CALLED TO=SPEAK FOR GOD

 

Called to=

SPEAK FOR GOD

 

Today we read about=

A MAN=who was CALLED to

SPEAK FOR GOD=but he didn’t

Want to=he decided to

RUN FROM GOD

 

Isn’t that so much LIKE US=

When God tells us

To do something

That we don’t=want to do

I know=IT IS LIKE ME

 

Jonah was CALLED TO

SPEAK FOR GOD=sometimes

WE ARE TOO

 

“So Jonah=MADE READY and

Went to Nineveh=

According to=the Lord’s bidding”                                                                                               Johah 3:3

 

Jonah KNEW=by hard experience

What would happen=if

He continued to AVOID GOD=

He already had wound up

In the belly=OF A WHALE

 

And Jesus warns

The people=of his generation too

IF they fail=to recognize him

HE BRINGS UP Jonah

 

“As the crowds increased’=Jesus said

‘This is a WICKED GENERATION=it asks

For a sign

 

But none will be given=EXCEPT

The sign of Jonah’”                                                                                                           Luke 11:29-30

 

Let us face it=we are

Called to=SPEAK FOR GOD too

If we are true believers

In him

 

By our words=

By our actions=and by OUR DEEDS

We are=called to=SPEAK FOR GOD!

 

“This poor man CALLED=

And the Lord=heard him

He saved him=

Out of all his troubles”                                                                                                 Psalm 34:6

 

“And those he predestined-

HE CALLED=those he CALLED

He also justified

Those he justified=he also glorified”                                                                            Romans 8:30

 

“You my brothers and sisters

WERE CALLED=to be free”                                                                                         Galatians 5:13

 

Yes as Christians=we

Are called to=SPEAK FOR GOD

 

We are to tell=

Of how PRECIOUS our HOPE is

For eternal life=for those

Who BELIEVE in Christ Jesus

 

For we know each day

IS A PRECIOUS GIFT=from God

 

“For in this HOPE

We were saved

 

But HOPE that is seen

Is no hope at all=WHO HOPES

For what they already have?”                                                                                         Romans 8:24

 

Dear Lord=WE PRAY

That we will=SPEAK FOR YOU

With our words=actions and DEEDS TODAY

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-28-2023

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Melanie Rigney

 

CONSISTENCY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS  

 

 

4-13-13

 

 

CONSISTENCY

 

 

Are you consistent

In your love of God

And in

Your love of others

 

By that-I mean

Do you love every day

Not just

The days when you feel good

Or-just when-you feel like it

 

Our Lord said

The people of this world

Are smarter

Than the people of God

In just one way

 

They are consistent

In serving themselves

They are consistent

In their selfishness

 

We are living in this world

But we have to make a choice

Are we living

By the world’s values

Or-are we living by God’s values

 

“No one can serve two masters

Either he will hate the one

And love the other

Or he will be devoted

To the one

And despite the other

You CANNOT serve both GOD and money”                                     Matthew 6:24

 

So we know

We ALL have to make a choice

 

“For where your treasure is

There your heart will also be”                                                   Matthew 6:21

 

The people of this world

Are consistent

In serving themselves

 

ARE WE—the people of God

CONSISTENT in serving the Lord

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-13-12

 

Ps        WITNESS        4-13-13

 

 

            In Luke 12-Jesus tells the story about a rich fool who has an over abundance

            Of crops and desires to store them-he says to himself:

    

            “You have plenty of good things stored up for many years

              Take life easy; eat, drink, and be merry”

 

             But God says to him:

 

             “You fool-this very night your life will be demanded from you

               Then who will get what you have prepared for himself”

 

“Serve wholeheartedly

As if you were serving the Lord, not men”                                       Ephesians 6:7

 

Misc.        WITNESS        2-3-14

 

 

1-20-15 and 2-28-2023

           

 

THE TOUCH OF A MASTER'S HAND

 

February 28^th

 

“The Touch of a Master’s Hand”

 

We live

In a world

That tells us

There is no sin

Sin doesn’t matter

 

We live

In a world

Full of selfishness

Full of intolerance

And full of

Ingratitude, indifference

And the rejection of other human beings

 

But we also live

In a world

That can be very kind

Particularly

At the birth of a child

And the death

Of a loved one

 

I know because

I have been touched

By God

And by family and friends

And Church

In these last

Number of weeks

 

So what changes us

From people

Of sin, selfishness, and rejection

To people of

Kindness and goodness

Beyond our own human understanding

 

I suggest

It is

The touch of God

In us and for us

The touch of God

For each other

To help one another

 

I suggest

It is simply

The touch of God

In each and every one of our lives

 

The touch of God

The touch of a Master’s Hand

 

Robert P. Wallman

5/1/10

 

Ps  With gratitude and thankfulness for all of you

 

NOT EVER ALONE!

 

NOT EVER ALONE!

 

The truth is=

NONE of us

EVER WANT to be broken

 

But the truth also is

We are=

ALL BROKEN=In one way

Or another=and the TRUTH also is

There is=some GOOD NEWS

We are=NOT EVER ALONE!

 

“When the just cry out=

The Lord HEARS THEM=

 

And from all their distress

He RESCUES THEM!

The Lord is=CLOSE

To the brokenhearted=

 

And those who are

Crushed in spirit=HE SAVES”                                                                                           Psalm 34:18-19

 

Many of us=have been

CRUSHED IN SPIRIT

Over the past few years=

Many of us=have been BROKENHEARTED

Crying out=for the Lord

But we are never alone=

NOT EVER ALONE

Our God is with us

He is with us=CLOSE TO US

 

“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

 

“By this gospel

YOU ARE SAVED=

 

If you hold firmly

To the word=I preached

To you

Otherwise=you have believed=

In vain”                                                                                                                                  1 Corinthians 15:2

 

This PSALMIST tells us

The Lord =is

CLOSE to the brokenhearted

 

He offers us=HIS PRESENCE

He is=WALKING

Right along beside us

Our Lord=is MIGHTY to save

We are=NOT EVER ALONE!

 

“He gathers the lambs

In his arms=and carries them

CLOSE to his heart”                                                                                                          Isaiah 40:11

 

The Lord=ASSURES us all

That we are=NOT EVER ALONE!

 

May we DO THE SAME

For our brothers and sisters

On our walk=on our JOURNEY

Through this world

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS PRESENT=always loving and forgiving

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-27-2023

 

 

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

 

 

HOW TO LOSE A FRIEND=LOSE GOD

 

 

 

 

HOW TO LOSE A FRIEND---HOW T LOSE A GOD

 

 

How do you

Lose a friend

 

Never take their phone calls

Never return their phone calls

Never answer their letters or e-mails

Never send them

A birthday card

 

Never acknowledge their presence

In any way

 

It is

The same way with God

 

Never say

Good morning God

 

Never say

Thank you for this wonderful life

That you have you given me

 

Become

So enthralled

With the people

And gifts of your life

That you fail

To acknowledge the giver

 

Dear Lord

We pray to you

To help us always acknowledge

That your love for us

Is the great reality

Of our lives

 

Help us

To always acknowledge

That our connection to you

Is what drives us

Is what

Makes us who we are

 

Help us

To always know

That we can share

Everything with you

Even that deepest darkest most shameful part

That we want no one else to see

ONLY YOU

 

And so Lord

We pray

That we may

Never lose any of our friends

By failing to acknowledge their existence

 

But most of all

We pray

That we may never lose you

Because your love for us

 

Is the great reality

In our life

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-18-11 and 2-27-2023

 

 

HUMILITY

 

February 27^th

 

“Humility”

 

 

Humility--such a simple word

Humility--such a very difficult quality

To attain

 

We live in a culture

That idolizes number 1

Can you be content

With finishing second

Better yet

Can you be content

With all others finishing above you

 

Humility--such a simple word

Humility--such a difficult quality

To attain

 

Humility--the essence of love

Humility--the essence of truth

Humility--few if any if us

Have it in our youth

 

Humility--such a simple word

Humility--such a difficult quality

To attain

 

Humility--a quality

With which we would all

Like to abstain

Yet humility

Is a quality that we all need

 

Humility--a quality

That we all need

 

 

6/21/06       Robert  P.  Wallman

 

WITH A=FRESH SET OF EYES

 

WITH A=

FRESH SET OF EYES

 

So many of us

HAVE EYE PROBLEMS=in today’s world

 

And even =IF we don’t

We sure have

VISION PROBLEMS

 

Dear Lord=with so MANY PROBLEMS

In our world=We pray for

 

A FRESH SET OF EYES

To see your plan

For our world=for our COUNTRY

And for each of us

INDIVIDUALLY and COLLECTIVELY

With a

FRESH SET OF EYES=this Lent

 

“The Lord your God=

Shall you WOSHIP=and him alone

SHALL YOU SERVE”                                                                                                       Matthew 4:10

 

The devil=

WENT after Jesus three times

To get him=TO SERVE HIM

 

But Jesus had HIS EYES

FIXED on the Holy Father God=

As we all should

WHEN we are tempted

 

The Lord served his Father

IN ALL THINGS=we will too

IF we are seeing

The world

WITH A=FRESH SET OF EYES!

This Lent

 

“FOR THE EYES

Of the Lord

 

Range throughout the earth

To strengthen those=whose hearts

Are fully committed to him”                                                                                               2 Chronicles 16:9

 

“BUT MY EYES=

Are fixed on you

Sovereign Lord=

 

In you I take refuge--------

Do not give me=

Over to death”                                                                                                               Psalm 141:8

 

Every day=

Is a NEW TEST

A new challenge=from the DEVIL

To turn to him

 

But if we=see Jesus

Seeing God=

WITH A=FRESH SET OF EYES

This Lent

We are staying=Focused ON THE LORD

 

“So we=FIX OUR EYES

Not on what is seen=

But on=what is unseen

 

Since what is seen=is temporary

But what is unseen

IS ETERNAL”                                                                                                                2 Corinthians 4:18

 

So keep your eyes

Focused on the Lord

THIS LENT

 

You might=BEGIN to see

Like God and Jesus

And see ALL the good

Still happening in this world

SEEING the world=seeing our God

WITH A=FRESH SET OF EYES!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of the one with PERFECT VISION=OUR Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-25-2023

 

 

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

 

I OWED GOD ONE

 

February 26^th

 

“I OWED GOD ONE”

 

 

Many years ago, in a hospitalization that began on my 22^nd birthday, I had gangrene, peritonitis,

Blood poisoning, and a host of other things.  I had emergency surgery and was given zero%

Chance to live.  I had the last rights and went unconscious.  Two weeks later I woke up alive.

 

What I didn’t know was that my Uncle John was outside punching the walls and praying.  What

I didn’t know was that my Dad was praying, “He’s just a young man.  He has his whole life in front

Of him.  I wish God would take me.”

 

My Grandfather, Carl Wallman, who was 72 years old and in fair health was praying the same

Words as my Father.  The day that I left St. John’s Hospital and went to my Aunt’s to recuperate,

My Grandfather had a stroke and went into the same hospital.  My Grandfather died February 26^th, 1977.

 

I have lived my whole life with a chronic illness and in severe chronic pain.  I always wanted to meet a

Woman and have my own family.  It never did really happen for me.  My health, and my finances do

To health, were a factor.

 

Many years later, in a different city, I met a woman who I was immediately attracted to.  I will call her

Jennifer for the purposes of this story.

 

Jennifer was a petite woman of not more than 100 pounds.  Jennifer took an immediate dislike to me-

Though I couldn’t imagine why.  I knew I didn’t say or do anything.  Jennifer had the 3 most beautiful

Girls you could ever imagine--about 8, 10, and 14 years old.  They were a beautiful family of Hispanic

Origin.  It turned out there was some sexual abuse in the family.

 

After years of trying, if not making a friend, I was at least accepted by Jennifer and got a card signed by

Jennifer and her 3 girls that read:

 

       “WE will keep in touch with you and remember you are in our thoughts and hearts as well as God’s.”

 

While it will never be the kind of love I envisioned as a young man, I will always love this woman

And her 3 girls with a “A Spiritual Kind Of Love.”

 

Jennifer’s birthday was February 26^th.  I guess you could say “I Owed God One.”

 

 

 

 

 

Robert P. Wallman

February 14^th, 2007

 

Ps               Happy Birthday Jennifer—God Loves You!

 

YOUR VALUE TO GOD

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

3-24-13

 

 

YOUR VALUE TO GOD

 

Have you---Like me

Ever wondered

If your one little life

Is of any value to God

 

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

 

In Luke 15

Jesus tells us

About the story of one lost sheep

And how the Shepherd

Will leave the other 99

And come find him

 

Then he will

Tell his friends and neighbors

“Rejoice with me

I have found my lost sheep”

 

We may get lost

Along the way

On the road of life

But don’t worry

God will come find you

 

And Jesus

Tells us the story about a woman

With coins---who loses one

 

And when she finds it

She will say,

“Rejoice with me

I have found my lost coin”

 

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

 

Or the story

Of the lost son

And his loving Father

Who says,

“For this son of mine

Was dead

And he is alive again;

He was lost

And is found”

 

So if

You are lost

On this road of life

 

Please patient

Please persevere

God will come find you

And if he can’t

Please come home again

On your own

God will be there

 

Your value to God

Is infinite

Your value to God

Is forever

 

He will come find you

And if he can’t

Come home again

On your own accord

 

HE WILL BE THERE

 

Robert P. Wallman

3-6-11

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        3-24-13 and 2-25-2023

 

 

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

They have no storeroom or barn-yet God feeds them

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

 

“For physical training is of some VALUE

But godliness has VALUE FOR ALL THINGS

Holding PROMISE for both the present life

And the life to come”                                                                1 Timothy 4:8

 

“He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ

As of GREATER VALUE  than the treasures of Egypt

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

 

 

MISC.        WITNESS        5-6-14 and 9-27-28-20 6-6-2021

GOD WOULDN'T LET ME

 

February 25^th

 

“God wouldn’t let me”

 

 

I wanted to

Throw in the towel

I wanted to give it all up

I really wanted to

But

God wouldn’t let me

 

God wouldn’t let me

Throw it all away

God wouldn’t let me

Turn my back

And walk away

 

He kept giving me

Miracle after miracle

He kept giving me

People to see me through

And when I didn’t

Have a dime in my pocket

He gave me that too

 

I wanted to

Throw it all away

I wanted to walk away

I was really ready to

But

God wouldn’t let me

 

God wouldn’t let me

Be a coward

God wouldn’t let me run away

How badly I wanted

To leave this world

But God wouldn’t let me

 

So many miracles

In my life

I wouldn’t know

Where or how to begin

 

Every time

I wanted to give up

God wouldn’t let me

 

God wouldn’t let me

 

 

5/01/06        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS

 

THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS

 

WHERE I come from=Pittsburgh, Pa.

We have four SEASONS

Summer=spring=fall=and winter=

But down here in SOUTH FLORIDA=

We are lucky if

We have two=PARTICULARLT THIS YEAR

 

Nonetheless=wherever we

Are from=whatever season

That it is=GOD GUIDES US

With a compassionate heart

 

“The Lord will

GUIDE YOU ALWAYS=

And give you plenty=even

ON the parched land”                                                                                                      Isaiah 58:11

 

We are guided BY GOD=

THROUGH THE SEASONS

Of our lives too

 

The happy seasons=the sad seasons

The times of NEW LIFE=

The times of death=OUR GOD

GUIDES US!

Through all the seasons=of our life

 

But WHATEVER the season is

We have to LIVE

With God=IN OUR HEARTS

 

“Preach the word=

Be prepared IN SEASON=

AND OUT OF SEASON

 

Correct=rebuke=and encourage--------

With great patience=and careful instruction”                                                                            2 Timothy 4:2

 

Let us face it=LIFE IS

Really challenging us=right now

EVER SINCE COVID

We are=

IN the season of trials

 

But never worry=

OUR GOD IS GUIDING US

In and through=ALL THE SEASONS

 

How we CHOOSE=to deal

With these challenges

Is what life=IS ALL ABOUT

 

But we can be CONFIDENT

Of one thing=

OUR GOD IS GUIDING US

THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS

Of our life

 

“GUIDE ME=in your truth

And teach me=for you

Are God=My Savior

 

And my hope =is in you

All day long”                                                                                                                       Psalm 25:5

 

“When you walk=

THEY WILL GUIDE YOU=

When you sleep

 

They will watch over you

When you awake

They will speak to you”                                                                                                Proverbs 6:22

 

So stay close=to the Lord

THROUGH ALL THE SEASONS

Of your life

 

He will see you through

AND GUIDE YOU

Through=whatever challenges

You are facing

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR FOREVER GUIDING=Holy Father God

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-24-2023

 

 

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

EVERYONE IS SUFFERING=OUR HOPE IS IN GOD

 

EVERYONE IS SUFFERING=OUR HOPE

IS IN OUR GOD

Are you SUFFERING?

If so=you are in

GOOD COMPANY

Everyone SUFFERS=I'm suffering

Even CHRIST suffered as he

Suffered DEATH on the CROSS=

A criminal's death

“It is CHRIST IN YOU=

The HOPE for GLORY”                                                                                           Colossians 1:27

EVERY DAY of the year-

SOMEONE is CARRYINIG suffering=

An anniversary of a death-

The LOSS OF health-or

Maybe even being TAKEN advantage of

Maybe even the LOSS of a love-

Or of a job=these sufferings

Are REAL and there is NO WAY

To get away from them

“But those who SUFFER-

He DELIVERS

In their suffering 

He speaks to them

In their affliction”                                                                                                   Job 36:15

“He was despised

And REJECTED by mankind

A MAN of suffering 

And familiar with pain

Like ONE

From whom

People hide their faces

He was despised-

And we HELD him

In LOW ESTEEM”                                                                                                   Isaiah 53:3

“NOT only so

But we also GLORY

In our sufferings 

Because we KNOW

That suffering produces PERSEVERANCE-

Perseverance-CHARACTER-

And character-HOPE

And HOPE does not put us

To shame

Because GOD'S LOVE

Has been POURED OUT

Into our HEARTS

Through the HOLY SPIRIT

Who has been GIVEN to us”                                                                                         Romans 5:3-5

OUR HOPE is

IN our God

Our hope

Is IN our Christ Jesus

Our suffering produces glory

And HOPE

What can we DO

With our sufferings?

Run away?  GIVE UP?

INFLICT pain on someone else?

No-No=our Jesus CARVES out

ANOTHER WAY=he lets

Suffering PRODUCE HOPE

Hope for GLORY by

UNITING our sufferings 

With those of GOD

Paul POINTS OUT=not a way

Out of suffering=but a WAY

In suffering 

HOPE=our hope IS

In our God

“WHY my soul=

Are you downcast?

Who so-DISTURBED-

Within me?

PUT your HOPE in God

For I will yet PRAISE HIM

My Savior=and my GOD”                                                                                              Psalm 42:5

POPE FRANCIS points out=that=

WITHIN US is hope=worked out=

In the FLESH=just like Jesus

We may SUFFER=but we will

Also FIND GLORY=like Jesus

SUFFER YES?=but our HOPE=

LIVES on FOREVER in God

And in Christ Jesus

In the NAME of Jesus OUR LORD=and

HIS MOST HOLY FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-11-17 and 2-24-2023

Ps         Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco 

LOVE ALL THE TIME

 

February 24^th

 

“Love All the Time”

 

 

When should we love

Love in the morning

 

When should we love

Love in the afternoon

 

When should we love

Love all night

 

Love all the time

 

Love when we’ve been wronged

Love just to be kind

We should love

All the time

 

Love in the morning

Love in the afternoon

Love at night

We should love

All the time

 

Love when you’re happy

Love when you’re sad

Love when you’re glad

Love when you’re mad

We should love-all the time

 

We should love

When new babies are born

We should love

When those close to us die

We should love all the time

 

When should we love

Love in the morning

 

When should we love

Love in the afternoon

 

When should we love

Love all through the night

 

When should we love

We should love all the time

 

We should love all the time

We should love all the time

 

4/18/06          Robert  P.  Wallman

 

Ps     Dedicated to the people in the world who really love others.

 

MUST BE BASED ON LOVE!

 

MUST BE BASED ON LOVE!

(Our Lives)

 

There is a QUESTION=

WE all must ask ourselves

 

Are we living our LIVES=

Are we pursuing=our spiritual practices

BASED on duty=OR ON LOVE

 

For us to be SUCCESSFUL=

We must be real=we must

BE=genuine and SINCERE

We must BASE our lives

Because we LOVE=WITH ALL OUR HEARTS!

 

Our lives=

MUST BE BASED ON LOVE!

 

“The disciples of John=Approached

Jesus and said’=

 

‘WHY do we we=

And the Pharisees fast so much=

But your disciples=do not fast?’

 

Jesus answered them=

‘CAN the wedding guests

Mourn as long=as the bridegroom

Is with them?’”                                                                                                                  Matthew 9:14-15

 

I think we have

To look=a LITTLE MORE DEEPLY

At Jesus’ motivation

 

Jesus PICKED his disciples=

NOT for outward appearances

BUT FOR

Their CAPACITY to love=

The condition=OF THEIR HEARTS

 

It is not a question of what =but WHY

But why=we love

Our spiritual practices=

MUST BE BASED ON LOVE!

 

“He will LOVE YOU=

And bless you=and increase your numbers……..”                                                               Deuteronomy 7:13

 

“The Lord=

LOVE righteousness=and justice

The earth is full

OF HIS UNFAILING LOVE”                                                                                                       Psalm 33:5

 

“Hatred stirs up conflict=

BUT LOVE=covers over all wrongs”                                                                                 Proverbs 10:12

 

Jesus had=such a FULL LOVING HEART

For us all=IN HIS APOSTLES

He was=looking for those

Who had thar SAME QUALITY

 

He got it right=11 out of 12

A pretty good average=and he knew

The ONE that would fail him

 

HOW ABOUT US?

Are we FOLLOWING JESUS

Out of love=or because

It is JUST A DUTY

Our lives

MUST BE BASED ON LOVE!

 

“But God demonstrates

HIS OWN LOVE=for us in this

 

While we were still sinners

CHRIST died for us”                                                                                                                   Romans 5:8

 

It is all right=to have

SOME sense of duty=WE ALL DO

But we must be PRIMARILY MOTIVATED

BY LOVE

 

Love God=love Others

Our lives

MUST BE=BASED ON LOVE!

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-23-2023

 

 

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

HEAVEN'S ANGEL!

 

February 23^rd

 

“Heaven’s Angel”

 

 

You can measure how tall I am

You can measure how wide

You can measure my IQ and other skills

But you can never measure my desire and will

You don’t know what I have inside

 

Even with the best of machines

There’s many things they cannot see

They can’t see how hard I try

They can never measure my desire

 

There’s something you always wanted to do

But you’ve always been afraid to

Now go on and try

 

My conscience keeps telling me I can’t do it

But my willpower keeps saying go ahead and try

You’ll never succeed unless you try

Now go on reach down

See if you have what it takes inside

Farther

Reach--way way down

No

Way down

There you got it

You got what it takes inside

 

He’s got the pride of a lion

The courage of a bear

The mental determination of a bull

And the finesse of a deer

But he has the meekness of a lamb

And the heart of a dove

How can one person possess all these qualities

Surely he must be a gift from up above

 

He’ll stare you in the face

And tell you you’re wrong

Even with all the facts against him

You’ll start to believe him before very long

You’ve never seen a person with such conviction

You’ve never seen a man with so much belief in himself

There’s nothing  capable of stopping him

Not one single restriction

He belongs on a plateau all by himself

 

He’s got the pride of a lion

The courage of a bear

The mental determination of a bull

And the finesse of a deer

But he has the meekness of a lamb

And the heart and spirit of a dove

How can one person possess all those qualities

Surely he’s a gift from up above

 

He’s a man who hates to fight

He’ll do anything to avoid it

But if you get in his way

You’ll never beat him

If he believes he is right

And after he knocks you down

He’ll pick you up and tell you he’s sorry

And ask you if you are alright

 

He isn’t very tall

He isn’t very wide

He isn’t exceptional in his other skills

But you can’t measure his desire and will

You could never measure what he has inside

You just can’t measure how hard he tries

 

When he’s beset by a  challenge

One that looks like he’ll never do

He just reaches way down

Way way down

As far as he has to

Until he scrapes his inner soul

And finds what he needs inside

 

No matter what the situation

He is never beat

But you can’t help but like him

Because his feeling and gentleness show through

Regardless of how hard he tries

 

He’s got the pride of a lion

The courage of a bear

The mental determination of a bull

And the finesse of a deer

But he has the gentleness of a lamb

And the heart and soul of a dove

He is surely a gift from up above

 

 

6/1/1981        Robert  P.  Wallman

 

WRESTLING WITH GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

5-23-13

 

 

WRESTLING WITH GOD

 

How many of us

Have wrestled with God

Over a particular matter

A particular decision

 

Maybe even promising God,

“If you’ll just do this for me

I will never ask for anything again”

 

In Genesis 32

Moses tells us

About an encounter Jacob has with a man

 

They wrestle all night

And when the man

Sees he cannot overpower Jacob

He touches Jacob’s hip

So that his hip becomes wrenched

 

The man says,
”Let me go, for it is daybreak”

Jacob responds,

“I will not let you go

Unless you bless me”

 

“What is your name, the man says?”

“Jacob”

The man said,

“Your name will be no longer Jacob, but Israel

Because you have struggled with God

And with men and have overcome”

 

The man went away

And Jacob knew

He had had an encounter with God

And lived to tell about it

But he walked with a limp

The rest of his life

 

Isn’t that the way with us

When we encounter our God

In prayer and in our life

 

Maybe getting what we want

Maybe not

 

But walking away

Knowing that we just had an encounter

With God--- and knowing that it will stay with us

The rest of our life

 

We pray to you Dear Lord

As we wrestle with you

On our journey through life

 

Wanting our own way and

Not accepting your way and will

For our lives

Yet knowing deep down

That your way is best

 

We pray

That as we wrestle with you

As we face the trials in our life

That we,

 

“Be joyful in hope

Patient in affliction

Faithful in prayer”

 

And that we

 

“Share with God’s people in need

And practice hospitality”

 

If we really and truly

Adopt this attitude

We know that we will never lose when

 

“Wrestling with God”

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-3-11

 

 

Ps       WITNESS       5-23-13

 

“And a man WRESTLED with God until daybreak”                                  Genesis 32:24

 

“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:  for I have seen God

FACE TO FACE-and my life is PRESERVED”       Genesis 32:30

 

MISC.        WITNESS      6-7-14 and 2-23-2023

 

 

WE HAVE A CHOICE!

 

WE HAVE A CHOICE!=

(In this world)

 

EVERY DAY=when we wake up

WE HAVE A CHOICE!=to make

To LIVE by our Lord’s standards=

Or to

Live by the STANDARS=of this world

 

“Today=I have SET before you=

LIFE and prosperity=death and doom”                                                                            Deuteronomy 30:15

 

It seems like

AN EASY CHOICE=doesn’t it

But every day=MORE

Of us Americans=seem to be

CHOOSING death and doom

 

Jesus had a CHOICE

To make too=and

He CHOSE LIFE=over death

RESURRECTION=over the finality

Of the crucifixion

CHOOSE TO LIVE=by those standards

Of God’s own words=and ACTIONS

 

“I am the God=of Abraham

The God of Isaac=

And the God of Jacob

 

He is NOT=

The God of the dead=but

OF THE LIVING”                                                                                                                        Matthew 22:32

 

“But if SERVING the Lord

Seems undesirable to you=

THEN CHOOSE for yourselves=this day

Whom you will serve…….

 

But as for me=and my household

We will

SERVE THE LORD”                                                                                                                 Joshua 24:15

 

We all have

A CHOICE=IN THIS WORLD

To go on=WITH HOPE

And live=By the Lord’s example

 

Or=LET THE TRAPPINGS

Of this world=bring us down

Trappings=like sex=violence=drugs

Alcohol=and choosing to

HANG OUT=with the wrong people

WE HAVE A CHOICE!=

In this world

 

“When Jesus came ashore=he

Saw a large crowd

And felt compassion=for them

And healed their sick”                                                                                                        Matthew 14:14

 

Jesus could have=GIVEN UP

At any time =for he KNEW

The end

That he was FACING=he CHOSE

To move forward=and be AN EXAMPLE

OF HOPE=for others

 

We need to CHOOSE LIFE

And bring HOPE to others too

Through=GOD’S WORDS OF LIFE

 

“Yes my soul=find rest

In God=MY HOPE

Comes from him”                                                                                                           Psalm 62:5

 

“Not only so=but we also

Glory in our sufferings

 

Because we know=suffering produces perseverance

Perseverance=character

And character=HOPE

And HOPE does not=put us to shame”                                                                             Romans 5:3

 

WE HAVE A CHOICE!=

To make today=CHOOSE LIFE and God

Or to live by

The TRAPPINGS of this world

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR HOLY PERFECT FATHER GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-22-2023

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Steve Givens