Wednesday, April 8, 2026

A FOOL FOR GOD

 

 

 

 

A FOOL FOR GOD

 

 

 

I am a fool

A fool-a fool-FOR GOD

I TRUST in God

 

“He who TRUSTS in himself

Is a fool

But he who walks

In wisdom

Is kept SAFE”                                                                Proverbs 28:26

 

I am a FOOL

A fool for God

For I TRUST

ONLY in the LORD

 

“For the foolishness of God

Is wiser than man’s wisdom

And the weakness of God

Is stronger

Than man’s strength”                                                        1 Corinthians 1:25

 

I put NO FAITH

In myself

I put no faith

In science

I put no faith

In fame or fortune

 

I trust

Only in the Lord

 

I am a fool

A fool

A fool for my God

 

“But God chose

The foolish things

Of the world

To shame the wise

 

God chose

The weak things

Of the world

To shame the strong”                                                                 1 Corinthians 1:27

 

I am a fool

A fool

 

A fool for God

 

 

Robert P. Wallman

3-31-13 and 5-24-2023

 

 

PS        MISC.      WITNESS       7-29-14 and 4-08-2026

 THE LAST WORD=EVEN IN DEATH









WITNESS



10-23-13



THE LAST WORD-EVEN IN DEATH



Have you ever been

In a discussion

Or an argument-IF you prefer

With someone

TRYING to get the LAST WORD


You might as well

Take your head

And bang it against the wall

It will have

THE SAME EFFECT

On that person


But one thing

We KNOW for sure

IS THAT GOD

ALWAYS has the last word

Because his WORDS are true


EVEN in life and death matters


In his 7th chapter

Saint Luke tells us the story

Of the WIDOW NAIN


Jesus-his disciples-and a LARGE CROWD

Were in a town called NAIN


As Jesus approached the town gate

A dead person

Was being carried out


THE ONLY SON

Of his mother

And she was a widow

And a large crowd

From the town Was with her


“WHEN the Lord

Saw her

HIS HEART went out to her

And he said,

'DON'T CRY'                                                           Luke 7:13


Then he went up

And touched the coffin

And said,

“YOUNG MAN-I say to you GET UP”                           Luke 7:14

And , of course, HE DID


DEATH was NOT

The last word

And it IS NOT

THE LAST WORD

In this world

Or the next


“THIS is what the Lord says

Israel's King and Redeemer

The, Lord Almighty,

  

        'I am the first

         And I am the LAST

         Apart from me

        THERE IS NO GOD'”                                              Isaiah 44:6


“DO NOT be afraid

I am the First and the Last


I am

THE LIVING ONE

I was dead

And behold

I AM ALIVE

For ever and ever

And I HOLD the keys

Of death and Hades”                                                  Revelations 1:17-18


And WE ALL KNOW

The story of Christ

Bringing back Lazarus

(the loving brother)

Of Martha and Mary

From death


And CHRIST'S own victory

OVER death


He is-GOD IS

THE LAST WORD


Jesus said to Martha,


“I AM the RESURRECTION

And the LIFE

He who believes in me

WILL LIVE

Even though he died


And whoever LIVES

And BELIEVES in me

WILL NEVER DIE

Do you believe this?”                                                 John 11:25-26


Dear Lord

48 years ago

AFTER I was given the LAST RIGHTS

I LIVED


And like

THE WIDOW NAIN and her son

LIKE Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

AND LIKE YOU


I HUMBLY SAY

“I BELIEVE”


YOU LORD

have the LAST WORD

( even in death )



Robert P. Wallman

9-24-13



Ps        I THANK YOU LORD for ALL the additional years

            I have had to spend with family-friends-churches-etc.



DEAR GOD-I BELIEVE           



ps        WITNESS        10-23-13                 and         7-5-2019        and 4-7-2026           

                                                

 

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

PEOPLE OF FAITH!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 8th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE OF FAITH

 

 

 

 

 

People of faith

Should put their hearts

Into everything they do

 

People of faith

Should put their soul

Into everything they do

 

They should

Keep on believing

Even when

The world is deceiving

That God

Can pull them through

 

People of faith

Should know

That there is something more

 

People of faith

Should know

That it is God

Who keeps the true score

 

People of faith

Should keep believing

When the world is so deceiving

 

People of faith

Should put

Their heart and soul

Into everything they do

 

They should know

That it is God

Who keeps the real score

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-10-6

 

 

        Faith is defined as TOTAL trust and reliance on God

        Outside of Jesus—2000 years ago—the one with the

        Most faith was Mary Magdalene—often called the apostle

        To the apostles

 

        Mary Magdalene was the first one to the tomb.  Not knowing

        That the gardener was Jesus, she said,  “Sir, if you carried him

        Away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him”

 

        Jesus said, “Mary,” and at once she recognized him

 

        She then went to the disciples with these words:

 

        “I have seen the Lord”

 

People of faith put their HEART AND SOUL into everything that they do

 

 

 

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

NOTHING WILL EVER BE=THE SAME AGAIN!

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTHING WILL EVER BE=THE SAME AGAIN

(LIGHT PIRCES THE DARKNESS)!

 

MARY Magdalen is STUNNED!=That Jesus is=NOT in the tomb=so they=Mary MAGDALEN=

And her friends=Go to tell the Disciples=Peter and John are  INCREDULOUS!=and

They RACE to the tomb too!=and Jesus is NOT THERE!=Jesus is RISEN!=Nothing CAN

EVER BE=THE SAME AGAIN!=EVERYTHING is now NEW and fresh!=”We are WITNESSES

Of everything=He DID in the Country=of the Jews=and in Jerusalem=They killed  him=

BY HANGING him=on a cross=But God RAISED him=from the dead=On the THIRD day=and

CAUSED him=to be seen”                                                                                                              ACTS 10:39-40

 

MANY of our VIGIL services=Are repeated yearly=But JESUS’ RESURRECTION of=

LIFE over death=is NEW AND EVERY  year==For GOD’S LIGHT does indeed=does indeed Penetrate

The darkness=and MAKE  EVERYTHING NEW AGAIN!==and fresh!

“He put a NEW SONG=In my mouth=a hymn of praise to our God=Many will see=and fear the

Lord=and PUT their trust in him”                                                                                                           Psalm 40:3

“See I will create=NEW HEAVENS and a NEW earth=The former things=Will not be remembered=

Nor will they come to mind”                                                                                                                         Isaiah 65:17

“ I will give you=A NEW HEART=and put a NEW SPIRIT in you=I will remove from you=Your

Heart of stone=and give you a HEART of flesh”                                                                             Ezekiel 36:26

NOTHING WILL EVER BE=THE SAME AGAIN!=For the LIGHT of Jesus’ love=PIERCES

The darkness of the night!

 

AT THE EASTER VIGIL=We still see the PIERCING LIGHT=in the darkness=Of the night=Just the

SAME WAY=Jesus’ VICTORY of LIFE AND LOVE=Penetrate the world=We break out=INTO

Songs of Praise=The WORDS of=OUR LIVING GOD=Announce our redemption=Our BAPTISM

VOWS=are NEW once again=and we see THE RISEN LORD=In the BODY and blood of the

EUCHARIST!=Of Jesus Christ=The SPIRIT of GOD’S LOVE=is ALIVE in Jesus!=EVERYTHING is

BRAND NEW==Nothing will ever=BE THE SAME AGAIN!=LIGHT PIERCES THE DARKNESS=and we

ARE RENEWED!

“……..Who satisfies your desires=with good things=So that your youth=IS RENEWED=Like the

Eagle’s”                                                                                                                                                                      Psalm 103:5

“Therefore=we do NOT lose heart=Though outwardly we=Are wasting away=Yet inwardly we=

Are BEING RENEWED DAY BT DAY”                                                                                                2 Corinthians 4:16

 

WE BECOME CHRISTIANS=Over and over and OVER again=NOT because we GET IT RIGHT=

The first time=Or even the second=But because THE RIVER AND TREE OF LIFE=Through Christ’s

RESURRECTION=and the LOVE of the Holy Father God=Require us=To bring LIFE and=

FRESHNESS=to ALL we touch=For after Jesus’ Resurrection=For the LOVE OF GOD=PIERCES the darkness in us=NOTHING  IS=EVER THE SAME AGAIN!

“Thes things happened=so that the SCRIPTURES=would be fulfilled=’NOT one   of his bones=

Will be broken’=and as ANOTHER Scripture says=’They will look on=THE ONE THEY

PIERCED’”                                                                                                                                                            John 19:36-37

 

My dear SISTERS AND BROTHERS=In Christ=After the Resurrection of Jesus=We are BRAND

NEW!=NOTHING WILL EVER BE=THE SAME AGAIN!

In Jesus’ name=and IN the name=Of OUR EVER LIVING=Ever loving SON=as well as THE=

HOLY FATHER OF GOD!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-05-2026=EASTER SUNDAY

 

Ps=INSPIRED by an article IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A.

 

 

 

Monday, April 6, 2026

A PERSON'S WORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 6th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

A PERSON’S WORD

 

 

 

 

 

A person

Is only as good

As their word

I learned that

A long long time ago

 

If you are faithful

In small things

You will be faithful

In large

I learned that

A long long time ago

 

A person

Is only as good as their word

 

If you can

Be trusted in small things

You can be

Trusted in large

 

I learned that

A long long time ago

 

A person is only

As good as their word

 

When you say something

Do you really mean it

When you say something

Do you really keep it

In small things

And in large

 

A person

Is only as good as their word

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-12-06

 

Ps        GOD’S WORD IS ALWAYS TRUTH

 

“For the word of God

Is living and active

Sharper than any double-edged sword

 

It penetrates

Even to dividing soul and spirit---joints and marrow

It judges the thoughts and attitudes

of the HEART “                                                                                Hebrews 4:12

 

 

“The reason my Father loves me

Is that I lay down my life

---Only to take it up again

 

No one takes it from me

But I lay it down

Of my own accord

 

I have authority

To lay it down

And authority to take it up again

 

This command

I received from my Father”                                                 John 10:18

 

Today at 3pm---Jesus Christ laid down his human life

Only to pick it back up on Sunday

To live in eternity with his Father and us

 

A person is ONLY AS GOOD AS HIS WORD

 

Ps     5-31-2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRIUMPH OF GOD AND LOVE=OVER THE CROSS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRIUMPH OF GOD AND LOVE=

Over the Cross!

 

On Good Friday=WE WITNESSED a horrible  crucifixion=But the EVER ENDURING LOVE=

Of the PERFECT=Son  of God=PREVAILS through the AGONY of the Cross

We WITNESSED=The TRIUMPH of Jesus=THE TRIUMPH of LOVE=On the cross=

“CARRYING his own cross=He went out=To the place of the skull=(Which in Aramaic is

Called Golgotha)=There they CRUCIFIED him=with two others=--------On each side  and=

Jesus in the middle”                                                                                                                                        John 19:17-18

 

And as Jesus was dying=JESUS STILL LOVED=Jesus still PRAYED to his Holy Father God=

He Entrusted the CARE of his Mother=To his disciple John=HE FORGAVE his executioners=and

HE PROMISED eternal life=To the GOOD THIEF=Talk about=THE TRIUMPH OF  LOVE=On

The Cross=and THE BEST=Was still yet to come=IN THE RESURRECTION=THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH=

THE ULTIMATE VICTORY!

“Your gates=Will always stand open=They will never be shut=Day or night=So that people may

BRING you=The wealth of the nations=--------Their kings led in

TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION”                                                                                                              Isaiah 60:11

“But thanks be to God=Who always leads us as captives=IN CHRIST’S TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION=

And uses us to=Spread the aroma=Of the knowledge of him everywhere”         2 Corinthians 2:14

“And having disarmed=The powers=and authorities=He made a public spectacle of them=

TRIUMPHING over them by the CROSS”                                                                                   Colossians 2:15

 

These are THE TRIUMPHS=We celebrate=Particularly the VICTORY of LIFE over death=Of

LOVE over hate=and the VICTORY Paul tells us about in 1 Corinthians 13:7=”LOVE always protects=

Always trusts=Always hopes=Always perseveres=and LOVE NEVER FAILS”=Jesus and the Holy

Father=GOD OF LOVE=have never failed=and their LIFE and LOVE is in us=to this very day!=

This is=THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE!=This is the TRIUMPH of life=This is the SON’S VICTORY=

Of LOVE TRIUMPHING Over the cross!

“With God=we will GAIN in the VICTORY=and he will trample down our enemies”            Psalm 60:12

“DEATH has been swallowed up in VICTORY=’Where O death is your VICTORY?’=Where O

Death is your sting?’”                                                                                                                           1 Corinthians 15:54

“But thanks be to God=He gives us=THE VICTORY=

Through our Lord Jesus Christ”                                                                                                 1  Corinthians 15:57

 

We CANNOT BUILD a=Successful life=Without Christ in it=We cannot OVERCOME OUR CROSSES=

Without BUILDING our lives=With Jesus at the top of it=Can we LIVE like Jesus?=and continue

TO LOVE=When our Crosses our bearing down on us?=Can we=KEEP HOLDING ON=and=TRIUMPH

When it is our time of THE CROSS?=If we can=If we do=OUR VICTORY IS=In them=”And his

Commands=are not burdensome=+For everyone Born of God=OVERCOMES the world=This

Is the VICTORY=That has overcome the world=Even our faith=ONLY the one who believes=That

Jesus is THE SON OF GOD”                                                                                                                      1 John 5:4

 

Dear Lord Jesus=WE PRAY=That we EMULATE YOU=For the LOVE you had on=THE CROSS=For in

YOUR LIFE AND LOVE=In TRIUMPHING OVER THE CROSS=You have RENEWED THE WORLD!

In Jesus’ name=and In the name=Of our EVER LOVING=Ever Living=Forever faithful Holy

Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-4-2026

 

Ps          INSPIRED BY=an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by=Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.

Sunday, April 5, 2026

THE PRAYER OF PRAYERS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 5th, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

THE PRAYER OF PRAYERS

 

 

 

 

 

Our Father

The Father of us all

The prayer of prayers

 

Who art in heaven

Hallowed be your name

God

Your name

Above all others

 

Thy kingdom come

May your kingdom

Reign in us

Totally on your earth

 

Thy will be done

Your will Lord

Not ours

 

On earth, as it is heaven

May our world

Become like yours

Where we know

Only love

 

Give us this day

All life

Is a gift

From you Lord

 

Our daily bread

Not just food for our substance

But our spiritual essence

 

And forgive us our trespasses

You know us all too well

Lord

But please forgive us anyway

 

As we forgive those

Who trespass against us

Lord may we pass along

The mercy that you give to us

On to others

 

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

Lord please guide us

In each and every moment

Of our lives

 

Our Father

The prayer of prayers

Amen

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-22-10 and 4-04-05-2025