STEP OUT WITH NOTHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 6^th, 2012

 

 

STEP OUT WITH NOTHING

 

Not for money

Is your life valued

 

Step out with nothing

Step out with nothing

Nothing but love

 

Not for your sexuality

Is your life valued

 

Your life is valuable

Because

You are a child

Of God

 

Step out with nothing

Step out with nothing

Nothing but love

 

Not for looks

Or for your health

Is your life valuable

 

You are important

Because

Your are a child

Of God

 

Step out with nothing

Step out with nothing

Nothing but love

 

Step out with nothing

Nothing but love

 

But love

 

Robert P. Wallman

10-05-09

 

Ps        “For forty years you sustained them in the desert

             They lacked NOTHING-their clothes did not wear out

             Nor did their feet become swollen”                                                  Nehemiah 9:21

 

             “Ah-Sovereign Lord-you have made the heavens

               And earth by your great power and your outstretched arm

               NOTHING is too hard for you”                                                    Jeremiah 32:17

 

              “I am the vine-you are the branches

               If a man remains in me and I in him

               He will bear much fruit

               Apart from me-you can do NOTHING”                                        John 15:5

 

 

              “No one has ever seen God

                But if we love one another

                God lives in us

                And his LOVE is made complete in us”                                           1John 4:12

       

 

IN OUR DARK MOMENTS TOO

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN OUR DARK MOMENTS TOO          

 

We all know=that our HOLY FATHER GOD=and His Son Jesus=

Are with is=In our good moments=IN our moments of

LIGHT AND LOVE=but what about OUR DARK MOMENTS

Those moments=WHEN

 

EVERYTHING is going wrong=when we are EXPERIENCING=

What some SAINTS call=

“THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL”

 

My friends=my DEAR BROTHERS and sisters=our God

Our Jesus=are with us=IN OUR DARK MOMENTS TOO=Carrying

Us=on their shoulders through those dark=DIFFICULT TIMES

“For to us=a child is born=to us=a son is given=and the

Government will be=ON HIS SHOULDERS”                                                                                  Isaiah 9:6

 

“And when=he finds it=He joyfully puts it=on

HIS SHOULDERS=and goes home=Then he calls his

 

His friends and neighbors together and says=’Rejoice

With me=I have found my lost sheep’”                                                                                           Luke 15:15

 

And in the same way=WHEN WE ARE LOST=in our

DARK MOMENTS of life=Jesus REJOICES when we make it=

THROUGH the darkness=of our life=Our Lord is with us=

IN THESE DARK MOMENTS TOO

 

“You Lord=are my lamp=the LORD=TURNS MY DARNESS

Into light”                                                                                                                                                    2 Samuel 22:29

 

“This is the verdict=Light has come into the world=but people

LOVED DARKNESS=instead of light=because their deeds were evil”                          Isaiah 3:19

 

“Do not be yoked together=with unbelievers=For what do

Righteousness=and wickedness=have in common=Or what

Fellowship=can light HAVE WITH DARKNESS?”                                                                2 Corinthians 6:14

 

SPEND some time=with the LORD JESUS=and the Holy Father God=

IN YOUR DARK MOMENTS=then let THE SOURCE of his grace=

Their LIGHT=pick you up=and put you=ON the right path with

God and Jesus=for they are with us=IN OUR DARK MOMENTS TOO=It

Is called FAITH

 

WHEN we spend our TIME=with God=in our DARK MOMENTS=

His love=FILLS US UP=with the GRACE=of his HOLY SPIRIT!=

IN OUR DARK MOMENTS TOO!

 

“You are=the most excellent of men=and your lips have

Anointed=WITH GRACE=since God has blessed you forever”                                          Psalm 45:2

 

“For the law=was given through Moses=GRACE and truth came

Through Jesus Christ”                                                                                                                         John 1:17

 

“Now I commit you=to God=and to the word=OF HIS GRACE=which

Can build you up=and give you an inheritance=among all those who

Are sanctified”                                                                                                                                               Acts 20:31

 

And so MY FRIENDS=when you are feeling down=AND HOPELESS

And experiencing the DARKNESS=the dark moments=OF YOUR SOUL

 

HOLD ON=to the Holy Father God=Hold on to HIS SON=Jesus Christ=

And they will pull you=THROUGH THE DARKNESS=and into their GRACE

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR HOLY FATHER GOD=the

TRUE LIGHTS=OF THIS WORLD

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-23-2024 and 8-06-2026

 

 

Ps       Inspired=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Claire McGarry

 

           

THE SUNDAY MORNING SERENITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 5^th, 2012

 

 

THE SUNDAY MORNING SERENITY

 

 

Awakening in the morning and feeling so much at peace

I never felt so good

I never felt so complete

 

It’s the Sunday morning serenity that makes me feel this way

It’s the Sunday morning serenity that always makes my day

For on Sunday morning there’s no where to go

There’s no one to see

There’s nothing else that matters

But you and but me

 

It seems I’m looking for a reason to pull me through to the next day

I’ve searched all the seasons

And am looking in all that I do

But the world doesn’t often ring the bells of truth

And I just have to find it

And put it in my life to stay

 

Looking out my window and what do I see

People all dressed up and on their way to worship

But that’s not the way it is for you and for me

 

For it’s these Sunday mornings when we find ourselves alone

And much of our inner feelings are revealed

And we find the courage to let it show

 

These moments of idleness and peace

They surely do not come often

And we need them to soften

The blows we feel throughout the week

 

So it’s the Sunday morning serenity

I look to throughout the week

It’s the Sunday morning serenity that makes me feel so good

And makes me feel complete

It’s the Sunday morning serenity that leaves me in my peace

 

Thank God for the Sunday morning serenity

It’s everything I live for

It’s everything I need

I just don’t think that I could live without

 

THE SUNDAY MORNING SERENITY

 

Robert P. Wallman

3-22-1981

 

Ps        written many years ago when I was SO SICK

            that I could barely make it out of bed

            much less go to church

 

“God called the light “day”-and the darkness he called “night”

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”                                                                     Proverbs 5:3

 

“And we have the word of the prophets

Made more certain

And you will do well to pay attention to it

As to a light shining in a dark place

Until the day dawns and the MORNING star

Rises in your hearts”                                                                      2 Peter 1:19

 

 

Ps        7-8-2019 8-5-2021

    

 

 

 

THIS IS ME

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 4^th, 2012

 

 

THIS IS ME

 

Life is growing

Life isn’t always knowing

Life is learning

From your previous mistakes

 

Life is yearning

To be something better

Life is thriving

To reach that unreachable goal

 

Life is being a fool

And swallowing our pride

But most of all life is living

Each day as it comes

And making the decisions we see fit

Based on our collective experiences

Of our successes and failure

 

And applying our success to tomorrow

And screening our failures from yesterday

And saying here I am world

You can take me or leave me

I’m getting by the best that I can

 

THIS IS ME

 

Robert P. Wallman

September 1980

 

Ps        “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it GROW” 

             1Corinthians 3:6

 

            “For God KNOWS that when you eat it of your eyes

             Will be opened

             And you will be like God-KNOWING good from evil”      Genesis 3:5

 

            “Whoever believes in the Son has ETERNAL LIFE

              But whoever rejects the Son will NOT see life

              For God’s wrath remains on him”                                     John 3:36

 

TRUSTING IN=THE GOODNESS OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTING IN=THE GOODNESS OF GOD

 

GOD IS GOOD!=How many TIMES=have you heard that=in your LIFE?=Me too=But do

YOU really believe that?=I DO!=For God has MANIFESTED life and LOVE IN ME=”Jesus

Said in reply’=’I was sent ONLY=to the LOST SHEEP=of the House of Israel’”      Matthew 15:24

 

IN TODAY’S MIRACLE=A CANAANITE woman=is Pleading with Jesus=to HEAL her daughter=

Who is tormented by a demon=But Jesus does NOT want=to do it=For she is NOT A JEW=

But the CANAANITE WOMAN=Keeps begging Jesus=To help her sick daughter=COMPARING

It to=the SCRAPS of food from a table=Finally JESES IS MOVED=as her GREAT FAITH=The

COMPASSION of Jesus=The GOODNESS and LOVE of Jesus=and the Holy Father God

“You intended=to harm me=But GOD=Intended it for GOOD”                                              Genesis 50:20

“Job replies’=’You are talking=Like a foolish woman=Shall we accept=GOOD FROM GOD=

And not trouble?”                                                                                                                                   Job 2:10

“For the Lord God=is a SUN and a shield=The Lord bestows favor and honor=NO GOOD THING=does he withhold=From those whose walk is blameless”                                           Psalm 84:11

 

Sometimes EVENTS and people conspire against us=and those events and/or PEOPLE

Are trying to take us DOWN=DON’T get up on it=Because no bad  thing=CAN BEFALL US=

Unless God DECREES it=The story of JOB=PROVES just that=TRUST IN=THE GOODNESS OF

OUR GOD!=Our Holy Father and HIS SON!

 

FAITH can be DEFINED as=”The gift to TRUST=in THE GOODNESS OF GOD”=and that is WHAT

The Canaanite woman has=IN TODAY’S MIRACULOUS STORY=and Jesus is SO AMAZED=by

Her TRUSTING OF GOD==and HIM=that two things do occur=Her daughter is HEALED IMMEDIATELY=and her FAITH PROVES=That Jesus did NOT ONLY come for People of Israel=

But also for the Gentiles!=THE GOODNESS OF GOD!=TRUST IN IT!

“This is what=The Lord says’=’Stand at the crossroads and look=ASK for the ancient paths=

Ask where=THE GOOD WAY IS= and walk in it=and you will find REST=

For your souls’”                                                                                                                                                   Jeremiah 6:16

“A GOOD MAN=brings GOOD things=Out of the GOOD=stored up in him=and an evil man brings

Evil things=Out of the evil=stored up in him”                                                                                     Mathew  12:35

“No one=should seek=THEIR OWN GOOD=But the GOOD OF OTHERS”                  1 Corinthians 10:24

 

Dear LORD=and Holy Father God=We your brothers and sister=YOUR sons and daughters=PRAY

That you help us=DEEPEN our TRUST in you==Our dear GOD OF LOVE=For it is IN OUR FAITH=

In you=That we FIND OUR TRUST=Just like the Canaanite woman=and her daughter=So we can EXPERIENCE the MIRACLES of you=In today’s world

“TRUST in the Lord=With all your heart=and lean NOT=On your own understanding”      Proverbs 3:5

Dear Lord=WE TRUST YOU=in your EVERLASTING GOODNESS!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our ever LOVING=EVER LIVING=FOREVER GOOD=

Our Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-03-2026

 

 

Ps           INSPIRED=by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Patricia Livingston

A FEW GOOD MEN=THE STORY OF SAINT JOHN VIANNEY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

8-4-13

 

 

A FEW MEN---The Story of Saint John Vianney

 

 

Many Catholic priests

Take heavy criticism

In today’s world

Some deservedly so

Many not

 

John Vianney

Was the son of a farmer

He spent his early life

As a shepherd boy

On his father’s farm

With little formal schooling

 

At the age of 20

He began his studies

For the priesthood

But his studies

Were interrupted

By a call

To military service

During the French Revolution

 

Let us always remember

That many of the Catholic priests today

Have dedicated

Their whole life

To a life of service

Dedicated to serving God and others

 

John Vianney

Was such a man

Dedicated to loving and serving God

And loving and serving others

 

John was a man

With great humility

He had

Much difficulty with his studies

Particularly Latin

 

But John

Like many of us

Was a man with a dream

And persisted in following his dream

 

John had such insight

In to the personal difficulties

Of others

It was said

He had the supernatural gift

Of reading men and women’s hearts

 

Three times

John left to become a monk

But 3 times he returned

 

John was

A great preacher and counselor

He excelled

Both inside and outside the confessional

 

And so today

As Catholic priests

Continue to come under fire

Please remember

That many of these men

Are men of great humility

Men living a simple life

Of dedication

To God and you

 

Men like Saint John Vianney

The patron Saint

Of parish priests

A man so highly thought of

By his government

That knighthood  and the legion of honor

Were attempted to be given to him

But he refused

 

In Jesus’ name

We pray

That we never forget

True men of honor

Men like Saint JohnVianney

And their contribution

Towards building the Kingdom of God

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-6-11

 

Ps                   Today---August 4^th--- is Saint John Vianney’s feast day

 

                       We honor him today---as we honor ALL men and women of virtue

                        Who have dedicated their lives to the building up of the Kingdom of God

 

 

WITNESS        8-4-13 and  8-20-2025

 

THIS IS ME

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 4^th, 2012

 

 

THIS IS ME

 

Life is growing

Life isn’t always knowing

Life is learning

From your previous mistakes

 

Life is yearning

To be something better

Life is thriving

To reach that unreachable goal

 

Life is being a fool

And swallowing our pride

But most of all life is living

Each day as it comes

And making the decisions we see fit

Based on our collective experiences

Of our successes and failure

 

And applying our success to tomorrow

And screening our failures from yesterday

And saying here I am world

You can take me or leave me

I’m getting by the best that I can

 

THIS IS ME

 

Robert P. Wallman

September 1980

 

Ps        “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it GROW” 

             1Corinthians 3:6

 

            “For God KNOWS that when you eat it of your eyes

             Will be opened

             And you will be like God-KNOWING good from evil”      Genesis 3:5

 

            “Whoever believes in the Son has ETERNAL LIFE

              But whoever rejects the Son will NOT see life

              For God’s wrath remains on him”                                     John 3:36