COMING BACK FROM FAILURE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 11^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

COMING BACK FROM FAILURE

 

 

 

 

 

No matter who you are, you are going to fail in life-from time

To time.  You are going to fail in your personal relationships-or

With people from time to time.  It is just a fact of life.

 

The question is:  can you rebuild?  Can you come back from failure?

How much faith in God do you have?  How much persistence and

Perseverance do you have?

 

The answers to these questions will determine if you can come back or not.

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-26-07

 

 

Ps         For us Christians, the key is keeping our yoke tied to Christ.  He had

             The ultimate failure-by human standards.  But yet he had the ultimate

             Triumph by God’s standards-because he never took his eye off of the

             Key ingredient—which is LOVE—LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF

             OTHERS.

 

As Saint Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 13:8—“LOVE NEVER FAILS”

 

“Three remain—faith, hope, and love.  But the greatest of these is LOVE.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

 

The life, the death, and the RESURRECTION is of Jesus Christ is the proof.

Keep your yoke tied to Christ,

A REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

2-8-13

 

 

A REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE

 

 

Sometimes

We need not be instructed

So much

As reminded

As to who we are

 

 

We need to be

CONSTANTLY reminded

That we are

CHILDREN OF GOD

 

“Yet to all

Who received him

To those

Who believed in his name

He gave the right

To become children of God-

 

Children born

Not of natural descent

-nor of human decision

Or a husband’s will

BUT BORN OF GOD”                                         1 Luke:12-13

 

We need

To hear again and again

That we are

CHILDREN OF GOD

That Christ

Gave his body-soul-and spirit

For ALL of us

 

In the Epistle of Saint Paul

We hear the term-

“IN CHRIST”-155 times

 

“So “in Christ” all will be made alive”                 1 Corinthians 15:22

 

Christ didn’t live and die for the Jewish faith

For the Catholic faith

For the Christian faith

BUT FOR ALL

 

“These are a shadow

Of the things

That were to come

 

The reality-however

Is found IN CHRIST”                                             Colossians 2:17

 

And on and on and on

 

Truly Children of God

IN CHRIST

 

Life-by definition-must be lived

And the reality is

That God is in each of us

That God’s life is in us

And that God is our FATHER

 

The reality is

That God is MADLY in love with you

That he is living in you

And he loves you

“Like there is no one else”

 

He gives us his heart

And he gives us a home

He prepares a place

For us to come and live with him

At the end of our lives

 

                   HEAVEN

 

A place

Where we can

Live in perfect happiness

And in eternal communion with HIM

 

“Their mind is on earthly things

But our citizenship is in heaven”                                       Philippians 3:19-20

 

We are heirs

Truly heirs

To the Kingdom of God

 

There once was a nurse

Who married a common man

During the war

 

After the war

She found out

He was Lord of the manor

With servants

And endless wealth

 

And she cried

And she cried

TEARS OF JOY

 

“Why didn’t you tell me?” she said

“I wanted you to love me for myself,” he responded

 

And that

Is how we will be

When we-CHILDREN OF GOD

Enter our home with our Father

 

“The spirit himself

Testifies that we are God’s children”                                         Romans 8:16

 

Now if we are God’s children

Then we are his heirs

Heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ

And if indeed we share in his sufferings

We will ALSO SHARE in his glory

 

Dear Lord-WE YOUR CHILDREN

Pray that your light

Will be seen in us

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-20-12

 

Ps        *Inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford

 

Ps       WITNESS        2-8-13

 

 

MISC.       WITNESS        3-25-14 and 5-15-2019 and 1-04-2021

 

 

 

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 10^th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE

 

 

 

 

 

You only have one

One life

 

One life

In which

To do with what you can

One life

For all of eternity

 

Make your life count

Make it count

For you

Make it count

In the world

 

You only have one

One life

 

One life

In which

To do what you can

One life

For all of eternity

 

When it’s gone

It’s gone

And when it’s over

It’s over

Make your life

Something special

 

You only got one

One life

 

One life

One special life

One life now

One life forever

One life for all eternity

 

You only get one life

One life

 

ONE PRECIOUS LIFE

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-1-06

 

 

“Show me, Oh Lord, my life’s end

And the number of my days

Let me know

How fleeting is my life

 

You have made my days

A mere handbreadth

The span of my years is as nothing

Before you

Each man’s life is but a breath”                                           Psalm 39:4 & 5

WHAT DOES THE RESURRECTION MEAN TO YOU?

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS!=or what=

DOES THE RESURRECTION MEAN TO YOU?

 

DID you ever stop and Think==IF Jesus’ RESURRECTION=Never did happen?=

What a DIFFERENT world this would BE=How different your LIFE would be?=Would you=

Have the SAME FAITH?=The same HOPE?=and the SAME LOVE=you have right now?=

I doubt that You would=I KNOW I=WOULD NOT!=My whole life=REVOLVES=Around

Jesus Christ=and his FATHER=and the FAITH-HOPE and LIFE=Because  of OUR LOVING
GOD!=Keeping my=KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS!=”I set the Lord=EVER BEFORE ME=With

Him at my right hand=I shall NOT be disturbed”                                                                           Psalm 16:8

 

It TOOK the DISCIPLES=a little while=AFTER the Resurrection=to ABSORB the truth=JESUS

DID RESURRECT!=From the dead=some 2,000 years ago=WE=2,000 years later=Tend to

TAKE=The RESURRECTION for granted=THE SINS of all HUMANITY=took Jesus to the CROSS=

That INCLUDES MY sins and yours!=WHAT DIFFERENCE=Does The RESURRECTION of the Lord=

Make in your 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”                                             Romans 10:12

“There are DIFFERENT KINDS=of gifts=But the same SPIRIT distributes them=There are DIFFERENT

Kinds of service=But the same Lord=There are DIFFERENT KINDS of working=But in all of them=

And in  everyone=Is the SAME God at work”                                                                          1 Corinthians  12:4-6

 

FEAR is a NATURAL component=Of our lives=I would have SO MUCH more fear=If I did  not

Have=Jesus’ RESURRECTION  of LIFE and love= to HOLD on to=With the RESURRECTION of life=We

CAN make it=THROUGH all our fear=KEEP your EYES ON THE LORD=Keep your EYES=

On the Resurrection=HOLD on to that  JOY=Hold on to=THAT IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST!=and

We CAN make it through ANYTHING  TOGETHER!

“Does he=Who fashioned the ear=NOT HEAR?=Doe he=Who FORMED the EYE=

NOT SEE?”                                                                                                                                                       Psalm 94:9

“OPEN MY EYES=That I may SEE=Wonderful things in your law”                                      Psalm 119:18

“WOE TO ME!’=I cried=’I am ruined!=For I am a man of unclean lips=and I live among a  people=

Of unclean lips=and MY EYES=have seen the King=THE LORD ALMIGHTY’”         Isaiah 6:5

 

Do NOT TAKE=the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ=for granted=BELIEVE HE LIVES!=We can too=

You can=I can=we ALL CAN==IF we UNTITE our Faith=Hope=and LOVE=with the RESURRECTION

Of Jesus Christ=and the LOVE=of the Holy Father God!=”For it has been=GRANTED TO YOU=

On behalf of Christ=Not only to BELIEVE in him=But also to suffer for him=Since you are going=

Through the same struggle=You saw I had=and now hear=That I still have”                    Philippians 1:29

Because the Lord RESURRECTED=and CONTINUES to LIVE=We can LIVE IN LOVE=

In our hearts=In our minds=and in our souls=WITH LOVE for the Lord=for ourselves=and for

ALL of our sisters and brothers=This is the PATH OF LOVE=the Path that Jesus Christ himself

Took!

 

That is=THIS IS=THE DIFFERENCE the RESURRECTION=MAKES in my life=and in yours=and in

ALL OF US!=KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD!

In Jesus’ Name=and in the name=Of our ever LIVING =ever Loving=ever HELPING

Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-6-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article =IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sarah Christmyer

ACTS NOTES FOR MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=ACTS 25 Through 28

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIBLE STUDY NOTES FOR MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy

4-09-2026=ACTS 25-28

 

ACTS 25=PAUL APPEARS TO CAESAR

 

-Governor Porcius Festus  REPLACES Felix

 

=JEWISH LEADERS want Paul to come to Jerusalem=

PLANNING to ambush him

 

=Paul DECLARES his INNOCENCE=and appeals to Caesar=

CLAIMING his rights=as a ROMAN CITIZEN

 

Festus agrees=and says Paul will=GO TO ROME!

 

 

ACTS 26=Paul TESTFIES=Before King Agrippa

 

=Festus asks Herod Agrippa II and Benice=To Hear Paul

 

PAUL tells his  story

 

-HIS PAST as a Pharisee

-PERSECUTING Christians=and his CONVERSION STORY

On the way to Damascus

 

=HE EXPLAINS=Jesus’ Resurrection=and HIS MISSION=to

PREACH to JEWS and GENTILES

 

-Festus=says PAUL IS=out of his mind=But

Paul CALMLY RESPONDS

 

=AGRIPPA says=”You almost PERSUADED  ME=

To become a CHRISTIAN”

 

They CONCLUDE=that if=Paul had NOT appealed to Caesar=

He could have been RELEASED

 

ACTS 27=THE SHIPWRECK

 

=Paul is SENT TO ROME= with a

Centurion named Julius

 

=They sail=INTO DANGEROUS WEATHER!

=Paul warns them=NOT to continue=but they  SAIL ON!

 

A  NORTHEASTER=violent storm hits=For many days

=-AN ANGEL=tells Paul=EVERYONE will SURVIVE!

 

=The ship runs aground=and BREAKS APART=but ALL

The people=276=REACH SHORE SAFELY!

 

 

ACTS 28=PAUL IN ROME

 

=They LAND on the island of MALTA

 

=Paul is BITTEN by a snake==BUT IS UNHARMED

AMAZING the locals!

 

=Paul HEALS many people=Including the Father of Publius

 

=After 3 months=They set  SAIL=for ROME=and

IN ROME=Paul

 

-MEETS Jewish leaders

-EXPLAINS the GOSPEL=and

=SOME BELIEVE=But others REJECT!

 

=The book ends=with PAUL=BOLDLY PREACHING

The GOSPEL of Jesus=Under house arrest

 

BIG THEMES of ACTS 25 Through 28

 

=God PROTECTS Paul=THROUGH TRIALS!

=The gospel SPREADS everywhere=EVEN TO ROME!

=BE COURAGEOUS=when facing adversity

SALVATION is OFFERED for EVERYONE!

 

RPW for MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=4-9-2026

(ACTS 25 THROUGH  28=)!

 

 

TWO FRIENDS ON THE ROAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO FRIENDS ON THE ROAD

 

 

You’re driving

Down the road

With your friends

On your way out of town

 

You’re talking

With your friends

About the events

Of the last few days

 

A great man has died

A great spiritual man

Some say

A prophet

Some say

The Messiah

Who has conquered the grave

 

You pick up a hitchhiker

Along the road

 

You continue to talk

And the man from the backseat says,

“What are you 2 discussing

As we are driving along”

 

Both of your faces freeze

You both look back and say,

“Are you the only visitor

To not know

The things that have happened there

In the last few days”

 

“What things,” he says

 

You and your friend

Tell him the whole story

The story of

The crucifixion

The story of

There being no body

In the tomb

The story of

Some women saying

They saw some angels

And the angels saying

That the man is alive

 

You and your friend

Look at him incredulously

You cannot believe

He hasn’t heard the story

 

The man then says to you,

“How foolish you are

And slow of heart to believe

All the prophets have spoken!

Did not the Christ

Have to suffer those things

And then enter his glory”

 

As you pass a town

The man in the backseat

Says he is going no further

But you urge him

To stay on

To ride a little ways further

 

When you stop

At a roadside diner

To get a bite to eat

He brakes bread and gives thanks

Just as the great prophet

The great man that you were just discussing

Had done

 

It slowly

Dawns on you and your friend

That this man, indeed, was the man

 

You say to each other,

“Were not our hearts

Burning within us

While he talked with us

On the road

And opened the scriptures to us”

 

You turn your car around

Driving back

To where you came from---just as fast as you can

 

You can’t wait

To tell the rest of your friends

Your encounter with the Lord

 

And that he is indeed ALIVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-5-11

 

Ps        Based on Luke 24---The Road to Emmaus

 

 

ONE PERSON AT A TIME

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

3-4-13

 

“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        WITNESS        3-4-13

 

“Dear friends-let us love one another-for LOVE comes from God

EVERYONE who LOVES has been born of God and knows God-

Whoever does not love-does not know God-because GOD IS LOVE”        1 John 4:7-8

 

 

Ps      5-28-2019