ONE PERSON AT A TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 14^th, 2012

 

 

ONE PERSON AT A TIME

 

 

I wish

I could

Talk to every person

 

I wish

I could

Affect every life

 

I wish

I could tell

Every person

How much

God loves them

 

I would tell

Every single person

I would tell

Every single soul

How much

God loves them

 

Even when

You were a fool

 

I have testimony

To tell

I wish

I could tell

Every single person

In this world

 

How great God is

How much God loves them

And I wish I could do it

 

ONE person at a time

 

Robert P. Wallman

February 14^th, 2010

 

Ps        “The entire law is summed up in a single command

            “LOVE your neighbor as yourself”                                                  Galatians 5:14

 

            “Sow for yourselves righteousness

             Reap the fruit of UNFAILING LOVE

             And break up your unplowed ground

             For it is TIME to seek the Lord

             Until he comes and showers righteousness on you”                          Hosea 10:12

 

             “This is the message you heard from the beginning

              WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER”                                        1 John 3:11

 

             “For the Lord is GOOD

              And his loves ENDURES FOREVER

              His faithfulness continues through ALL generations”                         Psalm 100:5

 

 

 

Ps      8-22-2019

 

            

 

FORGIVE OTHERS=WITH LOVE AND MERCY=IT TAKES WORK!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORGIVE OTHERS WITH=LOVE AND MERCY

(It Takes WORK)!

 

Jesus REMINDS US TODAY=That His FATHER God=and Heaven=OVERFLOW with love=

With compassion and with THE MERCY OF GOD!=and in HIS prayer of PRAYERS=The

OUR FATHER=Jesus tells us=That we will BE FORGIVEN=as we forgive others=”And forgive

Us our trespasses=as we also have FORGIVEN OUR TRESPASSERS”                         Matthew 6:9

And he tells HIS APOSTLES=That they have the POWER TO FORGIVE OTHERS=or not=

“Truly I tell  you=Whatever you BIND on earth=will be BOUND in heaven=and whatever

You LOOSE on earth=Will be loosed in heaven”                                                                Matthew 18:18

The APOSTLES=are Extensions of Jesus himself=and so my DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS=

FORGIVE as much=as you genuinely can=Jesus gave HIS LIFE=and his LOVE=to FORGIVE

Our sins=The LEAST we can do=and follow HIS EXAMPLE=and FORGIVE like him=and

His Holy Father God!=With Love=With MERCY=and Compassion=IT TAKES WORK!

 

Forgive TOTALLY=Forgive with Sincerity=When we TRULY FORGIVE=We cannot HOLD ANYTHING

Back=Jesus didn’t=Nor should we=The truth is=Forgiving another human being=Does NOT

Come easy=It takes=lots  and LOTS OF WORK!=But as a modern day apostle=Of the Holy Father

God and Jesus=It is our job=TO FORGIVE OTHERS!=With love and MERCY!=(and compassion)

“……..If my people=Who are called by my name=Will humble themselves=and Pray and seek

My face=and TURN from their wicked ways=Then I will hear from heaven=and I WILL FORGIVE=

Their sins=and will HEAL their land”                                                                                        2 Chronicles 7:14

“But who can=Discern their own errors?=FORGIVE my hidden faults”               Psalm 19:12

“For if you=FORGIVE other people=When they sin against you=Your heavenly Father=will

Also FORGIVE YOU=But if you do NOT FORGIVE OTHERS their sins=Your Father will NOT FORGIVE

Your sins”                                                                                                                                              Matthew 6:14-15

 

There you have it=MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS=WE MUST forgive others=To have our own sins

FORGIVEN=Forgive Others=with LOVE AND MERCY=IT TAKES HARD WORK=It is not easy!

 

And we must FORGIVE TOTALLY=and as OFTEN as we NEED TO(70X7)=With compassion and

WITHOUT making judgments=We can DRAW OTHERS=to the HOLY FATHER GOD and Jesus=

With our example=With our Patience=and by OUR CONTINUED PRESENCE=in their lives=

FORGIVENESS is Challenging=and it is=NOT for the FAINT of HEART!=It takes WORK=and it

TAKES  Love and Mercy=and compassion

“FORGIVE us our sins=For we also FORGIVE EVERYONE=who sins against us”             Luke 11:4

“Father FORGIVE THEM=For they do NOT know=What they are doing’=and they divided up

His clothes=By casting lots”                                                                                                                     Luke 27:34

“Bear with each other=and FORGIVE one another=IF any of you=have a grievance=Against

Someone=FORGIVE as the Lord Forgave you”                                                                         Colossians 3:13

 

MY dear Brothers and sisters=Jesus FORGAVE ME and YOU=all of us=with his Dying breath=He gave

Us the EXAMPLE=The least that we can do=Is to FORGIVE OTHERS=With our living breaths=

Live =Love=and FORGIVE=and do it WITH GOD’S LOVE=GOD”S MERCY=and The Lord’s Compassion=Rember=IT TAKES WORK!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR FOREVER LIVING=Forever loving=and OUR

FOREVER FORGIVING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-10-2026

 

Ps         INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by=Deborah A. Meister

SAINT JANE FRANCES de Chantal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

8-12-13

 

 

JANE FRANCES de CHANTAL

 

 

Jane was a widow

And foundress

Of the Visitation Order

 

She married

At the age of 20

And three children died in infancy

But four survived

 

Jane was

A faithful wife

Devoted mother

And efficient housekeeper

 

After nine years of marriage

Her husband was killed

In a shooting accident

 

She took a vow of chastity

And in 1604

She met Francis de Sales

Who became her spiritual director

Until 1622—the year of his death

 

She benefited

From his wise guidance

As he stressed

Her duties as daughter

As mother

And as a member of society

 

Later she became a nun

And with Francis-founded an order

Whose purpose

Was to enable women of delicate health

To live a religious life

Outside of a cloister

 

Francis inaugurated

This order of nuns in 1610

With Jane as superior

Of about a dozen other nuns

 

They eventually had to agree

To the nuns being enclosed

Which Francis thought taught

The importance of humility and meekness

Which was embraced

By the prudence and dedication of Jane

 

Vincent de Paul described Jane

“As one of the holiest of souls

That I have ever met”

 

All this time

Jane had been concerned

With problems within her own family

 

In later years

She made systematic visits

To all the houses in her order

 

She died at the age of 69

And her feast day is December 12^th

^{( FEAST DAY has been changed to AUGUST 12th)}

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-27-12

 

Ps        I had an Aunt on my mom’s side of the family who was

           A cloistered Visitation nun.  As children, our family would

           Go and visit her-we would look at her through a screen-except

           One day a year the public could visit them openly-which we did.

 

           Aunt Mary died when I was a young adult.  I attended her funeral

           With my family.  She was buried in a simple plain pine box.

            God bless you Aunt Mary.

 

            With Love,

 

            Bob---9-6-12

 

 

WITNESS        8-12-13

 

 

GOOD MORNING GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 12^th, 2012

 

 

GOOD MORNING GOD

 

                                                                                              

Good morning God

 

Good morning

How are you

I am fine

Thanks to you

 

Good morning God

 

Thank you for another day                                                                           

I owe it all to you

I appreciate my life

I appreciate your love

I look forward

To seeing where you take me to today

Both old places

And new

 

Good morning God

 

I look forward to today’s sunshine

Or even its rain

I look forward to today’s adventures

To today’s pleasures

Or even-today’s pain

 

Good morning God

 

I look forward to another day

Of spending it with you

 

Good morning God

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-22-09

 

Ps        “And there was evening-and there was MORNING

             The first day”                                                                  Genesis 1:5

 

            “In the MORNING-O Lord-you hear my voice

             In the MORNING-I lay my requests before you

             And wait in expectation”                                                 Psalm 5:3

 

            “I-JESUS-have sent my angel to give you

             This testimony for the churches

             I am the Root and the Offspring of David

             And the bright MORNING STAR”                            Revelations 22:16

 

FINDING JOY IN SUFFERING

 

FINDING JOY IN SUFFERING

I don't know anyone

Who likes to SUFFER

I certainly don't-

Do you?

BUT Jesus found JOY

in suffering

Because he was offering

HIS LIFE up for others-

FOR US

And I think that

That is the ONLY WAY-

We can find JOY in it=

Is offering up ourselves-

OUR sufferings for others

Saint Paul wrote:

“Brothers and sister:

NOW I rejoice

In my suffering 

For your sake

And in my flesh

I am filling up

What is lacking

In the afflictions of Christ

On behalf

Of his body-

Which is the CHURCH

….....”                                                                                      Colossians 1:24

FIND joy in suffering 

OFFER it up for God

Offer it up for others

And a UNIFIED CHURCH in Christ Jesus

The world tells us

Our goal in life

Should be happiness

And we find that happiness

In money and materialism-

In sex-and in having a perfect body

NOTHING could be

Further from the truth

For All these kinds of happiness 

Are fleeting

We can only find true happiness-

TRUE JOY=in FINDING GOD

In finding Jesus

Nowhere else

“You make known to me

The PATH OF LIFE

You fill me with JOY

In your presence

With eternal pleasures

At your right hand”                                                                       Psalm 16:11

“The prospect 

Of the righteous is JOY

But the HOPES of the wicked

Come to nothing”                                                            Proverbs 10:28

A few hundred years later

Saint Francis of Assisi

Came along

He spoke to

His companion=Brother Leo

“PERFECT JOY-is-upon

REACHING their destination-

IS to be rejected-called names-beaten

and tossed aside

And to bear it all

And be JOINED

With the sufferings of Christ”

That would be PERFECT JOY 

For Saint Francis

A bit extreme

To say the least

BUT we should ALWAYS

Offer up our sufferings to God

For the sake of others

I have always done so=SINCE

Being besieged by intense

Chronic pain since the age of 22

“NOW if we are children-

Then we are heirs-

Heirs of God

And co-heirs of Christ

IF indeed 

We share in his sufferings

In order

That we may also

SHARE in his glory”                                                         Romans 8:17

UNITE your sufferings

With God and Jesus

For the sake of OTHERS

There is NO other way

TO FIND JOY IN SUFFERING 

In Jesus' name 

Robert P. Wallman

7-16-16

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

And 11-8-17 and 8-12-2026

MY GODCHILD

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 11^th, 2012

 

 

MY GODCHILD

 

My godchild is beautiful

Is beautiful                                                                                                 

On the outside

And on the in

 

She has a wit

She has a sense of humor

And she has

A sense of honor too

 

She may not be holy

But she is spiritual

In her own right

 

She shares the feast day

Of Saint Francis’ friend, Saint Clare

And she is a good person

Who likes to share

 

In the end

I will always love her

And my godchild

She will always be

 

Someday I hope she realizes

How much I love her

And what she means to me

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-12-06

 

Stephanie was born August 11^th, 1995

Her confirmation name is Clare

Saint Clare’s feast day is today

 

Ps        “The wolf will lay down with the lamb

              The leopard will lie down with the goat

              The calf and the lion and the yearling together

              And a little CHILD will lead them”                                            Isaiah 11:6

 

             “This is how we know that we love the CHILDREN of God

               By loving God and carrying out his commands”                               1 John 5:2

             

SAINT CLARE=THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION

 

 

 

 

                                                                                        

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

8-11-13

 

 

THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION-SAINT CLARE

 

 

She was born in Assisi, Italy

But nothing is known

Of her early life

 

At 18

She was so moved

By the teachings of Saint Francis

She became

One of his followers

 

She renounced

All of her possessions

And took the habit of a nun

 

She then

Joined the religious life

And Francis offered her

And her companions

A small house

Next to the church at San Damiano

 

She became the abbess

Of a community of women

Who lived

According to the rule

And spirit of Saint Francis

 

This group included Clare, Clare’s mother

Two of her sisters

And some wealthy members from Florence, Italy

 

Their way of life

Was one of extreme poverty

And austerity

They lived entirely by alms

And renounced all rents

 

Like the Franciscans

The “Poor Clares”

Spread to other parts of Europe

Especially Spain

 

Clare lived in Assisi

Her entire life

And was considered

One of the great contemplatives

Of her generation

 

She adopted Francis’ ideals

Including his love of nature

Which continued

Long after Francis’ death

 

For the last 27 years of her life

She had various illnesses

And was sometimes bedridden

But she never lost her devotion

To the other nuns

Or to the town of Assisi

 

She was canonized

Two years after her death

And the Poor Clares

Continue to today

As a contemplative order

Still distinguished by the ideals

In which it was founded

 

Today-August 11^th-is her feast day

And she is considered to be

THE PATRON SAINT OF TELEVISION

 

Robert P. Wallman

August 9^th, 2012

 

Ps        Today-is my niece Stephanie’s 19th birthday

            She took the name of Clare as her confirmation name      WITNESS         8-11-14

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