NEVER IN DOUBT=THE STORY OF SAINT THOMAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEVER IN DOUBT

( the story of SAINT THOMAS )

 

 

How many of us

Have seen a sporting event

A particular nitty-gritty contest

Where you had no idea

Who was going to win

 

Then after the outcome

And your team won

Thought or said,

 

“The outcome

Was never in doubt”

 

Well I am here to tell you

The story of Saint Thomas

The story of “Doubting Thomas”

 

Well I am here to tell you

That the outcome was

“NEVER IN DOUBT”

 

We forget

That when Martha and Mary

Summoned Jesus to come back

And help Lazarus

Many of the other Apostles

Didn’t want to go

 

Because they had

To go through Judea

An area

Where Jesus had just almost been stoned

 

They were afraid

 

Then Thomas spoke up and said,

“LET us also go

That we may die with him”                                                    John 14:16

 

Then we flash forward

To after Jesus’ death

To where we find Thomas saying;

 

“Unless I see

The nail marks in his hands

And put my finger

Where the nails were

And put my hands into his side

I will NOT believe it”                                                               John 20:25

 

Do you ever feel that way

I know that I do

 

Thomas is our inspiration

For those of us

Still struggling with our faith

For whatever reason

 

For we know

That Thomas

Went on to preach about Jesus

After the Resurrection

And was martyred for it

 

Saint Thomas

Is the Saint of architects

And the spiritually blind

 

For those of us like Saint Thomas

Struggling with our faith

Like our favorites sports team

Striving for victory

WE WILL TRIUMPH

 

For we know that the outcome is

 

NEVER IN DOUBT

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-2-12

 

Ps        Thomas’ feast day is July the 3^rd

MISC    WITNESS        7-3-14 and 7-1 and 2-2019 and 7-03-2023 and   7-03-2025

And 4-13-2026

 

 

 

HIS TOUCH=IS MY=OUR HEART'S DESIRES

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

HIS TOUCH IS=MY=OUR=                                                                      

HEART’S DESIRE

 

Our Lord Jesus=Our Holy Father God==SEES

The HIDDEN THINGS=from our life=We cannot

HIDE ANYTHING=from them=They KNOW everything about us=

Yet they love us anyway=He frightened the pharisees=Jesus did=

And the scholars away=”Some of the scribes said in reply’=’

Teacher you have=answered well’=And they no longer=DARED to

Ask him anything”                                                                                                                                 Luke 20:39-40

 

WHEN the teachers and scholars=Saw Jesus COULD SEE through them=They

Were afraid to EVEN go near him=Let alone=ask him anything=Our

Holy Father God=Our Jesus=KNOW everything about us=You CANNOT

Hide from God=That is WHY

 

I long for=JESUS’ HEALING TOUCH=That is who Jesus is=That is why

He is MY/OUR HEART’S DESIRE=”I DESIRE=to do your will=My God=Your

Law is within my heart”                                                                                                                      Psalm 40:8

 

“Yes Lord=Walking in the way=of your laws=We wait for you=Your name

And renown=are THE DESIRE=of our hearts”                                                                       Isaiah 26:8

 

“For I know=That good itself=Does not dwell in me=that is=IN

My sinful nature=For I have the DESIRE=to do=what is good=but I

Cannot carry it out”                                                                                                                            Romans 7:18

 

We all have goals and dreams=IN this world=Sometimes we reach

Them=sometimes we don’t=We get SIDE-TRACKED=from what we do=

IN THIS LIFE=by our vices=like gambling= like alcohol=drugs=or an

ATTRACTION to=the wrong person of the OPPOSITE SEX=but we have

To KEEP IN MIND=our goals=our dreams=OUR/MY HEARTS’S DESIRE who

Is Jesus Christ=and the HOLY FATHER GOD!=His=Jesus’=is MY HEART’S
DESIRE=Christ’s loving touch=is OUR HEARTS’S DESIRE=every Heart’s desire

“NOW EAGERLY DESIRE=the greater gifts”                                                                              1 Corinthians 12:31

 

“Pray for us=We are sure that we=have a clear conscience=AND DESIRE=to

Live honorably==in every way=I particularly urge you=to PRAY=so that

I may be=Restored to you soon”                                                                                                 Hebrews 13:18-19

 

“Then=AFTER DESIRE=has conceived=It gives birth so sin=and sin=when

It is full-grown=gives birth to death”                                                                                               James 1:15

 

But the TOUCH OF=The Holy Father God=and his Son Jesus=FREE US=

From the desires of sin=THEIR TOUCH free us from ALL the unimportant

Things in this world=our vices and=and the deceitful SINS=of our HEARTS

 

His=GOD THE HOLY FATHER’S=Healing TOUCH of love is our=IS MY

HEART’S DESIRE=Everything true and beautiful=SHINES FORTH in us=

Especially the LORD’S TOUCH=if it is our HEART’S DESIRE

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER LIVING=ever loving=ever

TOUCHING AND HEALING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-22-2024  7-03-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by=Mary Marrocco

SUFFERING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 3^rd, 2012

 

 

SUFFERING

 

 

What do you do

With your suffering

 

What do you do

With your cross

 

In our Lord’s day

Capital punishment

Consisted of hanging

On a cross in front of everyone

 

Today it is the electric chair

Or lethal injection

 

But the essence

The true essence of the cross

Is anything

That causes

Anguish of the mind

Or desolation of the spirit

 

Is there something

In your life

Causing you

Anguish of the mind

Or desolation of the spirit

 

Heaven knows

There are many things

In today’s world

That causes

Anguish of the mind

And desolation of the spirit

 

But there is an answer

To this anguish and desolation

And the answer is

God and Christ

 

So

Do not suffer alone

Pick up

Your cross

And share it with

God and your neighbor

 

Jesus said

Pick up your cross

And come follow me

 

DO NOT SUFFER ALONE

 

Robert P. Wallman

April 29^th, 2010

 

Ps        “Answer me Oh Lord

             Out of the goodness of your love

             In your great mercy turn to me”                                Psalm 69:16

 

            “So we fix our eyes

              Not on what is seen

              But on what is unseen

             

              For what is seen is temporary

              But what is unseen is ETERNAL”                            2 Corinthians 4:18

 

             “It is better

              If it is God’s will

              To SUFFER for doing good

              Than for doing evil”                                             1 Peter 3:17

 

 

 

IN NEED OF HOPE AND HEALING

 

IN NEED OF HOPE AND HEALING

Lord KNOWS-God knows-our world=

Is in NEED of HOPE & HEALING

BOTH on a collective and

On an individual basis=from

Case to case

The WORLD IS=and we are individually

ALL HURTING in some way

So much so that POPE FRANCIS-

Has called the CHURCH-a-

“FIELD HOSPITAL after battle”

“........

The LIGHT came into the world-

But people PREFERRED darkness

To LIGHT........”                                                                                                         John 3:19

WE are all FIGHTING our

Own individual BATTLES and

MOST of us are losing

This world is=INDIVIDUALLY=

We are=

In need of HOPE & HEALING

Yet this world-for some reason

Doesn't want to TURN

TO GOD

But wants to TURN to darkness

Instead of light

NO WONDER-so many of us

Are LOSING our battles

“ALL those gathered here

Will know

That it is NOT by sword

Or spear

The LORD SAVES;

For the BATTLE

Is the Lord's

And he will GIVE all of you

Into his hands”                                                                                                             1 Samuel 17:47

“Who is 

The KING of glory?

The Lord strong and mighty

The Lord mighty in BATTLE”                                                                                            Psalm 24:8

“THEY are demonic spirits

That perform signs

And they go out to the kings

Of the whole world

To gather them for the BATTLE

On the great day

Of GOD ALMIGHTY”                                                                                                  Revelation 16:14

TURN to God-if

You are in NEED of HOPE

And of HEALING

And who isn't?-in this world

That LIVES upside down

POPE FRANCIS got it right

WHEN he called the Church

“A FIELD HOSPITAL after battle”

We need to get out

Of the bars and the strip clubs

And get BACK INTO CHURCH

MAYBE then-we will FIND

The hope and the HEALING

That we are LOOKING FOR

“WHY my soul

Are you downcast?

Why so disturbed

WITHIN me?

Put your HOPE in God

For I will yet PRAISE him-

My SAVIOR-And my God”                                                                                       Psalm 42:5

“For the people's HEART-

Has become CALLOUSED-

They hardly hear with their ears

And they have CLOSED

Their eyes

Otherwise they might

SEE with their eyes

HEAR with their ears

Understand with their HEARTS-

And TURN-and I would HEAL THEM”                                                                      Acts 28:27

(the HOLY SPIRIT through the prophet Isaiah)

MY dear friends=IF=

You are in NEED of hope 

And of healing

TURN BACK to the Lord

Get back into church

And you will FIND IT in God

Dear LORD-FILL UP our hearts

With the HOPE and the HEALING-

Of the WORD OF GOD

We RENEW our PROMISE to TRY

As we CONTINUE to SEARCH for the LIGHT

In Jesus' name

Robert P. Wallman

4-26-17 and 7-02-2026

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

THE LOVELIEST WORDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE LOVELIEST WORDS

 

 

What about you

Are you like me

Are you longing to hear

The loveliest words

This side of paradise

I am

 

For I was hungry

And you gave me

Something to eat

But when Lord

When did I do this

 

For I was thirsty

And you gave me

Something to drink

But when Lord

When did I do this

 

For I was naked

And you gave me

Something to wear

But when Lord

When

 

When I was sick

You nursed me

When I was in prison

You visited me

 

But when Lord

When

 

And the Lord will reply

“Whatsoever you did to the least of my brothers       

That you did unto me”                                                                           Matthew 25:40

 

And then you will hear the loveliest words this side of paradise

“Well done good and faithful servant”                                                     Matthew 25:21

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-11-11

LET IT BE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 1^st, 2012

 

 

LET IT BE

 

 

Let it be

Let it be

A love

Of not innocence lost

But of

Innocence gained

 

Let it be

Not a love of lust

But a love

A love of pure innocence

 

Let it be

A love of kindness

Let it be

A love of two hearts

A love based

On the

Love of friendship

 

Well I guess

Just let it be love

 

The love of a friend

For a friend

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-26-09

 

Ps        FOR MY DEAR KIND LOVING FEMALE FRIENDS=and sisters IN CHRIST

 

“A friend loves at all time

And a brother is born for adversity”                                  Proverbs 17:17

 

“Surely goodness and LOVE

Will follow me all the day of my life

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever”                Psalm  23:6

REMAINING CALM=IN THE STORMS OF LIFE

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMAINING CALM-IN THE STORMS OF LIFE

 

 

One of the biggest things

We NEED to do in life

Is to try and REMAIN CALM

When the difficulties of life

Are threatening our lives

Our relationships

And our livelihoods

 

Easier said

Than done

 

“He makes the storm calm

So that the waves are still”                                                     Psalm 107:29

 

STAY CALM

 

“And behold

There arose a great tempest

In the sea

In as much as the ship

Was covered with waves

But he (Jesus) was asleep”                                                     Matthew 8:24

 

And they woke Jesus

And he said,

 

“Why are you fearful

You of little faith

Then he arose

And rebuked the winds

And the sea

And there was

A GREAT CALM”                                                               Matthew 8:26

 

Do you ever feel

That way

When you get

That bad health diagnosis

When your finances are falling apart

When your relationship

Or your relationships

Are breaking up

 

STAY CALM

The Lord our God

Has it under control

 

Our Lord

Can control the spiritual

And emotional storms of our life

Just as

He can control the physical-like the sea

 

STAY CALM

 

Not so easy

Is it

When we confront

Irritating people and irritating situations

 

It is a CHALLENGE

To keep our thoughts calm

 

“Search me-oh God

And know my heart

Test me and know

My anxious thoughts”                                                             Psalm 139:23

 

STAY CALM
And STAY CONNECTED

To the Lord

And you will

Come out victorious

With our Lord-LEADING the way

 

“STAY CALM

The Lord KNOWS the thoughts of man”                                 Psalm 94:11

 

STAY CALM-in the storms of life

And REST on the POWER OF GOD

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-26-13

6-1-15 & 11-5-15 and 7-01-2026