LITTLE CHILD

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                  

JULY 24^th, 2012

 

 

LITTLE CHILD

 

 

Missing children

Where are you

Missing children

Please know

God loves you

 

Little child

God wants you safe

God wants you home

God wants you to know

That you

Are never alone

 

Little child

God wants you

To know

That wherever you are

That God is with you

And that

You are never alone

 

Little child

God wants you to know

That he loves you

And that you

Are never alone

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-12-06

 

Ps       Written for missing children everywhere

 

            People were bringing little children to Jesus

            To have him touch them

            But the disciples rebuked them

 

            When Jesus saw this-he was indignant

            He said to them

 

            “Let the little children come to me

             And do not hinder them

             For the kingdom of God

             Belongs to such as these

 

             I tell you the truth

             Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God

             Like a little child will never enter into it

       

             And he took the children in his arms

             Put his hands on them and blessed them”                                    Mark 10:13-16

 

HOPE IS=THE HEART OF GOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOPE IS=THE HEART OF GOD!

 

Our Holy Father God=and his Son

Jesus Christ=have a SPECIALTY and

They specialize IN HOPE

 

That is WHY Jesus came=to

A HURTING WORLD=over 2,000 years ago

I BELIEVE=our Holy Father God=will send

Jesus again=IF not himself=in these troubled times

That we live in

HOPE IS=THE HEART OF GOD!

 

“Even though=I walk

IN the dark valley=I fear no evil

FOR YOU=are at my side”                                                                                                                Psalm 23:4

 

The readings today=are

FULL of comfort=full of HOPE=and emphasizes

GOD’S LOVING CARE=for all of us

 

The above SCRIPTURE=is often read

At funerals=and it is because=it emphasizes

THAT OUR LOVED ONE=is still ALIVE

With the Holy Father God=and Jesus=on

The other side=Our God

SPECIALIZING in giving HOPE

To all of us

 

“Though they slay me=YET WILL I HOPE

In him=I will surely=defend my ways=to his face”                                                           Job 13:15

 

“Why my soul=are you downcast?=why

So disturbed within me?

 

Put YOUR HOPE=in God

For I will yet praise him=my Savior

And my God”                                                                                                                    Psalm 42:5

 

“But those=WHO HOPE=in the Lord

Will renew their strength

 

They will soar on wings=like eagles

They will run=and not grow weary

They will walk=and not be faint”                                                                                  Isain 40:31

 

As BAD as things are=in this world

I believe=that there STILL IS HOPE

 

For we worship=a LOVING GOD

We worship a HOPEFUL GOD=EVERYTIME

It looks like=we have reached the end

Our Holy Father God=and Jesus

GAVE us a way out

 

He will do it again=for I believe

That our HOPE=rests in God=and

HOPE IS=THE HEART OF GOD!

 

“Not only so=but we also

Glory in our sufferings=because we know

 

That suffering produces=perseverance=and

Perseverance=character=and character=HOPE

And HOPE

 

Does not=put us to shame=because God’s love

Has been poured out=into our hearts

Through the Holy Spirit=who has been

Given to us”                                                                                                                           Romans 5:3-5

 

“WE HAVE THIS HOPE=as an

Anchor=for the soul=firm and secure

It enters the inner sanctuary=behind the curtain”                                                                    Hebrews 6:19

 

Even before Jesus=WE NEEDED GOD

And God=PROVIDED=for his people

 

Our God and our Jesus=are MOVED with pity

For us=and all of our sufferings=God and Jesus

Came into the world

 

To heal=to feed=and to WIPE AWAY

Our tears=destroy death

Jesus was=PERFECT in his love

And his living=he destroyed death

KEEP THE FAITH!=KEEP THE HOPE!

Our God=is coming again=Our

God is HOPE=and HOPE IS

THE HEART OF GOD!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our forever living=forever loving

FOREVER HOPEFUL=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

11-11-2023 and 7-24-2026

 

 

Ps         INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Karala Manternach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOMEONE TO LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 23^rd, 2012

 

 

SOMEONE TO LOVE

 

I don’t need

A woman for lust

I don’t need a woman

For wild passionate sex

I just need a person

To hold

Someone to love

 

Someone

To give a hug

Someone

To give little kindnesses to

Someone

To give

What I have left

Just

Someone to love

 

There was a day

When I felt the lust

There was a day

When I wanted

The wild passionate sex

 

That was many years ago

 

I’m just an old man now

I just want

Someone to love

 

Just

Someone to love

 

Robert P. Wallman

9-20-06

 

Ps        For ALL the people in this world who have let me LOVE them

           And let be BE KIND to them

 

“A new command I give you: LOVE ONE ANOTHER

As I have loved you-so you must LOVE one another

By this all men will know you are my disciples

If you LOVE one another”                                                                        John 13:34

 

“And so we know and rely on the LOVE God has for us

GOD IS LOVE

Whoever lives in LOVE-lives in God-and God in him”                               1 John 4:16

 

“But the fruit of the SPIRIT is love-

Joy-peace-patience-KINDNESS-goodness-

Faithfulness-gentleness-and self-control”                                                Galatians 5:22-23

 

 

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

 

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

ONE of the things

I know for sure IS-

In life

Is that

We all go through

The storms

There are NO EXCEPTIONS

I can tell you that

FOR SURE

And one of the things

WE can do for others

As they go through the storms

Of life

Is to OPEN our hearts

Open our lives

And open our HOMES for others

Just as God always does

Just as Jesus always does FOR US

“If you

Consider me a BELIEVER

In the Lord

Come and STAY

At my home........”                                                              Acts 16:15

AS BELIEVERS-one of the things

My family has always done

Is open up their homes

To FAMILY-friends-and neighbors

My grandparents did this

My parents did this

And I have ALWAYS done this

( as well as my sisters)

To quote from a Bob Dylan song:

“Come in-she said-

And I will give you-

SHELTER from the storm”

I take REFUGE in God

I take refuge in the Lord

“But let all those

Who take refuge

In you-BE GLAD

Let them ever

SING for joy

SPREAD your protection

Over them

That those who love your name

MAY REJOICE in you”                                                       Psalm 5:11

“Come in-he said-GOD SAID-

I will give you

'SHELTER FROM THE STORM'”

“The Lord is a refuge

For the oppressed

A stronghold

In times of trouble”                                                                    Psalm 9:9

“EVERY word of God

Is flawless

He is a SHIELD

To those

Who take REFUGE in him”                                                               Proverbs 3:5

There are few WORKS of MERCY

In life-as challenging

As OPENING your home

To someone in NEED

RECENTLY- I was on

A five-week journey

Up through the NORTH

I THANK my family and friends

For opening up their lives

And their homes to me

OPENING up our homes

To someone in need is necessary

NECESSARY for us

To actually PROVE

We are CREATURES OF GOD

And necessary for those who stay

For whatever reason-

They are IN NEED

“COME IN-GOD SAID-

And receive

'SHELTER FROM THE STORM'”

Robert P. Wallman

5-2-16  and 7-23-2026

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet

LONGING TO HEAR THE LORD'S VOICE=and so ARE WE

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONGING TO HEAR=THE LORD’S VOICE=and so are WE

(THE FEAST DAY=OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE)

 

WHEN we LOSE someone=By death=Or even if=They are Just missing=There

IS a Shake up=in us=and If we LOVE that person=We LONG to hear their VOICE=

Once again=That was the Case=With Mary Magdalene and Jesus=When he Died=Or

So she THOUGHT

 

And then When she saw him ALIVE=She was FILLED WITH JOY=For she was=LONGING

To HEAR the Lord’s voice=once again=JUST ONE MORE TIME!=and so are WE=”Mary Magdalene=

Went to the Disciples= With the NEWS=’I have SEEN the Lord!’=and she told them=

He had said these  things to her’”                                                                                                             John 20:18

There is/ARE=LOTS of joy=In today’s readings==In SONG OF SONGS=The BRIDE is

Looking for=Her lost love=and then she finds him=”All night LONG=on my bed=I LOOKED

For the one=MY HEART LOVES=I looked for him=But did not find him”      SONG OF SONGS 3:1

And in Psalm 63=The Psalmist is SEARCHING=For his/her God=as You and I are too=

“You God are MY GOD=Earnestly I seek you=I thirst for you=My whole being=LONGS for you=

In a dry and parched land=Where there is no water”                                                               Psalm 63:1

And then we have Mary Magdalen=Whose FEAST is today=SEARCHING for the body of Jesus=

And FINDING THE RISEN LORD!

 

And that is TRUE=of us ALL=On today’s feast=In today’s world=SEARCHING FOR God=Searching for

Jesus=LOOKING to hear=The LORD’S VOICE=Just one more TIME=and much to OUR SURPRISE=Just Like Mary Magdalene=FINDING him=Living=IN our own hearts=our own minds=and

Our OWN SOULS=”For truly I tell you=Many prophets and righteous people=LONGED to see=what

You see=But did not see it=and to HEAR what you hear=But did not hear it”                     Matthew 13:17

“Jerusalem-Jerusalem=You who kill the prophets=and stone those=SENT to you=How often

I have LONGED=To gather your children together=as  a hen gathers her chicks=Under her wings=

And you were NOT WILLING”                                                                                                               Matthew 23:37

“Now there is=In store for me=The Crown of righteousness=Which the Lord=THE RIGHTEOUS

JUDGE=Will award to me=On that day=--------and not only to me=But also to all=Who have

LONGED for his appearing”                                                                                                                 2 Timothy 4:8

LONGING to hear=THE VOICE of Jesus=Just ONE more time=In my HEART=Just like Mary

Magdalene=WE ALL ARE=On this day=Mary’s feast day

 

Mary does NOT RECOGNIZE Jesus=at first=But she KNOWS her SHEPHERD=as we all do too=

Dear Lord=WE PRAY=Let us HEAR your voice=ONE more time=In today’s world=For ONE

MORE MIRACLE!=”ALONGING FULFILLED=is sweet to the soul=But fools detest=Turning

From evil”                                                                                                                                                           Proverbs 13:19

HELP US=Dear Lord=To RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE=YOUR LOVE=In our life=Even in the

Darkness of this world=Mary Magdaleme was LONGING To hear your voice=and so are

WE ALL!=Just one MORE TIME!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name==Of our FROREVER LIVING=FOREVER LOVING=FOREVER

GUIDING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-20-2026

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Greg Erlandson

THE RESURRECTION and Mary MAGDALENE

 

 

 

 

The Resurrection and Mary Magdaleneac

 

Picture this

 

Your best friend

And teacher has died

The only person

That has ever

Really and truly

Believed in you

 

You go to the tomb

To collect the body

There is

No body there

 

“Don’t be alarmed,”  ( the man says  )

“I know you are looking

For Jesus of Nazareth

Who was crucified.

He is not here,

He has been raised!

Now go

And give the message

To his disciples.”  ( Mark 16:6-7 )

 

You feel

A plethora of feelings/emotions

Confusion, happiness, bewilderment

You really

Are not sure

What you feel

What you believe

 

But you decide

To do what the man said

 

You run

To the rest of your friends

You say,

“They have taken

The Lord out of the tomb

And we don’t know

Where they put him”

 

You and his other best friend

Simon Peter

Run back to the tomb

There still

Is no body there

 

Slowly

It is dawning on you

What your best friend Jesus

Has been teaching you

All along

 

At this

Your dear friend---Jesus

Appears to you and says,

“Woman, why are you crying”

 

You do not recognize him

And reply,

“They have taken my Lord away

And I do not know

Where they have put him”

 

Then you recognize him and say

“Teacher”

He says,

“Go and tell our friends

The good news”

 

You run

As fast as you can

To tell

The rest of your friends

That your friend, Jesus

Is indeed alive

 

Dear Lord

Your Resurrection

Has changed everything for us

And has made everything old---new

 

We pray to you---Dear Lord

That your life

Will fill our

Bodies, souls, hearts, and minds

With your new life

 

AND UNENDING FAITH

 

Robert P. Wallman               3---27---11

 

Ps        Dear Lord, 

            We thank you for your life, your death, your Resurrection

            And the gift of testimony and faith that you have left us with.

            We know that we live in a fallen world---that our world desperately

Needs you.  Please help us to make the WORD of GOD come alive and become

Relevant again in today’s world.

 

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE and HAPPY PASSOVER to ALL my JEWISH FRIENDS

 

 

 

 

 

A SPIRITUAL KIND OF LOVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

JULY 22^nd, 2012                                                                           

 

 

A SPIRITUAL KIND OF LOVE

 

 

I think she has a beautiful body

I think

She is very very sexy

But there’s

Nothing I can say

She doesn’t think of me

That way

 

So I love her heart

I love her soul

I love her mind

Some may think of me

As a fool

But to me

It’s pretty cool

 

There’s more to her

Than her body

She also has a heart

She also has a soul

She has a beautiful mind

I think that’s pretty cool

 

She hasn’t noticed my body

Thank God for that

But she likes my heart

She likes my soul

She likes my mind

She thinks I’m cool

 

So we are in love

But it’s NOT that kind

You might not think it

But it’s pretty cool

 

We have the perfect love

A SPIRITUAL KIND OF LOVE

 

Robert P. Wallman

5-5-06

 

For SOME OF the MOST IMPORTANT  WOMEN=OF MY LIFE

 

Ps        Today is the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

            -Jesus’ best friend and THE APOSTLE TO THE APOSTLES

 

“Brothers-if someone is caught in a sin

You who are SPIRITUAL should restore him gently”                Galatians 6:1

 

“Praised be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

Who has blessed us in the heavenly realms

With every SPIRITUAL blessing in Christ”                                 1 Ephesians 3