ONE WAY OR ANOTHER=LIFE WILL BRING YOU=TO YOUR KNEES!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 25^th, 2012

 

 

 

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

LIFE WILL BRING YOU TO YOUR KNEES

 

 

It may be health

It may be money

It may be

Trying to be someone

You are not supposed to be

One way or another

Life will bring you

To your knees

 

You might not think it

But in that time

Is your opportunity

To find God

And to find yourself

 

Because I have been there

And that was the only place

For me to find true happiness

There just wasn’t anyone

Or anything else

 

It may be health

It may be money

It may be trying to be someone

That you are not

 

Someone that you shouldn’t be

One way or another

Life will bring you

To your knees

 

That just might be

Your opportunity

To find God

To find peace

Inside of yourself

While you are down

On your knees

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-23-06

 

Ps        “If you seek him he will be FOUND by you

             But if you forsake him-he will reject you forever”          1 Chronicles 28:9

                                                                                                 ( David to his son-Solomon )

 

            “But if from there you seek the Lord your God

             You will FIND him if you look for him

             With all you heart and with all your soul”                        Deuteronomy 4:29

 

            “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me

              For I am gentle and humble in heart

              And you will FIND rest for your souls

 

              For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”                   Matthew 11:29-30

             

HEARING AND FOLLOWING=THE WORD OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEARING AND FOLLOWING=THE WORD OF GOD!

 

I have heard that SHEEP

Were dumb=wimpy=and

FAR too dependent

 

But I have been

SET STRAIGHT=

I understand now

That they are NURTURING-

Intelligent-and independent

They=like us=

FULLY RECOGNIZE

The voice of God

 

Is it any wonder

That Jesus=calls us sheep?

 

Is it any wonder

That we follow him=

And recognize HIS WORDS

When he calls us?

 

“My sheep

Hear my VOICE=

Says the Lord

 

I know them

And they FOLLOW ME”                                                                                                              John 10:27

 

God wants us

To HEAR the words-

Of his son=Jesus

 

God the HOLY FATHER

Wants us=to FOLLOW

The voice of Jesus

 

We are to THINK about

Jesus’ words

In the bible

 

We are to mull on them=

To REFLECT on them

And really=take them

INTO OUR HEARTS

 

HEARING AND FOLLOWING=

THE VOICE OF GOD!

 

“Today-if only

You would=HEAR HIS VOICE=

Harden not your hearts”                                                                                                  Psalm 95:7-8

 

“Whether you turn

To the right=or to the left

 

Your ears=will HEAR A VOICE

Behind you=saying

‘This is the way-

Walk in it’”                                                                                                                             Isaiah 30:21

 

We are to LISTEN

To the WORDS of God=

And the words

Of Jesus=and follow him

 

We are=NOT to

Filter out=any words

That we do not like

 

The words of God

ARE the words of God=

And the words of Jesus

Are the words of Jesus=

They are FAITH-FILLED

With the Holy Spirit

 

“Today=if you HEAR his voice=

Harden not your hearts

 

As you did=in the rebellion

During the times

Of testing=in the wilderness”                                                                                           Hebrews 3:7-8

 

As difficult=as it may be

We are to NURTURE

All the words of God=

Listen to Jesus=and FOLLOW HIM

 

A good question is=

Are we FOLLOWING Jesus

In thought=in word=

And in deed?

 

HEARING AND FOLLOWING=

The words of God=and Jesus

Today=and every day=

For ALL the days of our lives

 

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

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-28-2021 and 9-25-2026

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in=LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.

 

LINGERING SINS=GOSSIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 24^th, 2012

 

 

LINGERING SINS-GOSSIP

 

 

There once was a woman

With a physical handicap

She is still the same now

As she was twelve years ago

 

What about our sins

Are our sins

The same today

As they were 12 years ago

 

No one

Stays the same

Are we improving

Or are we regressing

 

Once

There was a woman

Who gossiped

 

When she went to confession

The Catholic priest

Told her to go to the market place

And buy a chicken

What an easy penance

She thought

 

Then the Catholic priest

Told her 

To pluck the chicken

And spread the feathers everywhere

 

Strange-she thought

But she did this too

 

Then the priest told her

To go and gather the feathers

And put them

Back on the chicken

 

“I can’t do that Father,” she said

“The feathers are everywhere”

 

“Exactly,” the priest said

“This is what happens

When you talk about someone”

 

What about my lingering sins

What about

Your lingering sins

 

Where are we

In relationship

To where we were

Twelve years ago

 

ARE WE IMPROVING

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-10-10

 

Ps       *Based on the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

 

“A GOSSIP betrays a confidence

But a trustworthy man keeps a secret”                                                   Proverbs 11:13

 

“For I am afraid that when I come

I may not find you as I want you

And you may not find me as you

Want me to be

 

I fear that there may be quarreling,

Jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions,

Slander, GOSSIP, arrogance, and disorder”                                          2 Corinthians 12:20

 

“A perverse man stirs up dissension

And a GOSSIP separates close friends”                                         Proverbs 16:28

 

 

JUST FINDING THE LORD!=IS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUST FINDING THE LORD!=Is all

That REALLY MATTERS

 

UNFORTUNATELY for many of us=It takes YEARS=for us=to learn=and many of us=

NEVER do learn=What is important in this LIFE=It is NOT MATERIAL BLESSINGS!=and of this fact=

 The reading from Ecclesiastes=REMINDS us as much=”What do people GAIN=From all

Their labors=At which they toil under the SUN?”                                                                     Ecclesiastes  1:3

WHAT really matters=is FINDING the Lord=and THE HOLY FATHER GOD!

 

Our social status=Our Reputation=Our QUEST for material things=Does NOT MATTER=

In the end=GOD AND FAMILY=Are the BLESSINGS of this life=and SOME very good Friends=

NOTHING is Perfect in this world=NOT You=NOT ME=Not our Church=Not our community=

Country or world=ALL that is PERFECT is the Lord=and his Father=THE HOLY FATHER GOD!=

They are All=THAT REALLY MATTERS!

“You will=Keep in PERFECT PEACE=Those whose minds are steadfast=Because they trust

In you”                                                                                                                                                    Isaiah 26:3

“BE PERFECT therefore=as your Heavenly FATHER is  PERFECT”                                    Matthew 5:48

“Do not Conform=To the pattern of this world=But be transformed by=The Renewing=of your

Mind=Then you will be able=To test=and Approve of what=God’s will is=--------His good=pleasing=

And PERFECT WILL”                                                                                                                            Romans 12:2

ALL that really MATTERS=is developing A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP=With the Lord=and the

HOLY FATHER GOD!

 

We cannot EARN our way=Into heaven=NO MATTER=how many good deeds that we do=For it

IS a Gift to us=by the GRACE of God==and HIS SON=No human endeavor is perfect=NO human

Being is perfect=Just the GOD-man Jesus Christ and His Father=FINDING THE LORD!=Is all that

Matters!=in this world=and UNITING our FAMILY=with the Holy Father!=That my BROTHERS and

SISTERS=Is the ESSENCE of our life=Finding the LORD=The GOD OF LOVE!

“ASK and it will=Be given to you=Seek and you WILL FIND=Knock and the door=will be Opened

To you”                                                                                                                                                                Matthew 7:7

“I tell you=He will see=that they get justice=and quickly=However when the SON OF MAN comes=

Will he FIND FAITH=On the earth”                                                                                                           Luke 18:8

JUST FINDING THE LORD!=in the recesses=DEEP Within our souls=and LOVING HIM!=Loving

OTHERS=Is all THAT REALLY MATTERS=in this life!

 

Dear Lord=We your Brothers and Sisters=Your WANT TO BE=21^st century apostles=In this world=

GIVE all we are=Back to you=and the Holy Father God!=FINDING YOU=is the ESSENCE=is the=

MOST IMPORTANT THING=in our Life=HELP US!/Help Me=Find you=LIVING Deep within

Ourselves!

“But what does IT MATTER?=THE IMPORTANT THING=Is that in every way=Whether from false

Motives or true=CHRIST IS PREACHED!=And because of this I rejoice”                     Philippians 1:18

 

Dear Jesus=Dear Holy Father God of LOVE=FINDING YOU=is the ESSENCE of our lives!=Please help

Us=FIND YOU!

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our EVER LIVING=EVER LOVING=EVER FINDING=

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-22-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED=by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Jennifer Christ

 

TRAVELING LIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAVELING LIGHT

 

 

We ALL have to travel

Like it or not

For ONE reason or another

 

Some for work or business reasons

Some for medical reasons

Some for vacation

And often times-just to see family or friends

 

And we all PACK differently

Some heavy

Some medium

Some light

 

Jesus instructed his disciples:

“Take nothing for the journey

Except a staff-

NO bread-no bag-no money

In your belts

 

Wear sandals

But not an extra tunic

 

Whenever you enter a house

Stay there

Until you leave that town

And if any place

Will not welcome you

Or listen to you

 

Shake the dust

Off your feet

When you leave

As a testimony against them”                                               Mark 6:8-11

 

TRAVEL LIGHT

 

But I think

More so than that

What Jesus was REALLY TALKING ABOUT

Was our spiritual and emotional baggage

 

And let’s BE HONEST

We are ALL carrying baggage

Form our past

Some heavy

Some medium

Some light

 

The LESS we carry with us

The easier

To navigate our own spiritual journey

And the more

We are CAPABLE of helping others

Carry theirs

 

“CARRY each other’s burdens

And in this way

You will FULFILL the law of Christ”

 

We are WEIGHED down

With too much stuff

Too many hard memories

Too many fears

 

TRAVEL LIGHT

 

Well

Life is a journey

And the BEST

We can hope for

Is to shake off

The dust of those

Who have been UNKIND to us

And to TRUST GOD

That what we need

Will be provided

And to

 

TRAVEL LIGHT

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-16-13

 

Ps        inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine

            By Paige Byrne Shortal

10-18-14 and 6-22-23-2021 and 9-23-2026

 

THE SPIRIT OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 23^rd, 2012

 

 

THE SPIRIT OF GOD

 

 

The spirit of God

Lives in you

The spirit of God

Lives in me

Too

 

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

 

It lives in us

In love

It lives in us

In joy

 

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

 

It lives in us

In peace

It lives in us

In patience

 

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

 

It lives on in us

In goodness

It lives on in us

In our faithfulness

 

It lives in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

 

It lives on in us

In gentleness

It lives on in us

In our self-control

 

It lives on in us

In love

It lives on in us

In the fruit

Of the spirit

 

The spirit of God

Lives in you

The spirit of God

Lives in me

 

The spirit of God

Lives on in us

In love

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-16-10

 

Ps       “But the fruit of the SPIRIT is love,

            Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness

            Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

 

            Against such things there is no law”                            Galatians 5:22-23

 

            “Since we live by the SPIRIT

              Let us keep step with the SPIRIT”                        Galatians 5:25

 

            “And if the SPIRIT of him

              Who raised Jesus from the dead

              Is living in you

              He who raised Christ from the dead

              Will also give life to your mortal bodies

               Through the SPIRIT who lives in you”                        Romans 8:11

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

9-23-13

 

 

THE LIFE OF PADRE PIO

 

 

 

 

 

He was born May 25^th, 1887

In Italy

The only Catholic priest in history

To bear the stigmata---the 5 wounds of Christ

 

He was given many gifts by God

Discernment of spirit, prophecy, healing

And as a powerful intercessor for us

Before our God

 

He was

One of the remarkable men

Of the 20^th century

A man with great faith

And spirituality

 

“Truly I say to you

Ask and it will be given to you

Seek and you shall find

Knock and

It will be open to you”

 

In the name of Father Padre Pio

We pray for you

To change

Each of us individually

All of us collectively

And return our world to God

 

“Truly I say to you

If you ask anything of the Father

In my name

He will give it to you”

 

Padre Pio labored endlessly

For the SALVATION of souls

 

“Truly I say to you

Heaven and earth will pass away

But my words

Will pass away”

 

Padre Pio

Was carried home to his heavenly Father---all our Fathers

On September 23^rd, 1968

He was canonized as a Saint on June 16^th, 2002

By John Paul II

 

Dear Lord-----I pray------we pray

To help us imitate his example of holiness and compassion

And one day---if it be your HOLY WILL

Spend eternity with him and you

 

“This life is short

The rewards for what we achieve

Are eternal”                                                                                    Padre Pio

 

And Dear Lord

We pray---that as Padre Pio lived out his life

On your words---that we do the same

 

In Jesus’ name---we pray

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-22-11

 

 

Ps        WITNESS        9-23-13

 

 

HIS FEAST DAY is SEPTEMBER 23rd