SAVE ONE LIFE

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                     

AUGUST 13^th, 2012

 

 

SAVE ONE LIFE

 

 

It is said

If you save one life

It is as if

You saved

The entire world

 

Is there

Someone out there

Whose life

You can save

 

If not

Whose life

You can make

A positive difference in

 

Save one life

Save the world

Don’t wait any longer

Make a difference today

 

It is said

If you can save one life

It is

As if

You have saved

The world

 

Save one life

Save the world

 

Do it today

Robert P. Wallman

4-16-10

 

Ps        “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace

             The God we serve is able to SAVE us from it

             And he will rescue us from your hand”                         Daniel 3:17

 

            “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

 

            “For the Son of Man came to seek

             And to SAVE what was lost”                                          Luke 19:10

 

MARRIED TO THE CHURCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

5-27-13

 

MARRIED TO THE CHURCH

 

 

Growing up

AS a young man in Pittsburgh, Pa.

ALL I ever thought of

As I got older

Was going to college

Meeting a woman

That I very much loved

And raising a family

 

In other words-like many of us

I wanted to-pursue THE AMERICAN DREAM

 

Then came my 22^nd birthday

My first deathbed experience

And my promise to GOD:

 

“To live for my family

My friends

And ALL people everywhere”

 

About 2005 or 2006

I finally began to realize

That God had a different plan for me

Than I had for myself

A different plan for me

Than he had for most others

 

Like Jesus

I was to be committed

To God and the CHURCH

 

SO I FOLLOW CHRIST

AS MOST ALL of us do

As he is the Head of the Church

 

“For the husband

Is the head of the wife

As Christ is the head of the church

His body

Of which he is the Savior”                                                      Ephesians 5:23

 

“After all

No one ever hated his own body

But he feeds and cares for it

Just as Christ does the church-

For we are members of his body

 

‘For this reason

A man will leave

His father and mother

And be united to his wife

And the two

Will become one flesh’

 

This is a profound mystery

But I am talking about Christ and the church”                                Ephesians 5:32

 

So I believe I have

A different calling than you

Not better or worse-just different

 

I have a friend

I call her “Maggie”

And she is my sister in Christ

And my soul mate (a purely platonic relationship)

 

She says that she believes

That I was

Never meant to share my life

With just one woman

Because I can reach SO MANY

 

So Christ

Was married to the church

And he had Mary Magdalene

 

Following in his footsteps

In my own “little” way

I have my friend Maggie

 

I BELIEVE

The church to BE a FAMILY

And I believe in FAMILY UNITY

Both in the church

AND IN FAMILIES

 

UNITY IS SO PRECIOUS

 

I just don’t understand

HOW THE CHURCH

HAS BROKEN into so many pieces

As I don’t understand

HOW families break apart

 

Well-FOR what it is

I WILL REMAIN

Married to the church

And to my own PRECIOUS FAMILY

 

And most importantly

I will remain-COMMITTED to my promise

And married to God

And PRAY that God

Will make something

Out of my life and yours

 

For we are all

“PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD”                        Psalm 116:15

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-15-13

 

 

Ps        Maggie has been my friend since 2006

            She has attended five different churches with me

            -Four different denominations

 

            She CONTINUES to be my BF

 

 

WITNESS        5-27-13

 

misc.         WITNESS         2-9-14

10-4-15=I don't hear from Maggie much anymore-BUT I thank God for ALL the many women-and the churches WHOM have become a part of my LIFE

 

GOD has a PLAN for your life and for mine-and GOD CAN make something fantastic-out of a life that otherwise would be nothing-JUST GIVE HIN THE CHANCE=

 

I LOVE YOU LORD!

 

 

10-4-15 and 8-14-2026

 

 

 

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