OUR GREATEST WEAPON!

 

OUR GREATEST WEAPON!

 

I always get SO HAPPY

When others=say

They will=PRAY FOR ME!

 

And I continue

To PRAY for as

MANY people as I can

 

I have long thought

THAT PRAYER=along with love

Is our GREATEST WEAPON!

And Saint Paul

REINFORCES that thought in me today

 

“Praying always=WITH ALL PRAYER

And supplication=in the Spirit

 

Being watchful to this end

With all perseverance

And supplication=for all the saints--------

 

And for me=that utterance

May be given to me=that I may

Open my mouth today”                                                                                                                 Ephesians 6:18-19

 

We FACE so many OBSTACLES

In today’s world

Illness and health

Financial worries-and-relationship difficulties

 

But we CAN OVERCOME

It all=if we STAY IN PRAYER

If we are fortunate enough

To have others

PRAYING FOR US=

In addition to ourselves

Prayer=OUR GREATEST WEAPON!

 

“The Lord has heard my cry

For mercy=

The Lord=ACCEPTS MY PRAYER”                                                                                                Psalm 6:9

 

“These I will bring

To my holy mountain

 

And give them joy

In my house=OF PRAYER”                                                                                                         Isaiah 56:7

 

“Therefore I tell you

Whatever you ask for

IN PRAYER=believe

 

That you have received it

And it will be yours”                                                                                                                      Mark 11:24

 

PRAYER=OUR GREATEST WEAPON!

Saint Paul knew it

Jesus knew it=

ALL the prophets and saints

THROUGHOUT history knew it

 

PRAYING for my family=my friends=

My churches=and peace

For the ENTIRE WORLD

Prayer=OUR GREATEST WEAPON!

In this world

 

Saint Paul

Wrote about the ARMOR

Of the believer

 

And he asked the EPHESIANS

To pray for him

 

To be able to SHARE=the gospel

At every opportunity

What a powerful request

What a powerful weapon

 

“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

 

The weapons we USE=are the

Weapons of God=and the Spirit

Love=and PRAYER!

OUR GREATEST WEAPONS!

Praying for you all=and

I LOVE YOU!

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-31-2022

 

 

NOT DEATH/BUT LIFE

 

“Not Death/But Life”

 

It’s not death

That scares me

But life

 

Living in a world

With murder

 

Not death

But life

 

Living in a world

With child predators

 

Not death

But life

 

Living in a world

With poverty and homelessness

 

Living in a world

That disrespects the aged

 

Not death but life

Living in a world

Which values

Sex, money, and science

Above the respect

Of each and every human being

 

Not death but life

 

Yeah

It’s not death but life

That terrifies me

 

Can we make

This world

A better place

 

Robert P. Wallman

12/17/09

 

Ps        TODAY is my 58^th birthday-despite the problems in this world-I THANK GOD

            For every breath-FOR LIFE is GOD’S GREATEST GIFT-and we should NEVER

            Take it for granted

 

“The length of our days is seventy years-or 80-if we have the strength

Yet their span is but trouble and sorrow

For they quickly pass-and we fly away”                                                              Psalm 90:10

 

THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS GIFT OF LIFE

 

Rpw---WITNESS-1-19-13

 

SING A SONG OF LOVE

 

December 19^th

 

 

“Sing a Song of Love”

 

 

Make a wrong--Right

Do something for someone else

Sing a new song

 

Sing a song of love

Sing a song of kindness

The world is such a mess

Maybe it’s time

To try a new way

 

A new way of love

A new way

Of looking at the world

What would be the harm

Could this world get any worse

 

Don’t sing a song of hatred

Sing a song of love

Don’t sing a song

Of rape and murder

Sing a song of love

Don’t sing a song of child-abuse

Sing a song of loving our children

Sing a song of love

 

Make a wrong--Right

Do something for someone else

Sing a song of love

 

Sing a song of LOVE

 

 

6/05/06       Robert  P.  Wallman

 

GIVING OUR LIVES=OVER TO GOD

 

GIVING OUR LIVES=OVER TO GOD

 

Today we CELEBRATE

The VISITATION of our Mary

To her relative Elizabeth

 

What a JOYOUS EXPERIENCE

That must have been

As they were BOTH

With child

 

I look back=WITH JOY

To my previous visits

AND EXPERIENCES=with my relatives

What great times they were

What a GREAT FAMILY=we had

 

We should all=GIVE OUR LIVES

OVER TO GOD=like Mary

And experience the JOY

 

“When ELIZABETH-heard Mary’s greeting

The infant leaped=in her womb”                                                                                             Luke 1:41

 

Mary is a REWARD

For the patience of God=

In her=the Lord FINDS a body

In which to dwell

And a HEART=receptive

For GOD’S PLAN=in her life

 

How much more joy

We would have=IF

We were ALL=RECEPTIVE like Mary

For his plan=for our lives

 

GIVING OUR LIVES=

OVER TO GOD=for the plan

For our life

 

“May he give you

The desire=for your heart

And make=ALL YOUR PLANS SUCCEED”                                                                               Psalm 20:4

 

“PLANS are established

By seeking advice=

So if you wage war=Obtain guidance”                                                                                   Proverbs 20:18

 

“But the noble-

Make noble PLANS=

And by noble deeds=they stand”                                                                                        Isaiah 32:8

 

What joyful experiences

Mary Had=

Rushing to see Elizabeth=

The CHILDREN LEAPING in their wombs

Elizabeth saying=

“You are the MOST BLESSED

Of all women=and blessed

IS the child=you will bear”                                                                                                Luke 39:43

 

Mary TEACHES us so much=

JOY=serendipity

She teaches us to

 

GIVE OUR LIVES

OVER TO GOD=and we will be

Blessed with FRUIT

For the Lord

 

“That person=is like a tree

Planted by=streams of water

 

Who yields ITS FRUIT

In season--------and whose leaf

Does not wither--------

Whatever they do=prospers”                                                                                            Psalm 1:3

 

So let us glorify God

Like Mary=and we

Will bring him JOY=like Mary

 

GIVING OUR LIVES=OVER TO GOD!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name of our Holy God the Father=and HIS HOLY FAMILY!

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-30-2022

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A.                                

 

 

 

IS GOD REAL FOR YOU?

 

“Is God Real for You?”

 

Prayer is defined

As the elevation

Of your mind and heart

To God

 

Is God real for you

 

Are you elevating

Your mind and heart to God

 

How real God was

For Isaiah

Who said

Send me

 

Is God real for you

 

How real God was

For David

The Lord is my Shepherd

I shall not want

 

Is God real for you

How real God was

For Jeremiah

Who said

You seduced me Oh God

But I allowed it

 

Is God real for you

 

How real God was

For St. Francis

Who said

Make me an Instrument

Of your peace

 

Is God real for you

 

How real God was

For St. Theresa of Avila

Who said

Let nothing disturb you

 

Is God real for you

 

How real God was

For the Irish poets

And their wonderful writings

 

Is God real for you

 

Jesus said

Pick up your cross

And

Come follow me

 

Is God real for you

 

Robert P. Wallman

4/8/10

A TRACE OF GOD

 

May 30^th

 

“A Trace of God”

 

 

I can’t help myself

I have to write

I can’t help myself

I have to write

I have to write

About GOD’S LOVE

 

I have to write

About his love

I have to write

About all he has done for me

I have to write

About God up above

 

I have to write

About his mercy

I have to write

About his kindness

I have to write

About his forgiveness

 

And if I am

Very very lucky

Maybe someone

Maybe somewhere

Someone will see

A trace of God in me

 

I hope so

Because

I see

A trace of God in you

 

 

6/01/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

STAY TRUE!

 

May 31^st

 

“Stay True”

 

 

Stay true

To your goals

Stay true

To your dreams

Stay true

To what is in your heart

In your eyes and soul

Keep the gleam

 

Stay true

To God

Stay true

To love

Stay true

To yourself

It is in your soul

That your dream does live

 

Stay true

To your goals

Stay true

To your dreams

Because in your heart and soul

The dream does live

 

 

8/10/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

GOD IS=ON THEIR SIDE

 

GOD IS=ON THEIR SIDE

 

There are ALL KINDS

Of names==for our God

 

They INCLUDE=Father=Creator=

Lord=Most High=Master=Healer

Rock=and Shepherd

And many many others

 

But the psalm TODAY

Calls our Lord=our God

“Father of orphans

And DEFENDER of WIDOWS”

 

And our Saint James

Tells us that=

That is what TRUE RELIGION IS

 

God is=ON THEIR SIDE

God is=ON THE SIDE

Of orphans and widows

Yes=God is on the SIDE

Of those=of the world

That cannot=DEFEND THEMSELVES

 

“The father OF ORPHANS

And the DEFENDER OF WIDOWS=is God

In his holy dwelling”                                                                                                                       Psalm 68:6

 

“Religion that God our Father

Accepts as pure=and faultless

Is this

 

To look after=ORPHANS AND WIDOWS

In their distress=and keep oneself

From being polluted

By the world”                                                                                                                               James 1:27

 

Yes=GOD IS

ON THEIR SIDE

The side of the orphan=and the widow

GOD IS=ON THEIR SIDE

God is on the side

OF THE DEFENSELESS

 

In the old world

Orphans and widows

Were those=WITHOUT ANY POWER

 

They had NO legal rights

And they were=easily victimized

 

TO SURVIVE=they had to truly

DEPEND on the

GENEROSITY of others

 

That is SOMETHING

I have had to do

In my life=perhaps you have

HAD to do that too

 

GOD IS=ON THEIR SIDE

God is=on our side too

 

“He defends=the cause

Of the FATHERLESS=and the WIDOW

 

And loves the foreigner

Residing among you=giving them food and clothing”                                                        Deuteronomy 10:18

 

“Truly I tell you’=he said

‘This poor WIDOW=

Has put in more than

All the others’”                                                                                                                              Luke 21:2

 

Dear Lord=help us

To reach out

To the widow=and the orphan

And the DEFENSELESS==in this world

 

For you=dear Lord

Are truly=ON THEIR SIDE!

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-30-2022

 

 

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

HOW TO HANDLE WORRY

 

“How to Handle Worry”

 

Worry is

One of the most useless emotions

That exist

 

It is said

That worry and anxiety

Has caused more damage to human beings

Than all the hurricanes and wars combined

 

Our Lord

Never promised us a rose garden

But he did promise us

If we believe in God

That we have power

 

Today is all we have

We cannot do anything about yesterday

And tomorrow is not even here

 

Saint Paul tells us

“I can do all things

In him who strengthens me”

 

Always remember

God loves you

And his love for you

Is constant and unwavering

 

And remember

God is living in you

And if this is true

What in life can overcome you

“No longer I but Christ living in me”

 

We have to live

Moment by moment

Uniting and sharing our lives with God

We are traveling this road together

 

This earth

Is not our ultimate home

We are on a journey

To heaven

 

And finally

When our worry is overwhelming

We pray

Lord I believe

Please help my unbelief

 

FAITH

 

Robert P. Wallman

5/18/10

A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

 

“A Case of Mistaken Identity”

 

As children

We all liked fairy tales

Because they had

Happy endings

 

Did you ever

Hear the story

Of a woman

Who stopped at the scene of an accident

To help out

Only to find out

That the injured person was her daughter

 

Or the emergency surgeon

Who was dead tired

But forced himself to stay

To perform one last surgery

The patient

Turned out to be his son

 

Or the story of

The Greatest Story Ever Told

 

The story of

A baby born in a stable

The story of a man

Who for 30 years did nothing

Then surrounded himself

With a cast of misfits

To teach the word of God to

For 3 years

 

At the end

Of the story

We find out

This man

Was the Son of God

 

In the XXV chapter of Saint Matthew’s Gospel

The story is told

Of a King thanking the righteous

For clothing him

For giving him drink

And for giving him food

 

The righteous reply

Lord, when did we do this

And the King replied,

“I tell you the truth

Whatever you did for the least of my brothers

You did for me”

 

Dear Lord

We pray

For the grace

To see you in all others

And to respond with a kind heart

A loving smile

And a listening ear

 

And to

Look for no reward

Except

To continue to live in your love

 

Robert P. Wallman

8/7/10

·                 Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

 

Ps        Today is the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales—the patron Saint of writers--

            I thank God and pay homage to Saint Francis for any knowledge and ability

            To put that knowledge in to words that I may have

GOD HEARS ME CRY

 

May 29^th

 

“God hears me Cry”

 

 

When I’m down

When I’m troubled

When I no longer want to try

God hears me cry

 

When I am feeling so low

I just want to die

God hears me cry

 

When I no longer know what to do

When I see no hope

For me or for you

God hears me cry

 

When I am feeling so miserable

That I don’t even know

If I can face another day

God hears me cry

 

When the bills are rolling in

And I don’t have anything to send out

God hears me cry

 

But most of all

Even when I’m facing all these things

God hears me cry

 

God hears my cry of love

My cry of thanks

And my cry of

Hope in tomorrow

 

 

6/06/07        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

SOMETIMES=GOD IS=ALL WE NEED!

 

SOMETIMES=GOD IS=ALL WE NEED!

 

WHEN I was 22=

I almost lost everything

INCLUDING my very own physical life

 

I LOST my health=my job

My schooling=and MANY

Who were important to me

 

But I have REBUILT

With God NUMBER ONE=

Family 1A=and my dear friends 1B

 

I was a lot like Job=

But God have GIVEN ME

Everything back=then some

Thanking God=FOR BEING GOD

Thanking family and friends

For being=WHO YOU ARE

Sometimes=God is

ALL WE NEED!

 

“Do not=Be like them

For your Father knows

WHAT YOU NEED

Before you ask him”                                                                                                                  Matthew 6:8

 

I tried and tried

To BEBUILD my life

THE WORLD’S WAY

Money=career=schooling

A woman and a family

 

But it is ONLY WHEN

I TURNED my life=TOTALLY

Over to God=and Jesus

And tried to do things=THEIR WAY

That my life=BEGAN TO WORK

 

LOVE God=love others

Forgiving 70X7-live the BEATITUDES

Live love INCLUSIVELY

And the TRUTH is=the truth

 

And that truth is=

NEVER GIVE UP ON GOD

For he will NEVER give up on you

 

Sometimes=God is

ALL WE NEED!

 

“Be joyful in hope=

Patient in affliction-

Faithful in prayer

 

Share with the Lord’s people

WHO ARE IN NEED=

Practice hospitality”                                                                                                            Romans 12:12-13

 

“The Lord will

Guide you always=he will

SATISFY YOUR NEEDS!........”                                                                                                  Isaiah 58:11

 

“And my God

Will meet=ALL YOUR NEEDS=

According to the riches

Of his glory=In Christ Jesus”                                                                                                    Philippians 4:19

 

In some SMALL WAY

I like to think of myself

Like Saint Paul too

 

I live with MANY AFFLICTIONS

Like a lot of you=

But I will TESTIFY=For God the Holy Father

And Christ Jesus

ALL the days of my life

 

NEVER give up on God=

He will NEVER give up on you

Like Job=like Saint Paul=like me

God will BEBUILD YOUR LIFE

On him

 

“Now I commit you=to God

And to the word=of his grace

 

Which can BUILD YOU UP

And give you=an inheritance

Among all those=who are sanctified”                                                                                         Acts 20:32

 

Sometimes=GOD IS=

ALL THAT YOU NEED!

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-28-2022

 

 

BUILDING THE DREAM

 

BUILDING THE DREAM

Jacob was a DREAMER=he

Told his brothers=he was

His Father's FAVORITE

But his brothers RESENTED him=

Threw him into a cistern=and

SOLD him into slavery

“They said to one another=

'Here comes that mater DREAMER'”                                                                        Genesis37:19

Sibling RIVALRY taken to the extreme=

The story of Joseph and his brothers

Was a FORESHADOWING=

Of what was to HAPPEN

In Jesus' life

Jesus was that MASTERFUL DREAMER=

Who dreamed of a LIFE of God

And LOVE for all

And we KNOW how he was treated=

What was to happen on earth

BUILDING a life of God=one God=

ONE LIFE of love for all

BUILDING THE DREAM!

“And afterward

I will poor out my SPIRIT

On all people

Your sons and daughters

Will PROPHESY

Your old men

Will dream DREAMS

Your young men

Will see VISIONS”                                                                                          Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17

Jesus CHALLENGES us

To work on our INNER SOULS

To BECOME the potential people

That we could be

Jesus had a VISION

For this world

To BUILD a life=to build

A world FULL OF LOVE

But Jesus=the DREAMER=as Joseph

Was before him=and Martin Luther King

And the KENNEDYS were after him

Were MISUNDERSTOOD and resented=

But that did NOT stop them

From working to make their VISIONS=

A REALITY in this world

Building the DREAM=building

ON THE VISION

“A time to kill

A TIME to heal

A time to tear down

And a TIME TO BUILD”                                                                                             Ecclesiastes 3:3

“And I tell you

That you are Peter

And on this ROCK

I will BUILD my church

And the gates of Hades

Will NOT overcome it”                                                                                               Matthew 16:18

“Therefore=ENCOURAGE one another

And BUILD each other up

Just as in fact you

ARE DOING”                                                                                                          1 Thessalonians 5:11

I CAN'T BELIEVE that Jesus' DREAM

Of ONE CHURCH=has turned into over 40,000

Christian churches

I believe he WANTED ONE CHURCH

BUILT out of love=OUT of LOVE

Of God=and LOVE of others=TOTALLY

INCLUSIVE=and I am making that

MY DREAM

ONE CHURCH FOR GOD

ONE CHURCH for all!

Jesus CALLS us to work

With GRACE to bring GOD'S DREAM

To fulfillment

Make Jesus' dream YOUR DREAM=

One life=one love=TOTALLY INCLUSIVE

Of God's LOVE for all people

Let us BRING JESUS' DREAM

To fulfillment=BUILD THE DREAM

In Jesus' name and the name of OUR GLORIOUS GOD the Father

Robert P. Wallman

3-1-18 and 5-28-2022

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

WELCOME HOME PRODIGAL SON

 

May 28^th

 

“Welcome Home Prodigal Son”

 

In the 15^th chapter

Of Saint Luke’s Gospel

Jesus tells the story

Of the lost son

And his loving Father

 

We call it

The story of the Prodigal Son

What is interesting

Is never once in the story

Does Luke use the word “prodigal”

 

The young son

Sets off for a distant land

And squanders all his wealth

On wild living

 

How many of us

Haven’t made a mistake or two

When we were young

 

When famine hits

And after he has

Squandered everything he has

He decides to go home

And throw himself at the mercy

Of his Father

 

But to his surprise

Instead of being mad

His Father throws a party for him

 

To the Father’s surprise

The older brother

Refuses to join the party

He feels he has been slighted

Because he has been loyal and dependable

 

Which brings us to the point

Which of us isn’t guilty of something

Something done or something left undone

 

For every sin committed

There are 100 good deeds

Left undone

For every violent act

There are 100 acts of

Coldness, indifference, and condescending attitudes

We all deserve

A second chance

 

As Dickens wrote,

“There is so much bad in the best of us

And so much good in the worst of us

It ill becomes any of us

To speak badly of the rest of us”

 

WELCOME HOME “PRODIGAL” SON

 

Robert P. Wallman

5/19/10

 

·          This writing was inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford.

 

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT=OF GOD

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT=OF GOD

 

You might not realize it=

But you were CALLED

To be=an

INSTRUMENT OF GOD

In today’s world

 

And it really isn’t

ALL THAT HARD

Spread LOVE wherever you can

FOR GOD

 

For me=I will always WORSHIP

Jesus Christ

But whatever you do

HOWEVER you get there

We all worship=the same God

THE GOD OV EVERLASTING LOVE!

 

“……..they took him aside

And explained to him

THE WAY OF GOD=more accurately”                                                                                    Acts 18:26

 

OUR God is a

GOD OF LOVE=spread love

ALL over the world

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT=OF GOD

In this world=every day

Of your life

 

Today we read about

A gentleman named Apollos

 

He IS a talented

And respected Jew=

Yet he openly SPREADS=the gospel

And becomes AN INSTRUMENT

Of God’s love

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT

OF GOD=of love

In this world=

Which the world so badly needs

 

“But the WORD of God

Continued to SPREAD

And flourish”                                                                                                                                   Acts 12:24

 

“In this way

The Word of the Lord

 

SPREAD widely=and

Grew in power”                                                                                                                   Acts 19:20

 

“We sent Timothy-

Who is our brother

And co-worker=In God’s service

IN SPREADING

 

The gospel of Christ

To strengthen and encourage you

In your faith……..”                                                                                                            1 Thessalonians 3:2

 

I try to SPREAD LOVE

In whatever way

That I can

 

Birthday cards=poems

KIND gestures and actions

God LIVES IN LOVE

God lives in you and me

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT=OF GOD

In this world

 

I HOPE=You are spreading

The LOVE OF GOD too

In whatever way=that you can

 

“A friend=LOVES at all times

And a brother=is born

For a time of adversity”                                                                                                    Proverbs 17:17

 

Apollos became AN INSTRUMENT

OF GOD=Of love=of mercy

And built community=

Let us=DO THE SAME=and

 

BE AN INSTRUMENT=OF GOD

And LOVE=in this world

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-27-2022

 

 

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

 

 

 

SAYING YES TO THE GOD OF LIFE

 

JANUARY 19th, 2021=is my 66th BIRTHDAY=SAYING THANK YOU to the God for life

And thank you to ALL OF YOU for SHARING your JOURNEY with me

LOVE YOU ALL!=HUGS & PRAYERS for you

And wishing you a SPECIAL DAY=On whatever your DAY OF LIFE IS=

GOD BLESS YOU!

SAYING YES

TO THE GOD OF LIFE

All life is SACRED

Our FAITHFUL-our LOVING GOD

Loved each of us

Into existence

We should demonstrate

And REFLECT our love for life

By the individual choices

That we make

“For your MERCY

Towers in the heavens

And your faithfulness

To the skies”                                                            Psalm 57:11

This world is CRYING OUT

For an example

Of how MEANINGFUL life is

We need to stand up

And be counted

By our RESPECT FOR LIFE

By respect

For our unborn children

And by our RESPECT for

All children

No matter what age-

No matter what gender

As CHRISTIANS

We need to live

For all people

For all children

“The Lord is my light

And my salvation

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord

Is the stronghold of my life-

Of whom shall I be afraid?”                                                   Psalm 27:1

“For those who find me

FIND LIFE

And receive favor

From the Lord”                                                        Proverbs 8:35

What kind of world

Do we live in?

We live in a world

With ISIS-and terrorism

NO RESPECT for life there

We live in a nation

With multitudes of killings

In every city

In the United States

No respect for life here

HOW CAN we say no

To life

WHEN our God

Has said YES

RESPECT LIFE

All life is SACRED

Respect all life

Be the EXAMPLE of God-

FOR LIFE-for others

“For whoever 

Wants to save their life

Will lose it

But whoever

Loses their life for me

And the gospel will SAVE IT”                                          Mark 8:35

“Just as the living Father

Sent me

And I live because of

The FATHER

So the one

Who feeds on me

Will LIVE

Because of me”                                                                   John 6:57

I think about

My death bed PROMISE-daily

“To LIVE for my family-friends-

And ALL PEOPLE everywhere”                                                 

With GOD'S STRENGTH

I have lived 39 additional years

Since the promise 

Won't you join me

In saying

“YES” to the GOD OF LIFE

And LIVING FOR GOD

And all of mankind

RESPECT LIFE

ALL LIFE IS SACRED

Dear Lord-

Help us to see YOUR YES

In every person that we meet

Robert P. Wallman

1-22-16

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

6-23-17 and 10-19 & 20=2018 and 1-18 &19=2021 and 5-27-2022

THE HUMAN ELEMENT

 

May 27^th

 

“The Human Element”

 

 

God’s plan is sure

God’s plan is true

God’s word

Is always on the mark

Is it in you

 

Even the best of us humans

Who try to be true

Who always

Try to do our very best

Sometimes we fail

It has happened to me

Has it ever happened

To you

 

The human element

Leaves us weak

The human element

Leaves us vulnerable

The human element

Leaves us with

An Achilles heel

 

Jesus Christ

Had that human element

But he triumphed

Over it all

Jesus Christ knew

He had to show

The human element

In order to fail

 

But he was

Willing to do it

In order

To triumph over it all

 

We try and try and try

To triumph

Over our human element

 

I only

Know one thing about it

And that is

Without God in our heart

We are

Doomed to fail

 

Without God

The human element

Leaves us

Doomed to fail                              

 

6/23/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

GRIEF WILL BECOME JOY

 

GRIEF WILL BECOME JOY

 

At the Last Supper=

Jesus had a TOTAL

HANDING OVER=to the apostles

Of his mission=on earth

 

A TURNING of grief

INTO JOY=

Not unlike=what a mother

Goes through at child birth

 

“You will grieve-

But your GRIEF=will turn

TO JOY”                                                                                                                     John 16:20

 

“……..when a woman

Has given=birth to a child

She no longer

REMEMBERS the pain…….”                                                                                       John 16:21

 

It was the PREVIEW

Of both=the grief

And JOY of Good Friday

When the CHURCH

Would be born=from Christ’s side

 

Jesus LOVED WOMEN

As his sisters

He spent=MUCH

Of his PUBLIC MINISTRY=

DEFENDING the dignity of women

And inviting the apostles

To do the SAME

 

The CHURCH will be UNITED

And we will have JOY

Once again

 

“And I tell you

You are peter

And on this ROCK

 

I will build MY CHURCH

And the gates of Hades

Will not overcome it”                                                                                                         Matthew 16:18

 

“Be shepherds=OF THE CHURCH

Of God=which he bought

With his own blood”                                                                                                                Acts 20:28

 

Yes=out of the GRIEF

Of Jesus Christ

Came the Church=Of God

 

Out of the grief

CAME JOY

For so many others

MY FRIENDS==we are living

In a HURTING WORLD

Like never before

 

We have to re-organize

We have to become

ONE UNIFIED CHURCH AGAIN=

 

Like in the times of Jesus

And turn

THE GRIEF INTO JOY

We can do it

GRIEF WILL BECOME JOY!

 

“Light in a messenger’s eyes

BRINGS JOY

To the heart

 

And good news=gives health

To the bones”                                                                                                                            Proverbs 15:30

 

My friends=

There is grief=in this world

LIKE NEVER BEFORE

 

Let us TURN BACK

To God=to the MESSAGE

Of Jesus

And find the LOVE ONCE AGAIN

GRIEF WILL BECOME JOY!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our Holy Father God!=our ALWAYS LOVING FATHER GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-26-2022

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Miguel Dulick

SEARCH ME-STRETCH ME=LEAD ME

 

May 26^th

 

“Search me--stretch me--lead me”

 

 

Search my heart

Search all the way through

Tell me

What it is in there

Please tell me

How I can improve

 

Search me--stretch me--lead me

 

Stretch my faith

Please teach me

How to reach beyond myself

Stretch my hope Lord

Stretch it

So that all my hope is in you

 

Search me--stretch me--lead me

 

Lead me to your love Lord

I searched all the way through

Lead me to your love Lord

Please tell me what to do

 

Search me--stretch me--lead me

 

Search me stretch me--lead me

So that I can find you

 

So that I can find you

 

 

6/21/06       Robert  P.  Wallman

 

THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

 

THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

TODAY-we find Jesus

CALLING his first disciples-

Peter-his brother Andrew-

AND the brothers John and James

It BEGINS with Jesus preaching

The word of God on the sea-shore

Then he gets into Peter's boat

And the fishermen catch

BOATLOADS of fish

And Jesus CATCHES four fishermen-

Who will go on to be

FISHERS of men

He gives the apostles-

THE CHANCE OF A LIFE-TIME

And they respond

“Getting into one of the boats

The ONE belonging to Simon

He asked him

To put out a short distance

From the shore

Then he sat down

And taught the crowds

From the boat”                                                                                   Luke 5:3

YES Jesus offers Peter and Andrew-

John and James-the CHANCE of a lifetime

And he gave the people on the shore

A chance of a lifetime

By LISTENING him to preach

And he OFFERS US

The chance of a life-time-

By worshiping him-by reading the bible-

And by BUILDING a personal relationship

With Jesus-and his Father

“For his anger

Lasts only a moment

But his FAVOR

Lasts a lifetime

Weeping may stay

For the night

But REJOICING comes

In the morning”                                                                                    Psalm 30:5

DEVELOP a life-long

Personal relationship with Jesus

Catch people for the KINGDOM

Of God

It was life-changing for them (the apostles)

And it is life-changing for us

Develop a personal relationship with Jesus

It is the chance

Of a lifetime

BECOME a follower of Jesus

The disciples were happy

You will be/I will be too

As a matter of fact-I am

“SURELY goodness and love

Will FOLLOW ME

All the days of my life 

And I will dwell

In the house of the Lord FOREVER”                                                          Psalm 23:6

“'COME follow me,' Jesus said,

'And I will send you out

To FISH for people'

“At once they left their nets

And followed him”                                                               Matthew 4:19-20

“Then Jesus said to his disciples,

'WHOEVER wants to be my disciples

Must deny themselves

And take up their cross

And follow me

For whoever wants

To SAVE their life 

Will lose it

But whoever loses their life 

For me-WILL FIND ME'”                                                       Matthew 16:24-25

YES!-that is what has HAPPENED

To me-

I found my life- 

In losing my life for Jesus

And that is what happened-

To Peter-and Andrew-to James and John-

And all the other disciples

And they found

THE CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME

As I did too

Robert P. Wallman

8-31-16 and 5-26-2022

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Clair J. King