” Psalm 33:11

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

NAME IS LIFE

Robert P. Wallman

3-26-2021

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

THE AUTHOR OF LIFE

 

THE AUTHOR OF LIFE

Do you know

What an AUTHOR is

The word “author” is defined as

“One who originates or creates; SOURCE”

And that is WHAT our God is

THE SOURCE

The CREATOR of this world

And I have to wonder

How he FEELS about us

In today's world

BEGINNING with Adam-us men-

have made a mess

Out of this world

And with the example of HIS SON-Jesus Christ

He showed us

HOW to get things right

The PERFECT LAMB

The perfect example

For us on how to live

OUR GOD

Is THE AUTHOR of life

His Son-Jesus

Is the perfect example of

How to live

With PERFECT love

With perfect forgiveness

And with perfect kindness

“The heavens declare

The glory of God

The skies proclaim

The work

Of his hand

Day after day

They pour forth speech

Night after night

They display knowledge

There is no speech

Or language

Where their voice

Is not heard

The voice goes out

Into ALL the earth

the words

To the end

Of the world” Psalm 19:1-4

The earth was made perfect

BY GOD

So that we could

LIVE on it and in it

In fact

The only thing

On this earth

That is not perfect is us-human beings

And God

In the FORM of his SON

The perfect example

SHOWED us how to live

A life out of LOVE

For our God

Is the God

Of PERFECT ORDER

NOT the author of confusion

The way this world

Exists today

“FOR GOD is NOT the author

Of confusion

But of peace

As in ALL churches of the saints” 1 Corinthians 14:33

Think about it

The SAINTS are GOD'S PEOPLE too

And they got it

ALMOST perfect-like Christ-

Our God did

We can do better

We can make God

THE AUTHOR OF ALL LIFE

PROUD of us-yet again

“And being made perfect

He became the AUTHOR

Of eternal salvation

Unto all them

That obey him” Hebrews 5:9

All we have to do

Is LISTEN to our God

And obey him

And look to our model

His Son-Jesus Christ

In how to act

“THIS is the covenant

That I will make

With the House of Israel

I will put my law

In their inward parts

And WRITE it

In their heart

And I will be THEIR GOD

And they shall be

MY PEOPLE” Jeremiah 31:33

(repeated in Hebrews 8:10)

So let us get it RIGHT

ONCE AGAIN

As they did

After the Resurrection

Let us listen

To our God

Let us obey

And FOLLOW the example of Christ

So that we can make

Our God

THE AUTHOR OF LIFE

NOT only proud of his creation

The earth

But PROUD of HIS people

ONCE AGAIN

Robert P. Wallman

5-8-14

4-23-15 &

6-16-16 &

8-10-17 and 5-14-2019 and 3-26-27-2021

TODAY=I LOST MY BEST FRIEND

 

MARCH 26^th, 2012

TODAY I LOST MYBEST FRIEND

Today

I lost

My best friend

We lived together

52

Of my 55 years alive

We did

Everything

Together

We laughed

We cried

We did it all

We saw

The birth of my nieces

Her grandchildren

We saw

The death of my father

Her husband

We saw it all

Together

We laughed

We cried

Last month

She died

Today

I lost

My best friend

I love her so

I miss her so

Today

I lost

My best friend

I love you so-I miss you so

Robert P. Wallman

4-17-10

Ps Mom was buried March 26^th, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

WORKING FOR THE LORD!

WORKING FOR THE LORD!

Have you heard the phrase=

SEEING IS BELIEVING

I have=and it

Has never been MORE TRUE

Than it is

In TODAY'S WORLD

With everyone having

A CELL PHONE CAMERA=

No one believes anything

Unless it can be SEEN

“If I do not perform

MY FATHER'S WORKS=

Do not believe me

But if I perform them

Even if you do NOT

Believe me=

BELIEVE THE WORKS........” John 10:37-38

Seeing is believing

WORKING FOR THE LORD!

The learned scholars=

Of Jesus' day=just couldn't grasp

WHO Jesus was=that he

Indeed was=the SON of God

So Jesus TRIED

To make it EASY for them=saying

Even if you don't

Believe in who I am-

Who I say I am

Believe in the WORKS

That I do=

Because they=these MIRACLES

Come from God the FATHER=

WORKING FOR THE LORD!

“Whatever you do

WORK at it=

With all your heart

As WORKING for the Lord

Not for human masters” Colossians 3:23

Even when we don't realize it=

People are WATCHING US

And the works

That we do

Let your WORK

Be so OUTSTANDING=

That people wonder

If you

Are WORKING for the Lord

Just like JESUS WAS

WHEN we feed the hungry

Shelter the homeless=

FORGIVE the unforgivable

SHOW PATIENCE=to those who

TRY US=

Living the BEATITUDES

We are WORKING

With the Lord=

We are doing corporal=and

Spiritual acts of mercy

“Aaron is to present

The Levites=

Before the Lord

As a wave offering

From the Israelites=

So that they may be

Ready to do

The WORK OF THE LORD” Numbers 8:11

“........So that the

Servant of God

May be thoroughly equipped

For EVERY GOOD WORK” 2 Timothy 3:17

Publicly we may be

Ridiculed=for doing

The WORK of the Lord

But PRIVATELY

We are=

WORKING FOR THE LORD=

And working for the CONVERSION

Of their souls=

And their coming to the LORD

Dear God=dear Lord=HELP US

To WORK for you consistently=

And let others KNOW

You are

Who you say you are

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our HOLY FATHER GOD!= who CANNOT be out worked

Robert P. Wallman

3-25-2021

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

PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

 

PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

It is

A TOUGH WORLD

That we live in

A world full of danger

It seems

Like someone or something

Is constantly shooting daggers at us

In the old days

The knight

Would put on

The metal or steel armor

To PROTECT HIM

And in today's world

I believe the policemen

STILL put on bullet-proof vests

But for us Christians

To protect us from evil

In this cruel cruel world

We are called to put on

A DIFFERENT KIND of armor

THE ARMOR OF GOD

“Put on

The full armor of God

So that

You can take your stand

Against the devil's schemes” Ephesians 6:10

There you have it

The armor that we need

IS ARMOR

That can stand up

NOT only against flesh and blood evil

But the dark forces of evil

In our world-Satan

“For our struggle

Is not against

Flesh and blood

But against the rulers

Against the authorities

Against the powers

Of this dark world-Satan

And against the spiritual forces

Of evil

In the heavenly realms

Therefore

PUT ON the full armor of God

So that

When the day of evil comes

You may be able

To STAND your ground” Ephesians 6:12-13

You say fine

But WHAT is it

That can

Withstand ALL of these things

The armor IS LOVE

My friend

THE LOVE OF GOD

And THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR

For as 1 Corinthians 13:8 tells us

LOVE NEVER FAILS

And James 1:17 says:

EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT

Is from ABOVE

And that is what Jesus' life was

IT WAS PERFECT

As He DEFEATED every injustice imaginable

INCLUDING humiliation and death

So our job

Is to UNITE our life

With Jesus=as much as possible

And HOLD ON

For the ride of our life

JESUS left behind HIS OWN spirit for us

And in Galatians 5:22

Paul tells us

WHAT the fruit

Of the spirit is:

“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

I suggest to you

That LIVING with these qualities is

PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

And if you WEAR these

You have NO NEED

Of steel armor

Or bullet-proof vests

If you put these on

You are putting on

THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD

And if you do this

Evil will not defeat you

And if it does

You will be vindicated

AS SURELY AS JESUS HIMSELF WAS

Robert P. Wallman

January 17^th, 2014

Ps misc. WITNESS 3-2-14

8-30-14

2-8-16

3-25-26-2021

HEART OF GOD

MARCH 25^th, 2012

HEART OF GOD

The heart of God

Is love

The heart of God

Is kindness

Heart of God

Please show us the way

Heart of God

Please come into my heart

And stay

The heart of God

Is feeding the hungry

The heart of God

Is clothing the naked

Heart of God

Please come into my heart

And stay

The heart of God

Is being kind to the widows

The heart of God

Is loving the orphans

The heart of God

Is loving everyone

No matter how hard

Please come into my heart

Oh heart of God

Robert P. Wallman

3-7-10 

FAITH OVER FEAR

 

FAITH OVER FEAR

I REMEMBER=just like it

Was yesterday=January of 1977=

And being told=that I was NOT

Going to live

I remember making my FINAL CONFESSION=

And waking up=a week later

ALIVE!=but still fighting

For my life

God granted me a MIRACLE=

FAITH OVER FEAR-

God can do the IMPOSSIBLE!

But today is NOT

About me=it is about

Our GOOD MOTHER Mary=

And the FAITH that she had

Throughout her life

“But she was greatly troubled-

At what was said

And PONDERED=

What sort of greeting

This might be” Luke 1:29

ALL things are difficult=

Or seem to be difficult

In this world=

But with God the Father

And his Son=Jesus Christ

The impossible becomes POSSIBLE=

We just need to have

The FAITH=

To CONQUER our fears

FAITH OVER FEAR!

Mary was “GREATLY TROUBLED”

Mary was concerned=worried

Greatly DISTURBED

With Gabriel's invitation to her

Did that mean that

Mary lacked faith?

No-not at all

She RESPONDED mentally and emotionally=

Startled as ANY human being

Might be

The IMPOSSIBE being POSSIBLE

Mary even questioned out loud

“'HOW will this be?'=Mary

Asked the angel=

'Since I am a virgin?'” Luke 1:34

For all things

Are POSSIBLE with the Lord

All things are possible

When you have FAITH over fear

“He replied'=

'Because you have so

LITTLE FAITH

Truly I tell you

If you have FAITH

As small as a mustard seed

You can say=to this mountain

'Move from here to there'

And it will move

Nothing will be IMPOSSIBLE

For you'” Matthew 17:20

“But since

We belong to the day

Let us be sober

Putting on FAITH and love

As a breastplate

And the hope of salvation

As a helmet” 1 Thessalonians 5:8

After the questions and hesitations

MARY'S FAITH=

Was able to stand up

STRONGER than her fear

Her generous love=and TRUST for God

Overcame any fear

That she had about her CHANGING LIFE

Mary said “YES” to God

And made the impossible=

POSSIBLE for all of us

“Jesus looked at them

And said=with man

This is IMPOSSIBLE=

But with God

All things are possible” Matthew 19:26

I found that out PERSONALLY=

And 44 years of life later

I am STILL ALIVE

Mary's YES=made her life

POSSIBLE=and her FAITH

Made salvation possible=for all of us

FAITH OVER FEAR!

In Jesus name=and in the name of our MIRACLE MAKING FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

3-23-2021

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

A HIGHER CALLING

JUNE 9^th, 2012

A HIGHER CALLING

I always wanted

To have my own family

I always wanted

To have my own child

But

It never did

Really happen for me

And sometimes

I got a little crazy

Sometimes

I got a little wild

Now I know

God called me

For a higher purpose

Not necessarily for better

Or for worse

God called me

To pay homage to him

And attempt

To love all others

I know

I will never achieve perfection

But I will strive

To reach

A higher calling

Robert P. Wallman

5-5-10

Ps “EACH man has his OWN GIFT from God

One has this gift-another has that

Now to the unmarried and the widows I say:

“It is good for them to stay unmarried-as I am

But if they cannot control themselves

They should marry

For it is better to marry than to burn with passion” 1 Corinthians 7:7-9

“Keeping God’s commands is what counts

Each one should remain in the situation

Which he was in when God CALLED him” 1 Corinthians 7:20 

DO WHAT IS RIGHT

 

DO WHAT IS RIGHT

Many people say=

There are NO SELFLESS ACTS

In this world

That everyone is MOTIVATED

By the hope=

Of a REWARD-

But I beg to differ

All we have to do

Is LOOK AT JESUS=

And dying on the cross=

GIVING HIS LIFE up

For the love of us all

“If our God-

Whom we serve

Can save us

From the white hot furnace

And from your hands=O king

May he SAVE us!

But even if he will not........

We will

NOT SERVE your God.......” Daniel 3:17-18

These three men=

Shadrach-Mescach-and Abednego

Would Not bow down

To the king

They had FAITH

In the real life

LIVING GOD

And they PROMISED to serve him

They were doing the right thing

DO WHAT IS RIGHT!

Sometimes we may act

To receive PRAISE

So that others

Will think

We are virtuous

Or we might act

In a certain way

To PROVE a point

Or to=prove someone else inferior

It is NATURAL

To hope that we are rewarded

For doing what we do

But many of us

Act in an HONEST WAY

Just to do the right thing

DO WHAT IS RIGHT!

“The Lord said

'If you listen carefully

To the Lord=your God

And DO WHAT IS RIGHT

In his eyes

If you pay attention

To his commands

And keep all his decrees

….....

I am the Lord

Who heals you'” Exodus 15:26

“The precepts of the Lord

Are RIGHT=giving joy

To the heart

The commands of the Lord

Are radiant-

Giving light to the eyes” Psalm 19:8

BEING a disciple of the

Holy Father God=and

Of Jesus Christ

Compels us

To DO THE RIGHT THING!

God asks us

To LIVE as he made us

To be

With love=kindness=and forgiveness

“Do not repay anyone

Evil for evil

Be careful TO DO

WHAT IS RIGHT

In the eyes of everyone” Romans 12:17

Therefore we trust God

To DO WHAT IS RIGHT=

Even with no earthly rewards

In sight

Just to live in faith and hope

And LOVE

And trusting God=

That our rewards=will be great

IN HEAVEN

Dear Lord=we PRAY=

Help us to DO WHAT IS RIGHT

And keep doing the right thing

Forever and ever

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ever JUST HOLY FATHER God!

Robert P. Wallman

3-22-2021

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

CAN WE BREAK GOD'S HEART

 

MARCH 24^th, 2012

CAN WE BREAK GOD’S HEART

Can we

A mere mortal

Break God’s heart

I believe we can

And I believe it

Because of God’s unwavering love

for us

Only someone who you love

Can in fact

Brake your heart

And we are all

Children of God

And God loves us

With an infinite love

The Word of God

Is in fact spirit

And he wants us

To live

According to the fruits

Of that spirit

And these fruits

Are love, peace, joy, patience

Kindness, goodness, faithfulness

Gentleness, and self-control

He wants us

To live these qualities

And not lives of

Coldness, indifference, ingratitude, and rejection

Of him and those around us

But we are children of God

And like any loving parent

God forgives us

Over and over and over again

So what can we do

To earn God’s love and forgiveness

Nothing

All we can do

Is to strive to become better each and every day

And know God still loves us

WITH AN INFINITE LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

5-25-10

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE!

 

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE!

We still have a CHANCE

At LIFE=we still have

A CHANCE AT LOVE=

Because of the Father=

And because of the

HOPE and LOVE

Christ brought us

“Do not hide your face

From me=

When I am in distress

TURN your ear to me-

When I call-

Answer me quickly” Psalm 102:2-3

KEEP your eyes open=

Keep your EARS OPEN=

For Christ=is calling you

To give you

ANOTHER CHANCE at life

With God=with Jesus

You NEVER run out of CHANCES

He is the God

Of MANY CHANCES

I should know=for all

He has given me=he has

GIVEN me many chances at life=

So many chances=to get it right

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE!

“For the Lord

Will REBUILD Zion-

And appear in his glory

He will respond=to the

Prayer of the destitute

He will not despise

Their PLEA” Psalm 102:16-17

And the Lord will HEAR

Our prayers=will hear OUR PLEAS

When we ask=for another chance

No matter how many times=my life

Has CRASHED and burned=

The Lord has brought me back=

And he will do so

FOR YOU TOO!

For with God the Holy Father

The Lord God of SECOND CHANCES=

We still have an OPPORTUNITY=

We still have a chance=at life

IF we build it=his way

The God of SECOND CHANCES=

We still=have an opportunity

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE!

“I have seen

Something else=under the sun

'The race is not

To the swift=or the battle

To the strong

Nor does food=come to the wise

Or wealth=to the brilliant

But TIME AND CHANCE

Happen to them all” Ecclesiastes 9:11

“Therefore=as we have OPPORTUNITY

Let us do good

To all people

Especially to those

Who belong to

The family of BELIEVERS” Galatians 6:10

So if you are a

BELIEVER IN GOD=

A believer in Jesus

Know you STILL HAVE A CHANCE

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE!

No matter what

Has happened to us

No illness=no financial limitation=

No relationship struggle

Is too big for Jesus

He is the God

Of many chances=

The GOD OF HOPE

You have=we have

WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE

IN GOD!

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER HOPE-CHANCE GIVING

GOD THE FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

3-21-2021

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

 

MARCH 22^nd, 2012

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT

In the still of the night

Is when it comes to mind

Of what has transpired

The memories of what I once was

The reality of what I am

And the flickering hopes of what I can still become

It isn’t easy to have so much taken away

To turn disaster into sun’s shining rays

When all the world keeps revolving

While your life is dissolving

And there’s not a kind word left at your door

There’s no time for understanding

The whole world is in a world

The whole world is in a hurry

But where they are going I cannot say

Me, I am going to take me time

After all, we are all going to die

You might as well take your time

And keep your goals and dreams in sight

Don’t get lost in that human cobweb

People will hurt you and leave you in a fright

I’ve lost many a battle in the last few years

But as long as I’m alive, I haven’t lost the war

I’ve lost many of my physical abilities

But I still got the talent to make me soar

And if my life ever becomes ground

On the hopes and dreams of which it was found

Baby, it will still be there in the still of the night

Robert P. Wallman

7-01-1980

SO EASY TO CRITICIZE

SO EASY TO CRITICIZE

Today we READ about Jesus

And his FORGIVENESS

Of the adulterous woman

“The teachers of the law

And the Pharisees=

Brought in a woman

Caught in ADULTERY

They made her stand

Before the group

And said to Jesus

'Teacher=this woman

Was caught in an act

Of adultery-

In the Law=Moses commanded us

To stone such women=

Now what do you say?'” John 8:3-5

It is easy=TO CRITICIZE OTHERS

It is so EASY

To look at

Others' faults=and point them out

And out in PUBLIC=

So easy to criticize

But Jesus was having

NONE OF IT=he was

NOT caught in the trap

Jesus began to WRITE

The sins of others

On the ground too=and said

“Let any one of you

Who is WITHOUT SIN=

Be the first

To throw a stone at her” John 8:7

Jesus knows we ALL

Have sins=Jesus knows

None of us=are

To sit IN JUDGMENT of another human being

So EASY to criticize

So easy to JUDGE

“We want to avoid

Any CRITICISM=of the way

We administer=this liberal gift” 2 Corinthians 8:20

It is SO EASY to

See the faults=of another

But it is NOT so easy

To always see

Our own faults

WHEN we are confronted

With our own faults=

It is=NOT quite as easy

To criticize

That was the case

With the Pharisees today=

They all ran away

WHEN they were confronted

With their own sins

Again Jesus wrote on the ground

“At this-

Those who heard began

To go away=ONE at a time

The older ones first=

UNTIL only Jesus was left

With the woman-

Still standing there” John 8:9

It is SO EASY

To criticize others=

It is so easy

To see another's faults

But Jesus was NOT like this=

He took on the faults

Of THE WORLD=

And he FORGAVE this woman

“WOMAN where are they?

Has NO ONE condemned you?”

“No one sir”=she said

“Then NEITHER DO I

Condemn you”=Jesus declared

“Go now=and leave your life of sin” John 8:10-11

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS loving and FORGIVING FATHER!

Robert P. Wallman

3-21-2021

 

JOURNAL=LIFE IS A MARATHON

 

JOURNAL/LIFE IS A MARATHON

“For a thousand years IN YOUR SIGHT are as yesterday” Psalm 90:4

IF you get some time-READ psalm 90-in its ENTIRETY-it is about the fragility of HUMAN LIFE

MANY of us would NEVER think of it-but our MOST PRECIOUS asset is our TIME-when we are young-this RARELY comes to mind-

I GUESS-because I have come so CLOSE to death-I am ACUTELY aware of it-LIFE AND TIME should never be taken for granted-life and time do NOT last forever-SET YOUR PRIORITIES-for me it is GOD AND FAMILY first-ALWAYS-and FRIENDS

DEAR LORD-it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in your life for us-and a GREAT DAY to give OUR LIFE AND TIME back to you-WE HONOR YOU by dedicating our life to you and by SPENDING TIME with you-each day of our lives

WITNESS


LIFE IS A MARATHON

When I was younger

One of my goals

In my life

Was to run

And complete the marathon

I got hit

With my illness

When I was 22

And have never had

The energy to do it

What I found out was

That I am still running a marathon

Just a different kind of marathon

---a spiritual marathon

A marathon---in which

We are to find God

Both in others

And in ourselves

“But those who hope

In the Lord

Will renew their strength

They will soar on wings like eagles

They will run

And not grow weary

They will walk and not be faint”

For those of you

Who actually do run marathons---physically

How great would that be

But ALL of us

Are on a spiritual journey through life

Age and illness wear us down

Financial struggles leave us breathing hard

Difficult relationships and people

Sometimes leave us feeling empty

“They will run

And not grow weary

They will walk and not be faint”

Are you serious Lord

How can that be

Love God and love others

“And as for you, brother,

Never tire of doing what is right” 2 Thessalonians 3:13

I believe

If we really and truly do this

Always do---or at least try to do---

What is right

We will

Finish the race

We will complete this marathon

We call life

“I have fought

The good fight

I have finished the race

I have kept the FAITH” 2 Timothy 4:7

With the help and grace of GOD

I’ll see you

At the finish line

Robert P. Wallman

7-27-11

Ps My thoughts and prayers are going out to the victims of the Boston Marathon

Spiritual BLESSINGS to you all

WITNESS 4-20-13

Ps “I have seen something else under the sun

The RACE is NOT to the swift-or the battle to the strong

Nor does food come to the wise-or wealth to the brilliant

Or favor to the learned

But time and chance happen to them all”

Ecclesiastes 9:11

“I have fought the good fight-I have finished the RACE-I have KEPT the faith”

2 Timothy 4:7

“Therefore-since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of WITNESSES

Let us throw off everything that hinders the sin so easily entangled

And let us run with perseverance-the RACE marked out for us”

God BLESS the city of BOSTON and the Boston marathoners

MISC WITNESS 5-29-14

9-27-14 & 6-15-17 and 3-21-22-2021

THAT MOST SATISFYING FEELING

 

MARCH 21^st, 2012

THAT MOST SATISFYING FEELING

The most satisfying feeling

In this world

Is to

Help another human being

Because

It is

Not what happens to them

It is

What happens to us

We are

Transformed on the inside

Come to me

All you

Who are weary and heavy burdened

And I will give you rest

Help another human being

Help another soul

We are

Not in this alone

We are

A community of all

Take my yoke upon you

For my yoke is easy

And

My burden is light

The most satisfying feeling

In this world

Is to

Help another human being

For I am meek

And humble of heart

Help another human being

Help another soul

We are

Not in this alone

We are

A COMMUNITY OF ALL

Robert P. Wallman

4-23-10

WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS

 

WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS

The Jewish people

Had 613 laws=as well

As the ten commandments=

But Jesus had=JUST TWO

Love God=and love

Our neighbor as ourselves=

And he told us

To CARRY those laws of LOVE

On our hearts

WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS

“I will place my law

Within them=and WRITE IT

Upon their HEARTS

I will be their God

And they shall be

My people” Jeremiah 31:33

It is a FASCINATING PROCEDURE

On how ideas and written

Pieces of paper

Become laws=in our country

And these laws

HOLD our community together

Laws properly written

And lived by

LEAD TO HARMONY

And ensure JUSTICE for all

What a world

This would be=if we

ALL actually lived

The laws of LOVE

That are SUPPOSED to be

Written on our HEARTS

“But at that time

Your people=everyone whose name

Is found WRITTEN in the book=

Will be delivered” Daniel 12:1

“However=do not rejoice

That the spirits

Submit to you

But rejoice that your names

Are WRITTEN in heaven” Luke 10:20

“But these are WRITTEN

That you may believe

That Jesus=is the Messiah

The Son of God

And that by believing

You may have LIFE

In his name” John 20:31

God's laws

Are WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS

In love

God's laws are FOUND

In the Old Testament=

And are REINFORCED

By the teachings=of Jesus

They are written

On the hearts

Of the Lord's faithful

And HELP US

To recognize

The CENTRAL PLACE

Of God-in our hearts

Yes=God is God

The giver of all life=

The giver of ALL LOVE

And these laws of LIFE AND LOVE

Instill in us

The two great commandments

“'The most important one'

Answered Jesus=

'Is this='Hear O Israel

The Lord our God-

The Lord is one

LOVE the Lord your God-

With all your heart

And with all your soul

And with all your mind

And with all your strength'

The second is this

'LOVE your neighbor

as yourself'

There is no commandment

Like these” Mark 12:29-31

Dear Lord=we pray

LET these two commandments

Be WRITTEN=on

ALL OF OUR HEARTS

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our God=whose NAME IS LOVE!

Robert P. Wallman

3-20-2021

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

WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH

 

WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH

I think we ALL

Go though periods of time

In our lives

WHEN we QUESTION our FAITH

NO MATTER how much faith

That we have=I think

EVEN Jesus did

“When his relatives=heard of this

They set out

To SEIZE him

And they said=

'He is OUT of his mind'” Mark 3:21

I WONDER how Jesus felt

When his FAMILY=

Reacted this way

I wonder IF even Jesus DOUBTED

When those he was

CLOSEST to=even doubted him

THIS sounds like a MODERN

DAY REACTION of a family member

To an ITINERANT PREACHER

To have SOMEONE strike out

On their own=PREACHING a

Completely NEW RELIGION

ANY family member

Would have their DOUBTS

But Jesus CONTINUED to

Move FORWARD in FAITH

It is my GUESS that even

The HUMAN SIDE of Jesus

EXPERIENCED some doubts

“Jesus replied, 'TRULY I tell you

If you have FAITH

And do not doubt

NOT only can you do

What was done

To the fig tree

But also

You can SAY to this mountain

'Go throw yourself

Into the sea'

And it will be DONE” Matthew 21:21

“He said to them=

'WHY are you troubled

And why do doubts

RISE in your minds?

LOOK at my hands and my feet

It is I myself!

TOUCH me and see=

A ghost= does NOT have

Flesh and bone

As you see I have'” Luke 24:38-39

“BE MERCIFUL to those

Who doubt=save others

By SNATCHING them

From the fire” Jude :22-23

WHEN our doubts

THREATEN our faith=we NEED to

STILL keep moving forward

Even Jesus=in his moments

Of humanity=must have had TEMPTATION

And with temptation

Comes DOUBT

But NO ONE=this world

Has ever seen=had more faith

Than Jesus

So I am SURE

He UNDERSTANDS=all too well

When our doubts

THREATEN our faith

“Then he touched their eyes

And said:

'According to your FAITH-let it

BE DONE to you'

And their sight was RESTORED” Matthew 9:29-30

We ALL have QUESTIONS

About our FAITH=but Jesus IS
THE ANSWER

KEEP moving forward in FAITH

Robert P. Wallman

1-19-18

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVIING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'DONOGHUE

A FAMILY

 

MARCH 20^th, 2012

A FAMILY

A family can be broken

A family can be shattered

Bu it only happens

If you come to the point

That your family

Does not matter

It’s up to you

Not to get to that point

It’s up to you

To always make

Your family matter

A family is love

A family is hope

It’s your family

That should always

Matter the most

Your family

Must be in your heart

Your family

Must be in your soul

For it’s our family

That should carry our hopes

Your family

Should be in your soul

Not sex

Not money

Not drugs

It is the family

That is the heart

Of this world

Robert P. Wallman

4-16-06

NEVER BEFORE=NEVER AGAIN

 

NEVER BEFORE=NEVER AGAIN

Jesus was UNLIKE anyone

Who had ever-

Come before him

And he was unlike anyone

Who has ever

Come AFTER HIM

He is=one of a KIND!

“The guards answered

NEVER BEFORE=

Has anyone spoken

Like this one” John 7:46

When someone NEW comes along=

When someone DIFFERENT

Comes along=

People don't know how to act

Or to REACT=

For there is no one else

To COMPARE them too

I WONDER what the people

Were thinking about Jesus=

I wonder-

IF they had any IDEA

Who he really was

I wonder if they

Thought he was

A PROPHET

I wonder if they had

Any idea=he really

Was THE MESSIAH!

No=they said

The Messiah

Can't come from Galilee

Can he?

“Still others asked=

'How can the MESSISH

Come from Galilee?

Does not Scripture say

That the MESSIAH

Will come from David's descendants

And from Bethlehem=

The town where David lived?'” John 7:41

NEVER BEFORE=NEVER AGAIN

The most SINCERE assessment

In this story

Comes from the GUARDS

Who had just been

In his presence

When they were questioned

As to WHY=they didn't apprehend Jesus

They simply said

“NEVER BEFORE

Has anyone spoken=like this”

And no one else

Will ever speak

Like this again=

Jesus is=ONE OF A KIND!

The GUARDS had no

Preconceived opinions=

They spoke=ONLY

From the experience=of the moment

JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH!

He was=UNLIKE anyone else

Never before=never again

“And Jacob=

The Father of Joseph=

The husband of Mary

And Mary was

The mother of Jesus

Who is called the MESSIAH” Matthew 1:16

“The first thing=Andrew did

Was to find

His brother Simon=and tell him

'We have found

THE MESSIAH' (that is=the CHRIST)=

And he brought him=to Jesus” John 1:41

The guards WITNESSED Jesus=

And what they saw=told them

Jesus was UNLIKE=ANYONE ELSE

He is the MESSIAH!=

NEVER BEFORE=NEVER AGAIN!

And it is the SAME STORY

For us today=always=and FOREVER

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of OUR EVER PERFECT FATHER of love

Robert P. Wallman

3-18-2021

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

A FATHER SHOULD BE

 

MARCH 19^th, 2012

A FATHER SHOULD BE

A father should be

A sign of inspiration

For his child

A father should try

To be a sign of

Love, honesty, and hope

A father should be

Fun to be with

For his child

A father should be

A disciplinarian

For his child--when he has to be

A father should know

That more than

The material things

He brings his family

It is the intrinsic values

That he teaches his children

That are most important

A father should know

He will fall short

From time to time

Most of all

A father should know

That we love him

No matter what

And that it is up to his children

To love him so

Robert P. Wallman

6-7-6

With grateful memories of my very own father-thank you for all that you were to me

And what you still are---as you live in my heart

Today is the feast day of saint Joseph-the father of Jesus-and the father of the universal church-the father of us ALL-SAINT JOSEPH

RESPONDING LIKE SAINT JOSEPH!

 

RESPONDING LIKE SAINT JOSEPH!

Today we CELEBRATE=

The great Saint Joseph=

The Father of us ALL=

And a silent hero

Wouldn't it be great=

If we all had the FAITH

Of Joseph?

In Matthew=we have

Our most extensive encounter with him=

And we LEARN

That he would STRUGGLE with

The news

That Mary was with child

“Was found with child” Matthew 1:18

“When Joseph woke up=

He did what-

The angel of the Lord

Had COMMANDED=

He took Mary home

As his wife” Matthew 1:24

A silent hero=

He did what

The Lord had commanded=

He took the UNMARRIED WOMAN=Mary

Pregnant with child

HOME to be his wife

RESPONDING LIKE SAINT JOSEPH!

This act of obedience

By Joseph

Suggests a HUMILITY

That all fathers

In today's world

Are called to IMITATE

RESPONDING like Saint Joseph!

Imitating his humble actions

“A FATHER=to the fatherless=

A defender of widows-

Is God=in his holy dwelling” Psalm 68:5

“A wise son=brings joy

To his FATHER =

But a foolish son

Brings grief=to his FATHER” Proverbs 10:1

“Jesus answered

'I am the way-and the truth-

And the life

No on-comes to the FATHER

Except through me'” John 14:6

We can worry=or/and

Suffer much anxiety=

About many things

Or like=the great SAINT JOSEPH

We can set aside our many worries

And act with honor

And wisdom

When things=seem out of CONTROL

We must TRUST

In the Lord=

We must RESPOND WITH LOVE!

INSTEAD of anger and shame

Respond with and IN LOVE and mercy

TRUSTING in the Lord

“Some TRUST in chariots

And some in horses

But we TRUST

In the name of the Lord our God” Psalm 20:7

“Now it is required

That those who have

Been given a TRUST

Must prove faithful” 1 Corinthians 4:2

RESPONDING LIKE SAINT JOSEPH!

With love=

And obedience-wisdom-and MERCY

Dear Saint Joseph=we pray

That ALL FATHERS

RESPOND just like you

In faith and with LOVE

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER PERFECT=loving holy FATHER GOD!

Robert P. Wallman

3-17-2021

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

THAT SWEET SWEET SMILE

 

MOM is GONE ten years ago today=LOVE YOU ALL!

(eleven as 3-18-2021)

MARCH 18^th, 2020

THAT SWEET SWEET SMILE

That sweet sweet smile

Will linger in my heart

If not forever

At least

For a little while

That look of contentment

And peace

That look of it ending

Will live an eternity

In me

Oh

That last look

On your face

What a life

Of love

You must have lead

Oh now I am sure

That last look

Of contentment

And smile

Will live

Forever in me

My God

What a sweet sweet smile

Robert P. Wallman

3-19-10

Mom passed away 2 years ago today---NOT a day has passed where I have not

Thought about her

A few weeks before she passed---we were both crying and holding each other

I said,

“No son ever loved his mother more than I love you.”

She answered,

“Maybe Jesus.”

If I have ever done- or ever do---one thing of significance in this world---it is because

Of her---and the love that she and my father gave to me---miss them both so very much

Today March 18^th, 2016-is the 6^th year since my mom has passed-SHE is AS ALIVE in me-as she has ALWAYS HAS BEEN-LOVE HER SO MUCH!

3-18-17 and MOTHER'S DAY 5-11-2019

3-18-2021

GOD SAVES=WE HAVE A BIG BIG GOD

 

GOD SAVES=WE HAVE A BIG BIG GOD

When we are FACED

With obstacles in life=

We have to measure ourselves

Against it=

It is easy to RUN=to shrink

Away from it

But then I remember=

We have a BIG-BIG GOD=

Who can handle ANY SITUATION=

I remember

That it is God=that it is

Jesus=WHO SAVES

“They forgot the God

Who SAVED them=

Who had done great deeds

In Egypt.......” Psalm 106:21

It is nice to have our

FAMILY and friends=

REMIND us of this

But it is BETTER

When we remind ourselves

GOD SAVES=and

We have A BIG BIG GOD

“It is I-proclaiming victory=

Mighty TO SAVE” Isaiah 63:1

“She will give birth

To a son=

And you are to give him

The name Jesus

Because he will

SAVE HIS PEOPLE

From their sins” Matthew 1:21

“For God did not send

His Son=into the world

To condemn the world=

But to SAVE the world

Through him” John 3:17

GOD SAVES!=He is

A BIG BIG GOD

How many times

Has God saved me?

He has SAVED ME

Every single time=

How about you?

I think of ALL

The times=God has

Saved me=I think

Of all the times

God has SAVED MY LIFE

EVERY TIME=I thought

There was no answer=

HE ANSWERED ME

With a MIRACLE

Every time=

I thought=I was out of options=

He OPENED

A brand new path for me

We have a BIG big God=

A God=who SAVES

“The poor man called

And the Lord heard him=

HE SAVED HIM=out of

All of his troubles” Psalm 34:6

“Turn to me

AND BE SAVED

All you

Ends of the earth=

For I am God-

And there is no other” Isaiah 45:22

Every time=I thought=

I was done for=FALL APART

I wasn't=I didn't

Every time=I thought

I couldn't get through it

I did

God proved that with him=

I COULD=He has consoled me

In every inconsolable situation

In the names of Jesus=and our ever ever SAVING=BIG BIG GOD!

Robert P. Wallman

3-16-2021

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