Friday, February 6, 2026

CHRIST NEEDS US!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 6th, 2012

 

 

 

 

CHRIST NEEDS US

 

 

 

 

All good human relationships

Are based on three things

Respect, trust, and need

 

This is true of

Husbands and wives

Parents and their children

And friends for friends

 

And it is true

Of our relationship with Jesus Christ

 

Jesus doesn’t coerce us

Jesus doesn’t compel us

To obey him

He allows us

To be free

 

He does this

Because he loves us

And because he needs us

 

When he was alive

He needed people

And today

He needs us

More than ever

 

He needed his mother Mary

To be born

He needed his Father Joseph

To provide for him

He needed John the Baptist

To baptize him

And he needed his Apostles

To teach the Word of God to

And to spread his word

After he was gone

 

But the job

Is only half-done

And it is up to us

To continue

The great commission

And to spread the Word of God

All over the world

 

It is true

What the poet wrote

He has no hands

But your hands

He has no feet

But your feet

He has no lips

But your lips

And he has no love

But your love

 

I need God and our Lord

In my life

I can’t imagine a day without him

But he needs us too

 

Jesus is our friend

How are you going to respond?

How am I going to respond?

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-26-10

 

Ps              inspired by the message of Father Leo Clifford O. F. M.

 

                  I was baptized this day---February 6th, 1955---also my parents fist

                 Wedding anniversary---at Saint Andrew’s Catholic Church---in the

                  Manchester section---of Pittsburgh, Pa

HEALING IS A JOURNEY!=TRUST THE LORD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALING IS A JOURNEY!=

(Trust the LORD)!

 

It SEEMS Like many of us=Are carrying HEAVY CROSSES=Right now=Some

Of us=More than others=But we ALL=Carry something=I am carrying an INTESTINAL

Disease=That just about=TOOK MY LIFE=and has Left me=With severe debilitating

PAIN=I have NEEDED another surgery since 1995=But  it is=TOO DANGEROUS to  do=

Without the RISK=of losing my LIFE=But I travel on=IN FAITH=as MANY of you do

Too!=HEALING IS A JOURNEY!=with Jesus=Trust the Lord!=and even IF=we do NOT=

Get that physical HEALING-The Holy Father God=and his Son Jesus=Give us the FAITH=

We need to continue=HEALING is a JOURNEY!=Sometimes a very LONG journey

 

“IF I=But touch his clothes=I shall be CURED” =                                                                              Mark  5:28

Today we READ about two MIRACLES=In the gospel of Mark=Jairus  is a synagogue leader=

Who has a LITTLE GIRL=Who is dying=and he says to Jesus’=”’Please come and put =Your

Hands on her=So that=She  will be HEALED and live’”                                                                 Mark 5:23

And at the same TIME=some people=From the House of Jairus=Came and said’=”Your

Daughter is DEAD==Why bother the Teacher anymore?’”                                                       Mark 5:35

But Jesus OVERHEARD and=Said to Jairus’=”’Don’t be afraid=JUST BELIEVE’”              Mark 5:36

Later on=We FIND out=Jesus goes to her and says’=”’Little girl= I say to you GET UP!’”   Mark 5:41

And she does

 

What a SIGHT=That must have been=A ONE=Who has Lived the MIRACLE of LIFE=since I  am 22=

I know=That all MIRACLES=are a matter of FAITH=and all miracles=all HEALINGS=are a

JOURNEY=and if=WE don’t receive the Physical Healing=We RECEIVE=the gift of FAITH=That

ALLOWS US to go on=SO BELIEVE=and TRUST THE LORD!=Faith in and of itself=Is

A MIRACLE=a HEALING from our God=and HIS SON!

 

“But he was pierces=For our transgressions=He was crushed for our iniquities=The punishment

That brought us peace=Was on him=and by his wounds=WE ARE HEALED”                         Isaiah 53:5

“It is by=the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth=Whom you crucified=But whom God raised=

From the dead=That this man=Stands before you HEALED”                                                     Acts 4:10

“Therefore confess your sins=To each other=and pray for each other=So that you MAY

BE HEALED”                                                                                                                                                  James 5:16

 

Then there is=THE SECOND miracle =IN today’s reading=A woman has been BLEEDING

For 12 years=She suffered a GREAT DEAL under Doctors=and spent all she had=But she

STILL GREW WORSE=But she  SEES Jesus and thinks to herself=”If I can just=TOUCH his clothes=

I will be HEALED’”                                                                                                                                     Mark 5:29

And immediately=She was=and her suffering stopped=and Jesus said to her’=’Daughter

Your Faith has HEALED you=Go in peace=and be freed=from your suffering’”               Mark 5:34

 

And so my SISTERS AND BROTHERS=There are 2 or 3 things=that I KNOW about

HEALINGS=about miracles=First of all=ALL MIRACLES=Come from God=and all MIRACLES

And HEALINGS are a JOURNEY =But mostly what I know  is=HEALING is a GIFT OF FAITH

From God!

 

“NOW FAITH is confidence=In what we hope for=and ASSURANCE about=what we do

NOT SEE”                                                                                                                                                    Hebrews 11:1

So MY BROTHERS and sisters=KEEP putting ONE foot=In front of the other=for

HEALING IS A JOURNEY!=That asks us=TO TRUST=In the Lord=It is something BEYOND ourselves=

So keep REACHING OUT=Keep CALLING for God and his Son=and LIVE Your Life

IN FAITH=and love and compassion=for others!

 

In Jesus’ name=and IN the name=of our forever loving=forever LIVING=Forever MIRACLE

Making Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-04-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Vivian Amu

Thursday, February 5, 2026

GOD IS MADLY=IN LOVE WITH YOU

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 7th, 2012

 

 

 

 

GOD IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU

 

 

 

 

Did you know that

God is madly

In love

With you

 

He lived

A life full of love

Because

He loves you

 

He died

A completely rejected

Wreck of humanity

Because

He loves you

 

What are you

Doing with your life

 

Are you offering

Your good up to God

Are you sharing

The worst part of yourself

With him

 

God desires to

Know you

All of you

The good and the bad

 

Did you know

God is madly in love

With you

 

Robert P. Wallman

4/10/10

SHARING OUR FAITH WITH OTHERS

 










SHARING OUR FAITH WITH OTHERS


ONE of the things

We are ALWAYS called upon

To do

Is to SHARE our FAITH


SHARE your faith

In love

Share your faith 

In forgiveness

And share your faith

IN KINDNESS and mercy


“Therefore go

And MAKE disciples

Of all nations


BAPTIZE them in the

Name of the Father

And of the Son


And of the Holy Spirit


And TEACHING them

To obey everything

I have commanded you


And SURELY I am with you

ALWAYS-to the very end

Of the age”                                                                                                  Matthew 28:19-20


And Jesus himself was baptized

By his cousin John


I too was BAPTIZED

As a baby-and

RECONFIRMED a number of different times

As an adult


And Jesus-himself-

GIVES us a tough passage

In the Gospel of Mark


“WHOEVER believes and is baptized

Will be saved


Whoever does not believe

Will be condemned”                                                                                      Mark 16:16


Jesus seems to be saying

“YOU are in-or

You are out”


We worship such a LOVING-

MERCIFUL God-but who knows-

Whether he meant it literally-

or not?


For what it is worth-I-

TOTALLY believe in him


FAITH is a difficult thing

But I have found it easier

To NAVIGATE life's challenges

In faith 


When we balance our life

With faith in God and Jesus 


Life is easier 

WHEN we have FAITH

Than when our faith is

Weak or nonexistent


And we must SHARE-

Our faith in God and Jesus 

With others


“IF you don not 

Stand FIRM in your faith


You will NOT stand at all”                                                                               Isaiah 7:9


“Jesus replied,

'If you have FAITH

And do not doubt


Not only can

You DO what was done

To the fig tree


But you can say

To this mountain,

'GO throw yourself

Into the sea'


And it will be done


If you BELIEVE

You will receive

Whatever you ask for 

In PRAYER”                                                                                                          Matthew 21:21-22


OUR LORD wants NONE 

Of us-to be condemned


He CONVERTED Saul

Into Paul-

And he can convert anyone-

At any time


May you faith-BECOME-

As strong as Paul's


And may you always SHARE

Your FAITH WITH OTHERS


That way-we can ALL

Go to heaven


SEE YOU THERE!!!


In Jesus' name,


Robert P. Wallman

1-26-17


Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen



3-9-2019 and  2-05-2026


Wednesday, February 4, 2026

GOD IS PRETTY COOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 5th, 2012

 

 

 

 

GOD IS PRETTY COOL

 

 

 

 

People say good things about me

But how can I take credit

 

God got inside of me

God came to me

When I was in

My deepest need

 

He got in my heart

He got in my soul

I don’t know

How he got there

But I think

He is pretty cool

 

He forgave me

My deepest wrongs

I know he would do it

For you too

 

But you got to let him in

Into your heart

Into your soul

I don’t know

But I think

You’d find out

He’s pretty cool

 

People say good things about me

But how can I take credit

 

God got inside of me

God came to me

When I was in

My deepest need

 

He got in my heart

He got in my soul

I don’t know

How he got in there

But I think

He is pretty cool

 

God is pretty cool

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-19-06

 

 

Ps        8-31-2019

 

THE REVEALING LIGHT=OF OUR GOD'S LOVE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE REVEALING LIGHT=OF OUR GOD’S LOVE!

 

Today we CELEBRATE=The feast of Jesus’ PRESENTATION=To the Good nan

Simeon=a very OLD MAN=who was DESTINED to SEE the Christ child=In

His life=and was so MOVED=When he took the baby Jesus=In his arms=He

Said”’=’Sovereign Lord=as you have PROMISED=You may now DISMISS=Your

Servant in peace=For MY EYES=have seen YOUR SALVATION=Which you=

Have PREPARED=In the sight=Of all nations=A LIGHT FOR REVELATION=to

The GENTILES=and the GLORY of your people Israel’”                                                         Luke 2:29-32

Jesus is=The Holy Father IS=the ever REVEALING=ever lasting=LIGHT OF GOD!

 

Simeon’s words still RESOUND=in my daily life=Jesus LIVES in me and you=The LOVE

Of God LIVES in us too=Whether you Believe it or not=Jesus is IN every one of our THOUGHTS=

Words and actions=That we have=His LIGHT SHINES=In us=as BRIGHT as it did=IN

The apostles some 2,000 years ago

“Many Lord are asking’=’Who will BRING us prosperity?’=Let the LIGHT of your face SHINE

On us”                                                                                                                                                         Psalm 4:6

“Arise=SHINE=For light has come=and the GLORY of the Lord=Rises upon you”     Isaiah 60:1

“Those who are wise=WILL SHINE=Like the brightness=Of the heavens=and those who=

Lead many to righteousness=Like the STARS=for ever and ever”                               Daniel 12:3

 

THE PRESENTATION of Jesus=is a DAY=for all of us=Both women and men=TO REMIND US=

That Jesus is PRESENT=In all of our lives=Just as the Holy Father God is=Candles=

Lights=and the NATURAL LIGHT of Christ=SHINE =for all of us to see=GOD’S LOVE AND

Light=has been REVEALED=to all of us=”The secret things=Belong to the Lord our God=

But the things REVEALED=Belong to us=and to  our children forever=That we may FOLLOW=

The Words of this law”                                                                                                                       Deuteronomy 29:29

“And the Glory of=The Lord=WILL BE REVEALED=and ALL people will=SEE it together=

For the mouth of=The Lord=has spoken”                                                                                       Isaiah 40:5

“I consider that=OUR present sufferings=Are not worth comparing=With the Glory that=

Will BE REVEALED=In us”                                                                                                                    Romans 8:18

 

Joseph and Mary=MARVELED  at what Simeon=said about Jesus=Simeon BLESSED Them=

And said’=”This child is DESTINED=To cause the falling and RISING of many=In Israel=and

To be a sign=That will be Spoken against=So that the thoughts of many hearts=WILL BE REVEALED=

And a  sword=WILL PIERCE=Your own soul too”=And her Son Jesus=and the Holy Father God=

Are continuing to=BE THE LIGHT=Of our salvation=That ever lasting=EVER REVEALING LIGHT=Of

Our God’s  LOVE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=Of our EVER LIVING=ever LOVING=Ever ILLUMINATING LIGHT=

Of the Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

2-1-2026

 

Ps        INSPIRED by=an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by=Amy Welborn

 

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

LITTLE ONES=and THE HEART OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 4th, 2012

 

 

 

 

LITTLE ONES AND THE HEART OF GOD                                   

 

 

 

Little ones we hold dear

Little ones

About who we should care                                                                                  

Bad things

Are happening to these little ones

All over the world

 

Little ones

I want to hug

Little ones

I want to love

These little ones

They are just our little doves

 

Bad things are happening

To these little ones

All over the world

 

These little ones

We should love

These little ones

We should treasure

 

Lord God above

Please help us help

These little ones

 

The heart of a little one

Is the heart of God

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-14-06