I HAVE BEEN BLESSED!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 7^th, 2012

 

 

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED

 

 

I have been blessed

With this life

I’ve had so many miracles

I couldn’t even guess

 

I have been blessed

 

In this country where I was born

I have been blessed

 

To the parents I was born to

I have been blessed

 

To the sisters I have had

I have been blessed

 

Io the extended family I have had

I have been blessed

 

To the friends I have had

I have been blessed

 

For the churches

Who have supported me

I have been blessed

 

I have been blessed

 

In my walk though this life

I have been blessed

Down every avenue

I have been blessed

 

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-15-06

 

Ps        “May God be gracious to us

            And BLESS us

            And may his face shine up on us”                                               Psalm 67:1

 

            “John said,

            “He who comes after me

             Has surpassed me because he was before me”

 

             From the fullness of his grace

             We have all received one BLESSING after another”                   John 1:15-16

             ( John the Baptist points the way )

 

            “BLESSED is the man who perseveres under trial

              Because when he has stood the test

              He will receive the crown of life

              That God has promised to those WHO LOVE HIM”                   James 1:12

 

           

HAPPY 250th AMERICA=FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY 250^th AMERICA=FROM SEA TO SHING SEA!

 

AMERICA’S 250^th birthday=Was just a couple of days ago=and ONE thing

I know=For sure is that=EVERY single one of us=IS Made in the “DIVINE IMAGE”=

Of God=and HOW do I know that?=For one=Chapter one of Genesis=tells

Us so=”God CREATED man=IN HIS IMAGE=In the DIVINE IMAGE=He created him=

Male and female=He Created them”                                                                                                 Genesis 1:27

And secondly God tells us=Jesus tells us In the second commandment=of his

FATHER=“TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR as ourself”=and who EXACTLY is our neighbor?=

Luke in chapter 10=TELLS US about the GOOD SAMARITAN=Your neighbor is=

Each and every other person in this world=Jesus says=”Which one of these three=

Do you think was a NEIGHBOR=to the man=Who fell into=The hands of robbers?”

“The expert in the LAW replied’=’The ONE who had MERCY on him’”

“Jesus told him’=’GO and do likewise’”                                                                                         Luke 10:36-37

 

THE HOLY FATHER GOD=gives us the=FREEDOM TO CHOOSE=how we want to LIVE=

After he tells us=HOW WE=OUGHT TO LIVE=But as we celebrate=Our 250^th birthday=as

GOD-LIVING=GOD-LOVING people=We should Know=That OUR ULTIMATE HAPPINESS=is in

A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with the Father=and his Son Jesus Christ

“But  may the righteous be glad=and rejoice before God=MAY they be HAPPY

And joyful”                                                                                                                                                     Psalm 68:3

“Is anyone among you in trouble?=Let them pray=IS ANYONE HAPPY?=Let them sing songs

Of praise”                                                                                                                                                       James 5:13

 

The MEN who wrote the=DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE=had something to say=

ABOUT HAPPINESS=The creator too=On July 4^th, 1776=They wrote about=THE PRECIOUSNESS OF

EACH LIFE=”We HOLD these truths=to be self-evident=That ALL men are CREATED EQUAL=That

They are=Endowed by their CREATOR=With certain unalienable RIGHTS=that among these are=

LIFE-LIBERTY-and PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”

HUMAN DIGNITY is a right=STEEPED in God’s words=In Jesus’ words=I PRAY that each individual

LIFE=In this world=and in OUR COUNTRY=May feel the=DIGNITY of our God=HAPPY

250^th AMERICA=FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!=We are ALL made=IN GOD’S IMAGE=Every

Single one of us=and we should be LOVING ONE ANOTHER=Like the GOOD SAMARITAN did

 

And so today=On our 250^th BIRTHDAY=I pray=That the people of our NATION=that the

PEOPLE=of our world=LOVE and give THANKS for our country=and FELLOW man=There is

FREEDOM IN God=I pray that we=ULTIMATELY make the right choice=I give thanks too=

For the FREEDOM=to live my religion=and my SPITITUALITY

“He is the MAKER=of heaven and earth=THE SEA=and everything in them=--------He remains

Faithful forever=He upholds the CAUSE of the oppressed=and gives food to the hungry=

The Lord=SETS PRISONERS FREE”                                                                                                   Psalm 148:6-7

“To the Jews=who had believed in him=Jesus said’=’Then you will know the truth=and the

TRUTH=will set you FREE’”                                                                                                                John 8:32

 

Dear LORD=we pray=for this GREAT country of ours=and all of its FREEDOMS=and we pray=

FOR YOUR GRACE=Your love=and your HELP=as well as GUIDANCE=In getting back to

LIVING by the WORDS OF our Founding Fathers=and the LORD OUR HOLY FATHER GOD!

HAPPY 250^th AMERICA=from sea to SHINING SEA!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=OF OUR EVER LIVING=EVER LOVING=and guiding=

HOLY FATHER GOD!=Who loves everyone of us!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-4-2026

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by  Pat Gohn

 

A TRUE CHILD OF GOD=SAINT MARIA GORETTI

 

 

 

 

 

 

A TRUE CHILD OF GOD

The story of Maria Goretti

 

 

Maria Goretti

Was the eldest daughter

Of a poor Italian farmer

 

Because of this

She never went to school

Or learned to read

Or to write

 

She was a devout

And cheerful girl

 

Her father had died

And then a young man

Of the neighborhood

Began first to make advances to her

Then pester her

And finally attempted to rape her

Threatening to kill her

If she resisted him

 

She fought him

With all of her strength

As he repeatedly stabbed her

Saying,

“No God does not wish it”

 

A TRUE child of God

A TRUE child of faith

 

Her last hours

Were marked with concern

About where her mother would sleep

And forgiveness for her attacker

 

Her killer

Was sentenced to life imprisonment

 

After eight years

He repented

And after 27 years

He was released a new man

 

He attended her canonization

In 1950

 

She was a martyr

For chastity

And for

The Christian life

 

She had a SIMPLE faith

She knew

God loved her

And she knew

She loved God

 

She was

A TRUE CHILD OF GOD

Even at the cost

Of her very own life

 

On July 6^th-her feast day

We honor her

As well as ALL martyrs

Who prefer death to dishonor

 

TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-8-12

CHILD OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 6^th, 2012

 

 

CHILD OF GOD

 

 

Child you are missing

Child you are long gone

Child you are still

In my heart

Child-child you are a child of God

 

Children missing

Children gone

Children being abducted

Child-never forget

You are a child of God

 

What is happening

To our world

Preying on the littlest

Preying on the most innocent

Preying on

The children of God

 

Child you are missing

Child you are long gone

Child you are still in my heart

Child-you are a child of God

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-13-06

 

Ps        Today is the feast day of Saint Maria Goretti

            A 12-year old girl

            Who preferred death to dishonor

            

            She is a model for chastity

            And the Christian life

            She died in 1902

            And was canonized in 1950

 

            May she be with all children in spirit

            If something bad is happening to them

            In today’s world

 

“Yet to ALL who received him

To those who believed in his name

He gave the right to become CHILDREN OF GOD

 

Children born NOT of natural descent

NOR of human decision or a husband’s will

BUT BORN OF GOD”                                                           John 112-13

FINISHING STRONG=IN THE LORD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINISHING STRONG=IN THE LORD!

 

Have YOU BUILT=

Your life=on

The TEACHINGS of Jesus?

 

Have you built your life

ON GOD’S LOVE?

If so=FINISH STRONG

FINISHING STRONG=IN THE LORD!

Have faith

 

“I am already-

Being poured out-

Like a libation

 

And the time=of my departure

IS AT HAND

 

I have competed well=

I have=finished the race

I have

KEPT THE FAITH!”                                                                                                             2 Timothy 4:6-7

 

How about you=

Are you=

FINISHING STRONG=In the Lord?

Do you have

ENOUGH FAITH=to see you

Through to the end?

BUILT TO LAST!

 

Pauls’ second letter

To Timothy=reads like

Saint Paul’s LAT WILL and testament=

The DEATH of Paul

Is imminent

 

Pauls’ time is SHORT=

And he knows it=

But it is not death=

It is a DEPARTURE

 

His WORDS about Christ

Will last AN ETERNITY

FINISHING STRONG=IN THE LORD!

 

“My food’=said Jesus

‘Is to do the WILL=of him

Who sent me

And to FINISH=HIS WORK’”                                                                                                      John 4:34

 

“However I consider

My life worth nothing

To me

 

My only aim

Is to FINISH THE RACE=

And complete  the task

The Lord has given me--------

 

The task of

Testifying to the good news

Of God’s grace”                                                                                                                         Acts 20:24

 

I love sports=DON’T YOU?

And Paul uses eloquent words

To COMPARE=THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

To an athletic event

 

He=Paul

Is FILLED with perseverance

To finish the race

THE MARATHON=of his Christian TESTIMONY

 

NOTHING is wasted by Paul=

All is on the line

For him=to FINISH THE RACE

 

“LET PERSEVERANCE=FINISH its work

So that you may be

Mature and complete=NOT lacking anything”                                                                              James 1:4

 

Dear Lord=we PRAY

That we all know

We will FACE DEATH=one day

 

Please help us

TO FINISH STRONG=IN THE LORD!

Like the great Saint Paul=and Jesus himself

 

And die in faith=let our faith

Pull us=THROUGH THE FINISH LINE

FINISHING STRONG=IN THE LORD!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ALWAYS FAITHFUL=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-23-2022 and 7-06-2026

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED=by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Pat Gohn

 

2 SAMUEL=Chapters 1-3=FOR MVF CHERYL AND BOBBY BOY

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO SAMUEL=CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 3

 

THEME

 

=GOD BEGINS=to establish=DAVID as King over Israel=While

Demonstrating the IMPORTANCE=Of HONORING=His anointed leaders=

And trusting his TIMING

 

CHAPTER 1=David mourns Saul and Jonathan

 

=An Amalekite reports=That King Saul=and his Son Jonathan

Have died in battle

 

=The Amalekite CLAIMS he killed Saul=at Saul’s request

Expecting a reward

 

=Instead=David  has the Amalekite  EXECUTED because

He admitted to killing the LORD’S KING

 

=David deeply MOURNS Saul and Jonathan=fasting and weeping

 

=He writes the=”SONG  OF THE BOW”=a lament honoring THEIR COURAGE=

And expressing SPECIAL GRIEF=Over Jonathan’s friendship

 

KEY LESSON=Davi REFUSED TO REJOICE=Over the death of his enemy=

And HONORED GOD’S Anointed king

 

CHAPTER 2=DAVID BECOMES KING OF JUDAH

 

=David seeks GOD’S GUIDANCE=and is told to move

To Hebron

 

=The men of Judah=Anoint David=King over Judah

 

=Meanwhile=Abner makes Ish-bosheth king=Over the remaining tribes

OF ISRAEL

 

=FIGHTING breaks out=Between David’s supporters=and Saul’s house

 

=Asahel pursues Abner=and is KILLED=after Refusing to stop chasing him

 

=A CIVIL WAR=Begins between the=HOUSE OF DAVID=and the House of Saul

 

KEY LESSON=GOD’S PLAN=Unfolds in HIS TIMING=Even through periods of conflict

 

CHAPTER 3=David’s KINGDOM=grows STRONGER

 

=David’s FAMILY=INCREASES as several sons=are born to him

In Hebron

 

=The HOUSE OF DAVID=grows stronger=While Saul’s house becomes Weaker

 

=Abner QUARRELS  with Ish-bosheth=and decides to SUPPORT

DAVID=as King over Israel

 

=David AGREES=but first requires The RETURN of his wife Michal

 

=Abner PERSUADES Israel’s elders=TO SUPPORT DAVID

 

=Joab seeking REVENGE Asahel’s death=Murders Abner=Without David’s approval

 

=David PUBLICLY mourns Abner=and condemns Joab’s actions=

Showing he was INNOCENT=Of Abner’s death

 

KEY LESSON=

David sought Justice and UNITY=Rather personal revenge=While God

CONTINUED to establish his Kingdom

 

KEY THEMES=IN chapters 1-3

 

=HONOR FOR GOD’S ANOINTED

 

=SEEKING God’s guidance before acting

 

=God’s faithfulness=in FULFILLING HIS PROMISES

 

=The danger of revenge and personal ambition

 

=THE GRADUAL EXTABLISHMENT=Of David’s kingdom=

Despite opposition

 

MEMORY VERSE=

“DAVID inquired of the Lord saying=’Shall I go up into any

Of the cities of Judah?’=And the Lord said to him=’GO UP’”= 2 Samuel 2:1

 

Rpw for MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy

7-5-2026=8PM

 

 

GOD COMES TO ME!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 5^th, 2012

 

 

GOD COMES TO ME

 

 

 

God comes to me

In the innocence

Of a newborn baby

God comes to me

In the innocence of a child

 

God comes to me

Does he come to you

 

God comes to me

In a warm sweet smile

God comes to me

In the kindness of a stranger

 

God comes to me

Does he come to you

 

God comes to me

When someone

Takes time to listen

 

God comes to me

In a birthday card

 

God comes to me

All the time

In what ways you can’t imagine

Don’t you want

To join the club

 

God comes to me

Has he come to you

Perhaps he has

And you just

Weren’t listening

 

God comes to me

And he’ll come to you too

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-20-06

 

Ps        “Let the children COME to me

             And do not hinder them

             For the KINGDOM OF GOD

             Belongs to such as these”                                                               Mark 10:14

 

            “Everyone that believes that Jesus is the Christ

             Is born of GOD

             And everyone who loves the father

             Loves the CHILD as well”                                                                   1 John 5:1