MERCY NOT JUDGMENT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 19^th, 2012

 

 

MERCY NOT JUDGMENT

 

 

Who

Who are you

Who am I

To be passing judgment on someone else

In today’s world

 

Give mercy

Give compassion

Give someone a free pass

Give someone love

God’s love

 

Look at the story of Daniel

Did you know

That the name Daniel means

“God is my judge”

 

Daniel goes public

He confesses his sin

And the sins of God’s people

 

How can Daniel

Be so sure

God will forgive him

Forgive them

 

Because Daniel knows

That he has the history of God

On his side

 

Daniel knows

That our God

Is a God of love and compassion

He has rescued his people

Over and over again

 

God saved

Daniel’s 3 friends

From the blazing furnace

God saved Daniel himself

From the lion’s den

 

And in Luke 7

We find Jesus saying,

“Do not judge

Or you too will be judged

For in the same way

That you judge others

You will be judged

And with the measure you use

It will

Be measured against you”

 

Take Daniel as your model

Give mercy---give love

 

Take Jesus

As your model

And as your God

 

Because giving someone else mercy

And not judgment

Is God’s way

 

Give someone love

Give someone a free pass

And do it TODAY

 

Robert P. Wallman

3-22-11

 

Ps       “It does not therefore depend on man’s desire or effort

            But on God’s MERCY”                                                       Romans 9:16

 

           “Blessed are the merciful

            For they will be shown MERCY”                                        Matthew 5:7

 

           “Because judgment without mercy

             Will be shown to anyone who has NOT been merciful

             MERCY triumphs over judgment!”                                       James 2:13

 

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

There is ONE THING

I know about us=

And that is

We worship=A LOVING GOD-

A forgiving God=and a God

Who is

FULL OF KINDNESS

 

Just look at=who God

CHOSE TO

Represent him=on this earth

A man=who was called THE CHRIST!

 

A man=who ALWAYS took the TIME

To perform miracles=heal

The sick=and on occasion

RAISE THE DEAD=and be

Full of kindness=IN this world

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

“……..of the KINDNESS

Of the Lord=the earth IS FULL”                                                                                         Psalm 33:5

 

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES have proven

There are antidepressant microbes

In the earth’s soil=and so

The soil of the earth

CAN MAKE US HAPPY

 

Truly the KINDNESS=and

The love of God

Is all around us

 

SO WHEN= you

Are having a bad day

 

Take a few MOMENTS=and see

The LORD’S KINDNESS breaking through

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

“He has SHOWN KINDNESS-

By giving you rain

From heaven=and crops

In their seasons

 

He provides you=

With plenty of food=and fill

Your hearts with joy”                                                                                                       Acts 14:17

 

“Consider therefore=THE KINDNESS

And sternness of God

 

Sternness to those=who fell

BUT KINDNESS TO YOU=provided

That you continue=IN HIS KINDNESS”                                                                                  Romans 11:22

 

WHERE do you see GOD’S KINDNESS

IN your daily living?

 

Is it in the Giving

Or the RECEIVING=of a good deed

To someone=who lives nearby?

 

Is it in=SPENDING TIME

With your children=or grandchildren?

 

The kindness of God

Is breaking through DAILY=

Don’t forget=to offer thanks

For the love and kindness of God

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

Don’t forget=That kindness

IS one of

THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT=and we

Should always be=LIVING IT

Living in=THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT!

 

“…….in order

That in the coming ages

He might show

 

The incomparable riches

Of his grace=expressed in

HIS KINDNESS to us=In Christ Jesus”

 

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

Is all around us=even in the soil

Don’t forget=to thank him

For the roof over your head=and the food on your table

 

Giving thanks again for

THE KINDNESS OF GOD!

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-19-2022 and 7-18-2026

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Terence Hegarty

 

 

 

2 SAMUEL=Chapters 8 Through 11=FOR MVF CHERYL=and BOBBY BOY

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 SAMUEL=CHAPTERS 8 Through 11=FOR

MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy

 

2 SAMUEL 8 THROUGH 11

These chapters=Mark the HEIGHT of David’s reign=and the BEGINNING of his

GREATEST MORAL FAILURE=They show the BLESSINGS OF GOD=On David’s

KINGDOM=and the SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIS SIN

 

Chapter 8=DAVID’S MILITARY VICTORIES

 

=David DEFEATS Israel’s surrounding ENEMIES=Including the Philistines

The Moabites=Arameans(Syrians)=and Edomites

 

=GOD GIVES  David VICTORY=Wherever he goes=FULFILLING HIS PROMISE

To Establish David’s KINGDOM

 

=David DEDICATES the GOLD=silver and bronze=Captured in battle=

To the LORD

 

=David establishes a JUST and Righteous government=Over Israel=

With TRUSTED OFFICIALS=In key positions

 

KEY LESSON=SUCCESS comes from GOD’S BLESSING=and Faithful Leaders

HONOR GOD=with what he provides

 

 

Chapter 9=DAVID SHOWS KINDNESS to Mephibosheth

 

=David REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT=with Jonathan=and asks=IF ANYONE=

From Saul’s FAMILY=is still ALIVE

 

=Jonathan’s SON=Mephibosheth-who is CRIPPLED=in both feet=Is

Brought before David

 

=Instead of fearing punishment=Mephibosheth  RECEIVED KINDNESS=The

RESTORATION of Saul’s land=and a permanent PLACE=at the King’s table

 

KEY LESSON=DAVID’S MERCY=Reflects God’s grace=Toward those

Who CANNOT repay his KINDNESS

 

 

Chapter 10 WAR with AMMOM and Aram

 

=David SENDS MESSENGERS=To comfort Hanun=The new Ammonite King

After His FATHER’s death

 

=Hanun humiliates David’s servants=Believing they are SPIES

 

=WAR BREAKS OUT=as the Ammonites=Hire Aramean armies

 

=Joab COURAGEOUSLY leads Israel to  Victory=and later David DEFEATS

The remaining Aramean forces

 

KEY LESSON=PRIDE and mistrust=an lead to UNNECESSARY CONFLICT=

While Courage=and DEPENDENCE ON GOD=BRING VICTORY

 

 

Chapter 11=David and Bathsheba

 

=With his ARMY at war=David remains IN JERUSALEM

 

=He sees Bathsheba BATHING=and commits adultery with her

 

=WHEN Bathsheba becomes pregnant=David attempts to HIDE

HIS SIN by=BRINGING her husband-Uriah=home from battle

 

=Uriah REFUSES to enjoy the COMFORTS of home=While

His fellow soldiers are fighting

 

=David ARRANGES for Uriah=to be killed in battle

 

=David marries Bathsheba=After Uriah’s death

 

This chapter=ENDS with his statements

“But the thing=That DAVID had done=DISPLEASED THE LORD”=2 Samuel  11:27

 

KEY LESSON=Even GREAT LEADERS=Can FALL into serious sin=When they

NEGLECT GOD’S WAYS=SIN leads to more sin=Until it is confessed

And CONFRONTED

 

MAJOR THEMES=In Chapter 8 THROUGH 11

 

=GOD  grants victory=and FULFILLS HIS PROMISES

 

=FAITHFULNESS to COVENANTS is honored

 

=MERCY reflects GOD’S CHARACTER

 

=Pride and suspicion=bring conflict

 

=HIDDEN SIN=has serious consequences

 

=NO ONE=is above GOD’S JUDGMENT

 

 

Rpw==7-18-2026=7:30PM for MVF Cheryl and Bobby Boy

YOUR CHOICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 18^th, 2012

 

 

YOUR CHOICE

 

 

The world tries to

Sell us money

The world tries to

Sell us sex

The world tries to

Sell us science

 

Your choice

Are you believing it

 

God teaches us love

God teaches us kindness

God teaches us forgiveness

Your choice

Are you buying it

 

I made my choice

A long long time ago

I’m still holding steady

I’m still holding strong

 

I just need

One more miracle

To prove to you

The world is wrong

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-26-06

 

Ps        “If anyone CHOOSES to do God’s will

             He will find out whether my teaching comes from God

             Or whether I speak on my own

 

             He who speaks on his own

             Does so to gain honor for himself

             But he who works for the honor

             Of the one who sent him

             Is a man of truth:

             There is nothing false about him”                                 John 7:17

 

            “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

              The people he CHOSE for his inheritance”                  Psalm 33:12

 

            “But we ought always to thank God for you

              Brothers loved by the Lord

              Because from the beginning God CHOSE you

              To be saved through  the sanctifying work

              Of the Spirit and belief in the truth”                                      2 Thessalonians 2:13

            

   

    

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD!

 

THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD!

Today I want to thank

God=and share=as I DO

Every day=the GREATEST love story

Ever told

The life and death of

Jesus Christ

And I want to BEGIN

By thanking the authors=the

Apostles=and the great SAINT PAUL

Who told us and taught us

WHAT LOVE IS

“LOVE is patient=

Love is kind”                                                                                           1 Corinthians 13 :4

And Paul tells us

That=”LOVE NEVER FAILS”                                                             1 Corinthians 13:8

And even though it

LOOKED like Jesus failed-

Failed in life=he CONQUERED death

With a RESURRECTED LIFE

The LOVE that Paul describes

Is not easy to come by=

Yet much LIVE

Day in and day out

Yet Jesus did it

He did it with FAITH-

He did it in HOPE=

And most of all

He conquered death

With his LOVE

For all human kind

“And now these three remain=

Faith=hope and LOVE

But the greatest of these

IS LOVE”                                                                                                 1 Corinthians 13:13

Love must be renewed continually

And it must be lived

Out DAILY

Which Jesus did

By HEALING the sick

By REACHING out to the POOR

And doing everything imaginable

For everyone that he LOVED

Love does not come

From force of will

Or bold actions

But by the GRACE OF GOD

And the GRACE of God

Was upon Jesus

“And the child grew

And became strong

He was FILLED

With wisdom

And the GRACE OF GOD

Was on him”                                                                                                     Luke 2:40

“GRACE and peace

To you from God

Our Father

And from the Lord

Jesus Christ”                                                                                                    Romans 1:7

“Let us then approach

God's throne of GRACE

With confidence

So that we may

Receive mercy

And GRACE

To help us

In our time of need”                                                                                  Hebrews 4:16

Paul's description of LOVE

Wants us to see

What love REALLY IS

And how it is MAGNIFIED

In the LIFE OF JESUS

“For I am CONVINCED

That neither death nor life-

Neither angels nor demons-

Neither the present-nor the future

NOR any powers-

Neither height nor depth-

NOR anything in else

IN ALL CREATION

Will be able

To separate us=

From the love of God

That is IN-

CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD”                                                                                      Romans 8:39

And NOTHING ever will

For Jesus CHRIST-

Is the definition of PERFECT LOVE

Dear Lord=help us LOVE ALL=

Just as you did=in the greatest story

The GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD!

In Jesus' name and in the NAME of our-ALL LOVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

2-4-19 and 7-18-2026

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen

SAINT CAMILLUS OF LELLIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

7-18-13

 

 

SAINT CAMILLUS OF LELLIS

 

Patron Saint of Nurses

 

 

Saint Camillus of Lellis

Was born in 1550

In what is now known as Southern Italy

 

He was an exceptionally big man

And he joined the Venetian army

To fight against the Turks

 

He had a temper

And was a gambler

 

He contracted

An incurable disease of the leg

And lost everything gambling

 

At that time

He experienced a religious conversion

And tried to become a Franciscan

But his health

Prevented him from doing so

 

He did become a priest

And founded a congregation of male nurses

To serve the plague stricken

In hospitals, in their homes

And prisoners

 

Some of them

Even served on the battlefield

 

Many of them

Lost their lives

Through contracting the plague

From their patients

 

In spite of suffering

A variety of serious illnesses himself

He continued to help the sick

To the very end of his life

 

Today

He is considered to be

Patron Saint of the sick, of hospitals

AND OF NURSES AND PHYSICIANS

 

His feast day

Appears on the Roman calendar

On July 18^th

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-23-12

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        7-18-13

 

 

 

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 17^th, 2012

 

 

A LIGHT at the END of the TUNNEL

 

 

There’s a light

A light

At the end

Of the tunnel

 

It’s called God

It’s called Christ

It’s called love

 

It’s a light

That will shine

Through every situation

That shines through every darkness

 

Glowing glowing glowing

 

It’s a light

That will shine

Through every difficulty

A light that will shine

Through every problem

 

Glowing glowing

Yes

There’s a light

At the end

Of that dark tunnel

 

Glowing glowing glowing

 

And that light

Is called Christ

That light

Is called God

That light

Is called love

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-18-12

 

Ps       “Your word is a lamp to my feet

             And a LIGHT for my path”                              Psalm 119:105

 

            “You are the LIGHT of the world

              A city on a hill cannot be hidden

              Neither do people LIGHT a lamp

              And put it under a bowl

 

             Instead they put it on its stand

             And it gives LIGHT to everyone

             In the house”                                                 Matthew 5:14-15

 

            “God is LIGHT

              And in Him is no darkness at all”                   1 John 1:5