MAKE A DIFFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 5^th, 2012

 

 

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

 

 

If you’re down

If you’re feeling blue

If you’re feeling sorry for yourself

Do something

Do something for someone else

Make a difference                                                                                     

 

Make a difference

In someone’s life

Don’t expect anything in return

What’s it matter anyway

Because when you’re helping others

You’re helping yourself

Make a difference

 

Get your mind

Off of yourself

Get your mind

On someone else

 

Get your mind

Off of your problems

And on theirs

Make a difference

 

Do something kind

Do something out of love

Make a difference

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-17-06

 

Ps        Today was the birthday of my godmother-Stella Miller-

            Thank you for your friendship Aunt Stella-you made a

            Difference in my life

 

“For there is NO DIFFERENCE between Jew and Gentile

The same Lord is Lord of all-and richly blesses all who call on him

For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

WILL BE SAVED”                                                                             Romans 10:12

 

“There are DIFFERENT kind of gifts-but the same spirit

There are DIFFERENT kinds of service-but the SAME Lord”           1 Corinthians 12:4-5

 

 

 

 

A NEW CREATION=IN GOD

 

A NEW CREATION IN GOD

Sometimes life is DIFFICULT

Our plans are thrown

A CURVEBALL 

And we tend to FORGET

That these bad experiences

Will NOT last forever

I know sometimes-I

Wake up-and I do not feel well

And I EXPERIENCE 

A bad day

Then I REMIND MYSELF=tomorrow

Will NOT necessarily

BE the same as today=I may

Feel BETTER=and probably will

“Who led his people

THROUGH the wilderness

For his mercy

ENDURES FOREVER”                                                                                         Psalm 136:16

Illnesses do pass

Things are changed

Losses are TRANSFORMED

Into opportunity

RELATIONSHIPS BECOME RESTORED

We COME to see

Grief can give birth

To COMPASSION

We become a NEW CREATION

IN GOD=we BEGIN AGAIN

“Let all CREATION

REJOICE before the Lord

For he comes

To judge the earth

He will JUDGE the world

In RIGHTEOUSNESS

And the peoples

In his FAITHFULNESS”                                                                                       Psalm 96:13

“Therefore-if anyone-

Is in Christ

The NEW CREATION has come

The old has gone

The NEW is HERE”                                                                                          2 Corinthians 5:17

We are NEW CREATIONS

In-GOD-new CREATIONS

In Christ

There is HOPE

For new beginnings

TOMORROW is another day

OUR GOD

Is NOT a security blanket

But a LOVING PRESENCE

Along the way

Along the PATH

Of life

“SHOW me your ways

O Lord

TEACH me your paths”                                                                                 Psalm 25:4

“In ALL your ways

Submit to him

And he will

MAKE your paths STRAIGHT”                                                                     Proverbs 3:6

ALL things old

DO become NEW AGAIN

You ARE a NEW CREATION

In God=and you have NEW BEGINNINGS

And new HOPE

FOREVER in the Lord

In the name of Jesus OUR LORD

And his MOST LOVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

8-18-17  and 9-05-2026

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Terri Mifek

JUST ONCE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 4^th, 2012

 

 

JUST ONCE

 

 

What if

Someone came to you

And said

You could preach

Once

About what God

Or what your religion                                                                     

Means to you

 

What would you say

What would I say

 

I think

I would say

Jesus Christ

Is alive today

Living within you and living within me

 

I think

I would say

Jesus was the vine

We are the branches

And how we treat others

Manifests

The love that we

Have for him

In today’s world

 

I think

I would say

He lives in you

And

He lives in me

And we

Live only

Through him and with him

 

We all

Live in

Our own unique world

We all

Have our own certain abilities

We all

Have certain limitations

We all

Have our own

Unique destiny

 

Our life

Is a mystery

Our destiny

Is a mystery

 

But

Not one of us

Can live in this world

And be a success

Without God

And without Christ in our lives

 

That is

What I would say

 

What would you say

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-24-10

 

Ps       “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,

           And the God of Jacob

           He is not the God of the dead

           But the GOD OF THE LIVING”                                                      Matthew 22:32

 

           “Therefore I urge you brothers

            In view of God’s mercy

            To offer your bodies as LIVING SACRIFICES

            Holy and pleasing to God

            This is your spiritual act of worship”                                           Romans 12:1

 

            “For the word of God is LIVING AND ACTIVE

             Sharper than any double-edged sword

             It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit

             Joints and marrow

             It judges the thoughts and attitudes

             Of the heart”                                                                               Hebrews 4:12

WHAT DOES JESUS SEE IN PETER?=WHAT DOES HE SEE IN US?

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT DID JESUS SEE IN PETER?=What does Jesus and THE FATHER=

SEE IN US?

 

Do you EVER WONDER=What Jesus saw in Peter?=Do you ever wonder=WHAT QUALITIES=

Peter had=That endeared HIM=to Jesus?=And while we are at it=THINK about what

QUALITIES=you have=That ENDEARS You to Jesus=WHY does Jesus choose you?=to BE

ONE of his 21^st century apostles!=”He saw=at the water’s edge=There alongside the lake=

The FISHERMEN=Had disembarked and were=Washing their nets”                                            Luke 5:2

 

What did PETER HAVE=What do we have=That Jesus and the HOLY  FATHER GOD CHOOSE US?=

Did Jesus see the POTENTIAL=For leadership in Peter?=Did he see HUMILITY?=Does/did he

See the PERSISTENCE of Peter?=Or maybe that NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE?=That says=

“We will NEVER=Give up=or give in”=Maybe some innate GOODNESS in the original apostles?=

IN US?=Why?=Why?= WHY?=ONLY Jesus and THE FATHER=Know for SURE!

 

“You may say to yourselves’=’How can WE KNOW=When a message has not=Been spoken=By

The Lord?’”                                                                                                                                               Deuteronomy 18:21

“You asked’=’Who is this=That obscures my plans=Without knowledge?=Surely I spoke of things=

I did not understand=Things too wonderful=FOR ME TO KNOW’”                                  Job 42:3

“Search me God=and KNOW MY HEART=Test me and=KNOW my anxious thoughts”     Psalm 139:23

We may NEVER KNOW=Why God and Jesus Chose Peter=and the OTHER APOSTLES=and we may

NEVER KNOW=Why he chooses us=But we know=OUR HOLY FATHER GOD=and Jesus choose us=

WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE=a never ending KIND OF LOVE=and we know=That When he does CHOOSE US=He will never abandon us!

 

SOME THINGS that we need=To Consider are=HOW MUCH POTENTIAL=do we have=The LORD

KNOWS and sees=What we are CAPABLE OF==He sees things in us=That we DON’T EVEN know=

That we have=The LORD God of Heaven and his Son=SEE OUR HEARTS=See our Goodness=and

IN THE END=Peter and the other apostles=CAME THROUGH for the Lord=They got the job done=

Jesus KNEW they would=WILL WE? Get it done=IN the world today?=Jesus and The HOLY FATHER GOD!=Believe in us=Have confidence in us

 

“I am the Good Shepherd=I KNOW my sheep=and my sheep KNOW ME=--------Just as the Father KNOWS me=and I KNOW the Father=-------and I lay down my life=for my sheep”             John 10:14-15

“AND WE KNOW=That in all things=God works for the good=of those who LOVE HIM=Who have

Been called=According to his purpose”                                                                                                  Romans 8:28

“This is=HOW WE KNOW=What love is=Jesus Christ laid down his life=for us=and we ought to

Lay=Down our lives=For our brothers and sisters”                                                                           1 John 3:16

WHY did Jesus CHOOSE Peter?=Why did Jesus call us?=WE DON’T KNOW=Only Jesus and=

THE FATHER know=But Jesus said=”FOLLOW ME”=Peter and the other apostles  did=WILL WE?

 

“When he has brought out=all his own=He goes out ahead of them=and his sheep FOLLOW HIM=

Because they know his voice”                                                                                                                           John 10:4

My FRIENDS=That is WHY Jesus picked Peter=WHY he picks us today=To be HIS APOSTLES

Because HE KNOWS=We would FOLLOW HIM=ALL the days of our life=and WE DO!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER LOVING=ever LIVING=ever leading and Guiding

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-2-2026

 

Ps        INSPIRED BT=an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Melannie Svoboda,  S.N.D.

 

CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE TOO

 

CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE TOO

I wonder where we 

Would be

IF the apostles

Had REFUSED to leave their nets

And FOLLOW Jesus

What if NO ONE

Wanted to SHARE Jesus' message?

We OWE so much

To the APOSTLES

Who followed Jesus

And shared his message

The “YES” of the APOSTLES

Has brought JOY

To an untold number

Of people

Who came after=Jesus=and

The MESSAGE that was SHARED

By the apostles=in LOVE

“Jesus said to them=

'Come after me=and I will make you

FISHERS OF MEN'

Then they left their nets

And followed him”                                                                                           Mark 1:17-18

How much THANKS=and GRATITUDE

We owe to the APOSTLES

And all their work

But we have to REMEMBER

That the apostles

Were NOT the only ones

Called to follow Jesus

And make his message KNOWN

We were called

To BE APOSTLES too

We too were called

To SHARE the message

“The generous will

Themselves be blessed

For they SHARE their food

With the poor”                                                                                          Proverbs 22:9

“Now if we are children

Then we are heirs-----------------

Heirs of God

And co-heirs with Christ

If indeed

We SHARE in his sufferings

In order

That we may also

SHARE in his glory”                                                                                   Romans 8:17

“Nevertheless

The one who receives instruction

In the word

Should also SHARE

All good things

With their instructor”                                                                                   Galatians 6:6

Like the APOSTLES

SHARED Jesus' word=message=and love

With the world

Like us SHARING the message 

Of Jesus

With our very own lives

We are CALLED

To be an APOSTLE TOO

Jesus addressed all

With his message=

And he TAILORS our various circumstances

And our lives

So that we can BE

HIS APOSTLES TOO

So that we can SHARE

His word and his message

Another REASON for showing

Our GRATITUDE to Jesus

And the apostles

“You know the MESSAGE

God sent to the people

Of Israel

Announcing the good news

Of PEACE through Jesus Christ

Who is LORD OF ALL”                                                                              Acts 10:36

“Let the MESSAGE of Christ

Dwell among you richly

As you teach and admonish

One another

With all wisdom

Through psalms-hymns-and songs

From the SPIRIT

Singing to God

With GRATITUDE in your hearts”                                                               Colossians 3:16

Yes we can ALL be apostles=

No matter who we are=

Parents=students=physicians=

Plumbers=retired people

We are CALLED to be APOSTLES

We are all called 

To SPREAD the WORD & LOVE of God

Lord=HELP US make you known

THROUGH our words and our actions

In Jesus' name and the name of OUR ALL LOVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

1-13-19

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.

7-20-21-2021

WORK-IN -PROGRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 3^rd, 2012

 

 

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

 

 

Often times

We think of life as a destination

 

If we get that job

Then I’ll be happy

 

If we get that person as a partner

Then I’ll be happy

 

The truth is

Nothing external to ourselves

Can make us happy

 

The truth is

Life is a journey

We have good days

We have bad days

But we have

To get up every day

And KEEP on going

Because every day MATTERS

 

There is a retired minister

From a church I once belonged to

Who used to say

“We are ALL a “work-in-progress”

 

I could not agree more

 

Hopefully-when we leave this world

Someone will have benefited

Because we were a part of it

 

Thank you for your bit of wisdom-Dr. Priscilla Whitehead

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-20-07

 

Ps       “Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord

            As a wave offering from the Israelites

            So that they may be ready

            To do the WORK of the Lord”                                           Numbers 8:11

 

            “I thank my God every time I remember you

             In ALL my prayers for all of you

             I always pray with joy

             Because of your partnership in he Gospel

             From the first day until now

             Being confident of this

             That he who began a GOOD WORK in you

             Will carry on to COMPLETION

             Until the day of Christ Jesus”                                        Philippians 1:3-6                                     

CHANGE ONE THING

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2^nd, 2012

 

 

CHANGE ONE THING

 

 

I would like you to ask yourself a question

 

And the question is:

If you could change one thing about your life

Or one quality about yourself

Would you do it

 

My first reaction was

That I would love to change my health situation

It would make life better/easier

In so many areas

 

However-upon further reflection

I would not

 

I would not

Because it would change

Who I am internally

And I am finally

Getting to the point

That I really and truly

Like who I am---internally speaking

 

What about you

What would you change about yourself

IF ANYTHING

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-21-07

 

Ps       “He who is the Glory of Israel

             Does not lie or CHANGE his mind

             For he is not a man

             That he should change his mind”                                                1 Samuel 15:29

 

           “I the Lord do NOT CHANGE

            So you-O descendants of Jacob-

            Are not destroyed”                                                                  Malachi 3:6

 

            “And he said, “I tell you the truth

              Unless you CHANGE and become like little children

              You will NEVER enter the kingdom of heaven”                       Matthew 18:3