MEMORIES=AND DAILY BLESSINGS

 

MEMORIES=AND DAILY BLESSINGS

 

So many of OUR FRIENDS

And family members=

Have passed away recently=sometimes

It can BE a struggle

TO JUST GO ON

 

But link yourself to

THEIR MEMORIES=to the good times=

REMEMBER the DAILY BLESSINGS

Of their lives

That is what I do

About my mom and dad

And with my OTHER SPECIAL SOMEONES!

 

“My son=my son Absalom!==If

ONLY I had died Instead of you……..”                                                                              2 Samuel 19:1

 

The readings of today

PRESENT three grieving people

 

David is grieving

For his son=Absalom

Even the BETRAYAL by Absalom

Could not ease=the ANGUISH for David

 

Jairus is GRIEVING

The near death=of his young daughter=

ANTICIPATED GRIEF=is just

As PAINFUL=as any other grief

 

And then there

Is the woman=with the hemorrhage

 

Grieving the loss of

A life=that for 12 years

Has been ANYTHING BUT NORMAL

 

We are ALL GRIEVING=in our hearts

But remember the MEMORIES

Remember the DAILY BLESSINGS

That your loved ones brought

 

“By MEMEMORY=you are saved

If you keep it in MEMORY=

Unless=you believed=in vain”                                                                                  1 Corinthians 15:12

 

“And I will make you

A great nation

 

And I will BLESS YOU

And make your name great

And you shall be=A BLESSING”                                                                                        Genesis 12:2

 

“Who knows

If he will return=and repent

And LEAVE A BLESSING=behind him

 

Even a meat offering

And drink offering

For the Lord”                                                                                                                       Joel 2:14

 

LOSS in life

Will inevitably come

 

Loss of a LOVED ONE-

Our health-normalcy=a home-

A job=or even a CHERISHED DREAM

 

But with grief

THERE IS ALSO LOVE

Remember the good times

Remember the MEMORIES

And BLESSINGS that we have had

 

“BLESSED are the peacemakers

For they shall be

Called=children of God”                                                                                                          Matthew 5:9

 

Our LOVE for them

Confirms how precious

Individuals can be

 

It REMINDS US

Of the beauty

Of ordinary life

 

It calls attention

To OUR MEMORIES

And OUR DAILY BLESSINGS

 

Dear Lord=we pray=that our grieving

Gives us a GREATER APPRECIATION

Of those=who have left us

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER living-loving-Holy FATHER GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-31-2022

 

 

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

 

CALLED TO LOVE=NOT TO JUDGE

 

CALLED TO LOVE-NOT TO JUDGE

The other day

I overheard a conversation

Between a man

And a woman

The young man said:

“I don't judge”

And the young woman responded:

“I do judge-I judge myself”

“There is NO PARTIALITY with God”                                                 Romans 2:11

“Now-let the fear of the Lord

Be on you

Judge carefully

For with the Lord our God

There is NO INJUSTICE-

Or impartiality-or bribery”                                                       2 Chronicles 19:7

I don't know

What the young man  and woman

Were talking about

But the truth is

Judging is NEVER HELPFUL

NOT even when

We are judging ourselves

I found that out

WHEN I was a young man-

I said to my mom and dad,

“WHY weren't you harder on me?”

And they responded:

“NO one could be

Or would be

As hard on you

As you are on yourself”

And the TRUTH is

As CHRISTIANS-and DISCIPLES of Christ

In today's world

OUR job is to

Love God and to

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

It is NEVER TO JUDGE

Each other-or even ourselves

That is God-OUR FATHER'S JOB

Jesus said,

“A new command-

I give to you:

LOVE ONE ANOTHER

As I have loved you

So you must-love one another

By this

EVERYONE will know

That you are my disciples

IF you love one another”                                                           John 13:34-35

“Love does NO HARM

To a neighbor

Therefore-LOVE-

Is the FULFILLMENT of the law”                                                  Romans 13:10

We are

CALLED to love

Not to judge

Go the extra mile

For one another

For we do not know

WHERE they have been

PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE-

Do not judge one another

“Let the Lord

JUDGE the people”                                                             Psalm 7:8

“I care very little

IF I am judged

By you-or any human court

I do not

Even judge myself

My conscience is CLEAR

But that does not

Make me innocent

It is the Lord

WHO JUDGES ME”                                                                1 Corinthians 4:3-4

HOW OFTEN 

do we expect things of others

That we can't

LIVE up to ourselves?

Do we ESTABLISH high standards

For others-and then not help them

Meet our expectations?

Dear Lord-WE PRAY

HELP US to remember

That we are 

CALLED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR

And that judgment

Does-indeed-belong to you

Robert P. Wallman

10-13-15

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

5-6-2019  and 1-31-2022

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

 

January 31st

 

“You’re Beautiful”

 

 

To me

You are beautiful on the outside

And you are beautiful within

No matter

Which way you look at it

To me

You’ll always be in

 

To me

It wasn’t always that way

We certainly had our troubles

In fact

Quite a few

But that was before

I knew the real true you

 

The real true you

Is beautiful on the outside

The real true you

Is beautiful deep within

 

No matter

How you look at it

I will always

Have a feeling of love for you

A feeling of love for

The real true you

That lies deep within

 

 

6/12/06        Robert  P.  Wallma

 

 

 

EXCITED ABOUT GOD!=EXCITED ABOUT LIFE!

 

EXCITED ABOUT GOD!=

EXCITED ABOUT LIFE!

 

Do you ever get SO EXCITED

ABOUT GOD=ABOUT LIFE

That you can’t wait

To get up and LIVE

Another day

To SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS?

 

I have to tell you

That DESPITE having

Health problems=my whole life

I FEEL THAT WAY

I get so excited=SO HAPPY

About what God and Jesus

Have done  for me=for us

That I can’t wait

To go and TELL EVERYONE!

 

“HAPPY are you=O Israel

Who is like you

 

O people=saved by the Lord

The shield of your help

And who is

The sword of your excellency!

 

And your enemies

Shall be found liars

To you

 

And you shall tread upon

Their high places”                                                                                                        Deuteronomy 33:29

 

I AM SO EXCITED

ABOUT GOD!=I am so excited

ABOUT LIFE!

I just can’t wait

To go and SPREAD the good news

Of the Lord=and Jesus

To go and tell

 

HOW HAPPY he has made me

How good he has

Been to me

 

And has given me

ALL of this EXTRA TIME

With my family

With my friends

And all of these FANTASTIC MEMORIES

 

EXCITED ABOUT GOD AND LIFE

I just want to

SPREAD the good news

Of the Lord=

Be happy and excited

About God and Jesus

 

And about all the GOOD PEOPLE

And things=that there still are

In this world

 

“HAPPY is the man

That has his quiver=full of them

 

They shall not be ashamed

But they shall speak=with the enemies

In the gate”                                                                                                                              Psalm 127:5

 

“Have you faith?

HAPPY is he

 

That condemns not himself

In that thing=that he allows”                                                                                         Romans 14:22

 

BE HAPPY my dear friends

BE EXCITED ABOUT GOD!

BE EXCITED ABOUT LIFE!

 

These are some tough times

My dear friends==but God and Jesus

Have brought MIRACLES=out of

Tough times before

 

Spread the good news=and be

EXCITED ABOUT GOD=AND LIFE!

 

In Jesus name=and in the name=of our EVER FRUITFUL Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-30-2022

LIVING HOPE=THROUGH LITTLE THINGS

 

LIVING HOPE=THROUGH LITTLE THINGS

There are many people

In this world

Who are MARGINALIZED

And mistreated

When we see the WOUNDS

Of others=

We can also

See their SORROW

And our earth is dying

From the IMPACT

Of our waste and

Consumption

Yet we can STILL SEE

HOPE in this world

From some little things

“For creation AWAITS

With eager expectation........”                                                                                Romans 8:19

The whole earth

Seems eager and DESPERATE

We see all these REALITIES

In this world

That can DISCOURAGE US

Yet we remain

MOTIVATED BY HOPE=

Because hope BURNS in us

We continue to

Move FORWARD

And we continue to

Move CLOSER to Christ

“Put your HOPE

In God

For I will

Yet praise him-

My Savior=and my GOD”                                                                                       Psalm 42:5

“There is

Surely a FUTURE HOPE for you

And your HOPE

Will not be cut off”                                                                                                    Proverbs 23:18

“........in order that we

Who were the first

To put

OUR HOPE in Christ

Might be for

The praise of his glory”                                                                                        Ephesians 1:12

Yes we can FIND HOPE

In the little

ORDINARY things in life

Just like Saint Theresa

The LITTLE FLOWER

Hope helps us NOTICE

God's power

In the tiny

And the mighty

Just like JESUS TAUGHT

The tiny mustard seed

Grows to GIVE

Shelter to birds

A small amount of yeast

Expands dough

And feeds the hungry

From the SIMPLE

Little ordinary things

In life

We become TRANSFORMED

Human beings

“........who by the power

That enables him

To bring everything

Under his control

WILL TRANSFORM

Our lowly bodies

So that-

They will be like

His glorious body”                                                                                               Philippians 3:21

Yes we find LIVING HOPE

In the little things

Of life

From Jesus=we LEARN

How to become

LIVING SIGNS OF HOPE

And HOW to give hope

To those IN NEED

Just by

The giving of ourselves

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER-HOPEFUL FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

10-29-19 and 1-30-2022

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

A GRATEFUL HEART

 

January 30^th

 

“A Grateful Heart”

 

Oh Lord

You who

Have given us

So much

Give us one thing more

 

The gift

Of a grateful heart

 

In the Bible

Jesus tells the story

Of how

He healed 10 lepers

 

1 came back to thank him

What about us

Are we like the one

Or

Are we like the other 9

 

All we have

In this world

Comes from God

All we are

All we can ever become

Depends on God

 

What about us

Are we unreal

Are we selfish

Are we demanding

Are we proud and arrogant

 

Dear Lord

Please help us

To always be

Like the one leper

Who

Came back and said thank you

 

So finally Lord

We pray

You who have

Given us so much

Give us one thing more

 

The gift

Of A grateful heart                   

 

Robert P. Wallman       

April 28^th, 2010

 

YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE

 

YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE!

 

Back in the 1960’s=

There was a song by

Ricky Nelson=called “Garden Party”

 

In that song=there was

A line that went

“You CAN’T please everyone-

So you might as well=

PLEASE YOURSELF”

 

That is so TRUE=I wonder

IF Jesus ever felt that way

I know that I do

 

“And all spoke HIGHLY

Of him=and were AMAZED

At the gracious words

That came from his mouth=

 

They also asked

‘Isn’t this the son of Joseph?’”                                                                                                   Luke 4:22

 

Jesus must have gotten tired

OF PLEASING everyone-

Speaking to everyone-HEALING EVERYONE

 

The people had a

MIXED REACTION to Jesus

Some were amazed-some were appalled

YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE!

 

The truth is all

We have to DO

Is please=GOD THE FATHER!

 

By loving with OUR WHOLE HEART-

Soul and mind=and loving others

That is what PLEASES GOD

YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE!

 

“When a man’s ways=PLEASE GOD

He makes it so=even his enemies

Will be at peace with him”                                                                                            Proverbs 16:7

 

“Not with eyeservice=AS MENPLEASERS

But as servants=of Christ=

Doing the will of God

From the heart”                                                                                                        Ephesians 6:6

 

You CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE!=

All you can do

Is please

God the Holy Father

And let things=come what may

 

We will=NEVER PLEASE EVERYONE

In our FAITH life either

All we can do

Is BE TRUE

To God and Jesus

 

So PLEASE the Lord

And DO what is right

In God the=HOLY FATHER’S EYES

 

“Make you perfect

In every good work

To do his will

 

Working in you

That which is WELLPLEASING

In his sight=through Jesus Christ

 

To whom be glory

Forever and ever Amen”                                                                                                         Hebrews 13:21

 

Dear Lord=we PRAY

That we KNOW=we

CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE

 

And make us eager

To PLEASE YOU=at all times

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER PLEASING=God the Holy Father!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-29-2022

 

 

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

DIFFICULT=LET US KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN CHRIST JESUS

 

DIFFICULT=KEEP MOVING FORWARD

IN CHRIST JESUS

We LIVE in difficult

Times today=I am SURE

They were DIFFICULT

Back in Jesus' times too

Especially when HE

Went back

To his home town=and

They REJECTED HIM

“He was amazed

At their

LACK OF FAITH”                                                                                                 Mark 6:6

What a difficult TIME=

It must have been

For Jesus

To go back to

Your home=difficult

With DOUBT=blank stares

And rejection

These days are difficult times

For us too=

In today's world

This world LACKS FAITH=

And there is violence=conflict=

And so LITTLE HARMONY

In this world

All we can do

Is keep

MOVING FORWARD

In Christ Jesus

Keep being a PRESENCE

Of God=and Jesus

And LOVE=in this world

FOR OTHERS

Hopefully when others=

Think of us=others will THINK

Of God and LOVE TOO

“In the shelter

Of your PRESENCE

You hide them

From all human intrigues

You keep them safe

In your dwelling

From accusing tongues”                                                                                   Psalm 31:20

“Where can I go

From your Spirit?

Where can I flee

FROM YOUR PRESENCE?”                                                                        Psalm 139:7

“To him-

Who is able

To keep you

From stumbling

And to present you

Before his GLORIOUS PRESENCE

Without fault

And with great joy........”                                                                                      Jude :24

WHERE was the FAITH

Of Jesus' family=friends=

And neighbors=

OF HIS COMMUNITY?

How DIFFICULT it

Must have been

For Jesus

But Jesus kept

MOVING FORWARD in faith

And that is all

We can KEEP ON DOING=

Is keep moving forward

IN FAITH=in this world

“For in the gospel

The righteousness of God

Is revealed

A righteousness

That is BY FAITH

From first to last

Just as it is written

'The righteous 

Will live BY FAITH'”                                                                                            Romans 1:17

So let us KEEP LIVING

In the BEATITUDES

In this DIFFICULT WORLD

Let us FOLLOW

The example of Jesus=

And encourage others=

As we keep MOVING FORWARD

In the LOVE of Jesus

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

Robert P. Wallman

2-4-20 and 1-29-2022

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

GOD CARRIED ME

 

January 29^th

 

“God carried me”

 

 

Dear Lord

When I think back

To where I was

When I was 22

I wonder

How I lived this long

I wonder

How I got through

Of course

Deep down Dear Lord

I know

It had to be you

 

Most of my life

I’ve been

Down on my knees

Trying to

Figure out

What I couldn’t see

I shouldn’t have  worried

God carried me

 

God carried me

With his love

God carried me

With his heart

And as I get ready

For perhaps the end

I don’t have to worry

God

God will carry me

 

God carried me this far

I know

God will

Bring me home

 

I can’t stand

The physical pain anymore

I can’t stand

The selfishness of this world

 

So Lord

When you are ready

I am ready

Lord

Please Lord

Please carry me home

 

God carry me

God carry me

Please Lord

Please God

Please carry me home

 

 

6/26/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

OUR GOD=IS OUR STRENGTH

 

OUR GOD=IS OUR STRENGTH

 

Jesus is the PRIME EXAMPLE

That God =is our STRENGTH

And that=

PERFECT LOVE-does not die

 

But there is ANOTHER EXAMPLE

In the bible that shows

His weakness all too well

 

Our God CONVERTS HIM

Turns his weakness

Into a pillar of STRENGTH

Saint Paul

 

“He said to me

‘My grace=is SUFFICIENT

For you

 

FOR MY STRENGTH

Is made perfect in weakness’

 

Therefore most gladly

I will rather

BOAST in my infirmities

That the POWER of Christ

May rest upon me”                                                                                                              2 Corinthians 12:9

 

God KNOWS

I have had my SHARE

Of illness-

My share of human weakness

 

But God has KEPT ME

Going since I was 22

SOLELY on his strength=

The strength of God

OUR GOD IS OUR STRENGTH

 

TIMES have been tough recently

More than ever

And I am walking=ON GOD’S STRENGTH

OUR GOD IS OUR STRENGTH

 

“And Moses said

To his people

 

‘Remember this day

In which=you came from Egypt

And out of the house of bondage

 

For by

The STRENGTH of the hand

Of the Lord

 He has brought you

Out form this place=

There shall be

No leavened bread eaten’”                                                                                       Exodus 13:3

 

Paul felt the PARADOX

Of God=when he ASKED God

To remove the weakness

 

But instead God gave Paul

The grace and the POWER

Of Jesus=so he COULD withstand it all

 

That is the PARADOX OF LIFE=

We become STRONG in Christ

When we recognize

And ACCEPT our own human weaknesses

 

“The Lord is my rock

And my fortress=my God=MY STRENGTH

And my deliverer

In whom I will trust

 

My buckler=and the horn

Of salvation=and my high tower”                                                                                             Psalm 18:2

 

TRUE FAITH comes from God=

TO GO ON=in spite

Of our human weaknesses

As Paul found out

OUR GOD=IS OUR STRENGTH!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our FOREVER STRONG Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-28-2022

ONLY GOD AND JESUS FULLY SATISFY!

 

ONLY GOD AND JESUS FULLY SATISFY!

Our lives are FULL OF CHOICES=

Our culture presents us with

INFINITE CHOICES=no matter what

Area of life we are in

CHOICES of food=cars=etc., etc.,=

We CAN choose how we

SPEND our time=spend our money=

WHO we spend our time with

But I CAUTION YOU=at a TIME

In our history=when NO ONE

Has time for God

It is ONLY God and Jesus

That FULLY SATISFY=it IS

Only God and Jesus

That bring FULFILLMENT

“They ate and were SATISFIED”                                                                                    Mark 8:8

We can find TEMPORARY SATISFACTION=

But life has so MANY CHOICES

That it can leave us

Feeling like we are spinning

In different directions

Spinning OUT OF CONTROL

It is ONLY GOD and Jesus

That FULLY SATISFY US=that

Leave us fulfilled=that 

Leave us

With the WORD of God

LIVING in our hearts

“SATISFY us

In the morning

With your UNFAILING LOVE

That we may sing

For JOY

And be glad ALL day long”                                                                                    Psalm 90:14

“And if you spend yourselves

In behalf of the hungry

And SATISFY the needs

Of the oppressed

Then your light

Will RISE in the darkness

And your night will become

LIKE the noonday”                                                                                                  Isaiah 58:10

“They all ate

And were SATISFIED

And the disciples-

Picked up the 12 baskets

Of broken pieces

That were left over”                                                                                          Matthew 14:20

SATISFY your lives=

Satisfy your cravings=FIND yourselves

In the WORD OF GOD

Find yourselves=on the love of God

And of Jesus

ONLY GOD & JESUS FULLY SATISFY

The good news is that

No matter how DISTRACTED we become-

God and Jesus NEVER forget us

They are EAGER to receive us

When we are ready

WHEN we are eager to SERVE

When we are eager to care

When we are eager to PRAY

And to WORSHIP

CLEAR OUT spaces in your life

For God=so that God

CAN transform you/TRANSFORM us

Into people of contentment=

And people of LOVE and GRATITUDE

“And we all-

Who with unveiled faces

CONTEMPLATE the Lord's glory

Are being TRANSFORMED

Into his IMAGE=

With ever-increasing GLORY

Which comes from the Lord

Who is the SPIRIT”                                                                                                     2 Corinthians 3:18

Dear Lord=in a world that

Presents a MULITUDE of CHOICES

We pray that we CHOOSE YOU=as number 1

In our lives=for it is IN YOU=that life leads us to

SATISFACTION=happiness=and love

In Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

2-9-18 and 1-28-2022

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

FIND YOUR HOPE IN GOD

 

January 28^th

 

“Find your Hope in God”

 

 

We are all looking for hope

Looking here

Looking there

Looking everywhere

 

You can only

Find hope in one place

Find your hope

In God

 

You can’t find hope

In money

You can’t find hope

In sex

You can’t find hope

In science

 

You can only

Find hope in one place

Find your hope

In God

 

You can look

For it in a bottle

You can look

For it in drugs

You can look for it

In every stranger’s face

You know what the truth is

And where you can find it

You can only find hope

In God

 

You can only

Find hope in one place

Find your hope

In God

 

Find your hope

In God

 

 

5/11/2006       Robert  P.  Wallman

 

MEDICAL UPDATE=LEADING WITH OUR HEART

 

MEDICAL UPDATE=LEADING WITH OUR HEARTS

 

I saw some DOCTORS

This week

 

My cancer Doctor is PLEASED

With where I am at=

Despite only getting 41 of

The 44 treatments=

Due to an INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

 

My GI Doctor is CONCERNED

However=that I am still

Having CONTINUING SYMPTOMS

 

He wants me to talk

To a SURGEON=and get

An opinion=and I will do that

I will KEEP you all informed

And I thank you=IN ADVANCE

Brothers and sisters

For all of your CONTINUING PRAYERS!

 

LEADING WITH OUR HEARTS

 

Our God=our Jesus

Have led me =my WHOLE LIFE

With their love=and I have tried

To FOLLOW THEIR LOVE and lead

For my life

 

I continue to try and love

Our God=and all of you

With an EVER OPEN HEART

Leading with love

LEADING WITH OUR HEARTS!

 

“So the Lord alone

Did LEAD HIM

 

And there was

No strange god=with him”                                                                                                    Deuteronomy 32:12

 

“LEAD ME=O Lord

In your righteousness

 

Because of my enemies

Make my way straight

Before your face”                                                                                                              Psalm 5:8

 

“Behold I have given him

A witness to the people

A LEADER and commander

To the people”                                                                                                                           Isaiah 55:4

 

I have been A WITNESS

For God=and for Jesus

All of my life

 

I TRUST THEM=and I

Trust my doctors

To try and do what IS BEST

For me

LEADING with my love

LEADING WITH MY HEART!

 

Sometimes leading with

Our hearts CAN

Get us into trouble=

But that is the ONLY WAY

To Go=TO TRUST IN GOD

And in our HEARTS

 

“And when he=               

Had removed him=

He raised up David

To be their king

To whom he also gave testimony

And said=

 

‘I have found David=son of Jesse

A man=AFTER MY OWN HEART

Which shall fulfill my will’”                                                                                                              Acts 13:22

 

And so=I ASK all of you again

For your LOVE=and for your PRAYERS

 

That I make the BEST DECISION

God has for me

And for my life

 

And  FOLLOW                       

The way of the Lord

 

I am=LEADING WITH MY HEART=

And I am PRAYING for all of you too

I LOVE YOU ALL!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ever loving-LIVING Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-27-2022

 

 

 

 

COURAGEOUSLY TRUSTING IN THE LORD!

 

COURAGEOUSLY TRUSTING IN THE LORD!

Do you have

COMPLETE TRUST

In God the Father?

Complete trust in Jesus?

I do=I mean=IF it

IS in line with God's

PLAN for my life=

Our life=the GOOD

Of all mankind

“If you ask anything of me

In MY NAME=

I will do it”                                                                                                        John 14:14

I do have COMPLETE TRUST

In God=to make all things RIGHT

But I have to say

This verse

IS a little bit puzzling

It seems to be saying-

IF we ask right=

All things will be granted

But we know

That this is

NOT always true

Nevertheless=we have

To approach the Lord

With CONFIDENCE

We have to UNDERSTAND

That the Lord

Does KNOW what is BEST

For us=and for ALL OF MANKIND

We have to approach the Lord

With TRUST=

COMPLETELY TRUSTING

In the Lord

“He TRUSTS in the Lord

They say=

'Let the Lord

Rescue him

Let him=deliver him

Since he delights

IN HIM'”                                                                                                                             Psalm 22:8

“Whoever gives heed

To instruction prospers

And blessed is the one

Who TRUSTS in the Lord”                                                                                             Proverbs 16:20

“See I lay

A stone

In Zion

A chosen and

Precious cornerstone

The one who TRUSTS

In him

Will never be put

To shame”                                                                                                                    1 Peter 2:6

I have PRAYED for things

That have NOT happened

Nevertheless=I pray and PICTURE

Jesus beside me=

Working everything out

For my BEST INTERESTS

I picture Jesus saying=

“I am with you in this”

Sometimes what we PRAY FOR

Are NOT

In our own best interests

Picturing God the Father

Picturing Jesus working everything

Out-for what

Is IN

My best interest

For what is IN

OUR best interests

COURAGEOUSLY TRUSTING

IN THE LORD!

“For it is time

For judgment=to begin

With God's household

And if it begins

With us

What will the OUTCOME BE

For those=who do not obey

The gospel of GOD?”                                                                                                  1 Peter 4:17

The outcome may NOT

Always be what I/we want

But some kind of GOOD-

ALWAYS comes out of it

In Jesus' name=and in the name=of God OUR HOLY FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

5-17-19 and 1-27-2022

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

ANSWERING GOD

 

January 27^th

 

“Answering God”

 

 

I was wondering

How to answer God

I was wondering

What would I do

When the test did come

 

What I didn’t know

Was I already said yes

I was doing it

All the time

 

I was doing it

Every time

I kissed a baby

I was doing it

Every time

I hugged a child

 

While I was wondering

When I was to do it

I was doing it

All the while

 

I was doing it

Every time

That I greeted a friend

I was doing it

Every time

I sent someone a card

 

While I was wondering

When to do it

I was doing it

All the while

 

I was wondering

How to answer God

I was wondering

When the test would come

 

What I didn’t know

Was the test already came

I was doing it

All the while

 

I was doing it all the while

 

 

4/20/06         Robert  P.  Wallman

 

IN OUR HEARTS!

 

IN OUR HEARTS

 

Today we read about David=

Wanting to BUILD

A HOUSE for the Lord

A very worthy one

 

WE too

Should build a HOUSE/a HOME

For the Lord

IN OUR HEARTS

In our very own hearts

For the Lord our God

And Jesus

 

“I will

Give my eyes no sleep-

My eyelids no rest

 

Till I FIND A HOME

For the Lord

A dwelling=for the Mighty One of Jacob”                                                                                 Psalm 132:4-5

 

We are put

INTO the world

To build a house

For the Holy One

 

We are INVITED

To MAKE A HOME

For God=in our own HEARTS

IN OUR HEARTS

 

HOW is your house coming?

Are you building a

HOUSE OF LOVE

For the LOVING GOD?

 

Are you building a house

For loving others?

Loving God=loving others

Building it

INSIDE OUR OWN HEARTS

 

“Go and tell my servant David

The Lord says=

‘You shall BUILD me

A HOUSE

For me to dwell in’”                                                                                                         2 Samuel 7:5

 

“Heaven is my throne

And earth=is my footstool

 

What HOUSE will you BUILD ME?

Says the Lord

 

Or what is the place

Of my rest?”                                                                                                                Acts 7:49

 

David’s QUEST to build

A house=for the Lord

Is the overriding TASK

Of his life

 

To CREATE A HOME

For the Lord

 

And this should be

As IN TENSE for us=we should

Build a HOME

For the Lord=in our inner soul

IN OUR HEARTS!

 

“For you will

Not leave my SOUL in hell

 

Neither will you suffer

Your Holy One=to see corruption”                                                                                         Psalm 16:10

 

Dear Lord=we pray

LIKE DAVID

 

Help us to BUILD

A HOME for you=a home for you

IN OUR HEARTS

In our very own hearts

For you TO LIVE

 

COME and abide in me

And BUILD YOUR HOME!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER=living-loving God=

Living INSIDE our own HEARTS!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-26-2022

 

 

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

LOVE IS NOT LOVE UNLESS

 

January 26^th

 

“Love is not Love Unless”

 

 

Sing to the Lord

Give your heart away

Make the music

Of your heart

God’s love

Is here to stay

 

Love is not love

Unless it is

Given away

 

Do the little things well

Send someone a card

Visit a neighbor

In the hospital

 

Love is not love

Unless it is

Given away

 

Give your Mom and Dad

A hug

Do something nice

For an innocent child

 

Love is not love

Unless it is

Given away

 

Make the music

Of your life

 

Love is not love

Unless it is

Given away

 

 

9/17/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

NEVER TOO LATE!=to begin all over again

 

NEVER TOO LATE!=

(To begin all over again)

 

WHERE are you

With/in your walk

With God?

 

I hope you are THRIVING=

I hope you

Are experiencing

THE FULLNESS OF GOD!

 

But if you are not=

It is NEVER TOO LATE!

To BEGIN all over again

 

“Now-why delay?”                                                                                                                Acts 22:16

 

As EVIDENCE of that=TODAY

We have the STORY

Of the CONVERSION of Saint Paul

 

The conversion of the

KILLER of Christians= Saul=

To the great RECRUITER

Of Christians=Saint Paul

 

IT WASN’T TOO LATE

For Saul=

To find God=and it is NOT

Too late for us

 

BEGIN with God all over again

Find God again

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE!

 

“Reuben=you are

My first born

 

My might=and the BEGINNING

Of my strength=

The excellence of dignity

And the excellence of power”                                                                                        Genesis 49:3

 

“The fear of the Lord

Is the BEGINNING=of wisdom

 

A good understanding=has all

That do his commandments=

His praise endures forever”                                                                                                Psalm 111:10

 

Saul=the zealous

PERSECUTOR of Christians

Is knocked down

And ends up bewildered

And without sight

 

But Ananias=and his companions

ENCOURAGE him to follow

A new path=”WHY DELAY?”

 

“And he is

The head of the body=THE CHURCH

Who is the BEGINNING

 

The firstborn from the dead

And in all things

He might have preeminence”                                                                                     Colossians 1:18

 

Jesus has BOLD plans

For you and for me

IT IS=NEVER TOO LATE!

To begin all over again

 

REACH OUT to a friend

Forgive someone=who needs forgiveness

 

The Holy Spirit

IS NUDGING YOU with

Insights and possibilities

And new ideas

 

It is=NEVER TOO LATE!

To begin again with God

 

Like saint Paul

The POSSIBILITIES for us

Are endless=who accept God

 

Who get up=and TRY

All over again

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER living-loving-Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

1-25-2022

 

 

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

DON'T GIVE UP THE CHASE

 

DON'T GIVE UP THE CHASE!

Are you actively SEEKING

GOD with your life?

Are you having trouble

Finding him?

DON'T GIVE UP

THE CHASE!

“This I SEEK=

To dwell

In the house

Of the Lord

All the days

Of my life........”                                                                                                      Psalm 27:4

Be like a DOG=have

You ever NOTICED how

They don't give up?

They smell everything=they

Keep on SEARCHING=totally

Trying to find what

Makes them HAPPY

Keep up the CHASE=

Keep up that SEARCH=

You know that it is

The PRESENCE OF GOD

That makes you HAPPY

“Five of you

Will CHASE a hundred

And a hundred of you

Will CHASE ten thousand

And your enemies

Will fall

By the sword

Before you”                                                                                                                Leviticus 26:8

“Those who work

Their land

Will have abundant food

But those who CHASE fantasies

Have no sense”                                                                                                               Proverbs 12:11

The dog stays FOCUSED

On what he is searching for=

Most of the time

And so it must be

With us=we NEED to stay

Focused on our SEARCH

FOR God

We need to keep UP

THE CHASE=until we find God-

Until we find Jesus

LIVING right here inside of us

Right INSIDE of our

Own HEARTS=our own minds=

And our own SOULS

DON'T GIVE UP THE CHASE!=

Keep on SEARCHING for God

Stay FOCUSED!

“SEARCH me God

And know my heart

Test me and

Know my anxious thoughts”                                                                                      Psalm 139:23

“And if you look for it

As for silver

And SEARCH for it

As for hidden treasure”                                                                                                 Proverbs 2:4

“Or suppose a woman

Has ten silver coins

And loses one

Doesn't she light a lamp-

Sweep the house

And SEARCH CAREFULLY

Until she finds it?”                                                                                                       Luke 15:8

And that is the way

It is WITH GOD

The harder it is

To find something

The MORE IMPORTANT

That it is

DON'T GIVE UP THE CHASE!

Keep on SEARCHING=until you

FIND GOD and Jesus=living

RIGHT INSIDE of

Your/our VERY OWN SOULS

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

Robert P. Wallman

11-6-19 and 1-25-2022

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