LOVE THE ONLY DREAM WORTH LIVING

 

SENT 6-22-2025

JOURNAL-LOVE-THE ONLY DREAM WORTH LIVING

“The Lord is my SHEPHERD; I shall not want

IN VERDANT PASTURES-he gives me repose

Beside RESTFUL WATERS he leads me

He REFRESHES my SOUL”    Psalm 23:1-3

I have ALWAYS LOVED the 23rd psalm-WHERE do you FIND the VERDANT PASTURES in your life-or the RESTFUL WATERS

FOR me-it is in my home-in my bedroom at rest-or WHEN I FIND the time to write new poetry-while looking at the lake outside of my apartment-or WHEN at the OCEAN-wherever it is for you-I am sure that it is a place that BRINGS you peace-and I AM SURE that it is a place that reminds you of HOW MUCH LOVE God has for you-as it does me

it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us and a great day to RECOGNIZE the green pastures and fresh waters-and SPEND TIME with God there today

LOVE-A DREAM WORTH LIVING

“IF I have ALL FAITH

So as to move mountains

But I do not have love

I AM NOTHING”                                                                   1 Corinthians 13:2

WHEN I was younger

In my late teens

In my early 20's

I had a PLAN A

And Plan A

Was to meet someone

Settle down

Have a family and a career

And LIVE HAPPILY ever after

And I am SURE

There are those of you

That had that same dream

As I

It's funny

HOW things work out

MY WHOLE LIFE

Changed on my 22nd birthday

With an operation

AND GOD

Brought me back to him

And maybe GOD

HAS BROUGHT YOU

Back to him

In some other way

I HOPE SO

For there are many of us

Out there

Who have lost track

Of themselves

And their dreams

Of CHANGING the world

By living the wrong dream

And they can't

FIND THEIR WAY

Back to God

Love is

THE ONLY DREAM 

Worth living

“LOVE is patient

Love is kind

It does not envy

It does not boast

It is not proud

It is not rude

It is not self seeking

It is NOT easily angered

It KEEPS no record

Of wrongs

LOVE does not delight

In evil

But REJOICES

With the truth

IT ALWAYS PROTECTS

Always trusts

Always hopes

Always perseveres

LOVE NEVER FAILS”                                                     1 Corinthians 13:4-8

As we

Go about our journey

In life

We forget

That love

THE GIVING AND RECEIVING

Of love

IS the only dream

Worth living

NO OTHER

Kind of investment

Of our time and treasure

WILL BRING us peace

The funny thing

About love

Is that

The more we give

THE MORE we have to give

GOD-YOU ARE LOVE

YOU ARE my very life

You are the ONLY DREAM

Worth Living

Robert P. Wallman

9-17-14

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens

11-12-14 &  8-14-16 and 12-14-15-18 and 1-5-20 and 6-22-2025