Tuesday, April 19, 2022

REMINDING US=OF HIS LOVE

 

REMINDING US=OF HIS LOVE

 

Today we read a story

That is

ONE of my favorites

 

TWO FRIENDS=on the road

To Emmaus

“……..their eyes WERE OPENED……..”                                                                                        Luke 24:31

 

As we JOURNEY ALONG

In our life=

We SHARE with anyone

Who will listen

About the HARDSHIPS

We are enduring

 

We WONDER if God

Knows=or even CARES

About us

 

Then someone comes along

AND REMINDS US

Of all we need to suffer

To bring glory

To our God

 

Jesus REMINDS the two men today

On the ROAD to Emmaus

And he reminds us

EVERY DAY=of our lives

 

“But the ADVOCATE=the Holy Spirit

Whom the Father

Will send=in my name

 

Will teach you

All things=and will REMIND YOU

Of everything

I have said to you”                                                                                                          John 14:26

 

Jesus ACCOMPANIES US

Every day=through all

The ups and downs

Of our life

 

Even when he disappears

From our life

For awhile

 

HE USES the circumstances-

Coincidences=and happenings

Of our life=to REMIND US

That he is STILL with us

 

REMINDING US every day

Of his love

Accompanying with us

EVERYWHERE=that we go

 

As he was ACCOMPANYING

The two men=on the road to Emmaus

 

“And these signs

WILL ACCOMANY THOSE=who believe

 

In my name

They will drive out demons

They will speak=in tongues”                                                                                                 Mark 16:17

 

CHANCES are=most of us

Will never do these things

 

But as we walk

BY FAITH

And Carry our crosses

 

Jesus will be

WALKING WITH US

Every step of the way

REMINDING US=

OF HIS LOVE =for us

 

Just as he was DOING

With the two men

ON THE ROAD to Emmaus

 

We are=we have been

TRANSFORMED BY HOPE=

Let us become=DISCIPLES

Of his love too

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER FAITHFUL Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-19-2022

 

 

Ps       INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.

 

THE KINGDOM OF GOD=IS HERE

 











THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE!


You CANNOT see it-feel it=

Or touch it=but the

KINGDOM OF GOD is here

LIVING in each one of our HEARTS


(Jesus said)=”The Kingdom of God

Is at hand=REPENT=and

BELIEVE in the GOSPEL”                                                                          Mark 1:15


MANY of the readings today

Speak of REPENTANCE


God asks Jonah to PREACH repentance

To the people of Nineveh=

At first=he says NO


But the second time

He OBEYS GOD=and preaches

REPENTANCE to everyone


We too should repent in

TODAY'S WORLD=because I don't

Think=the KINGDOM of God

has ever been closer


It is HERE=in this world=

Despite the fact that we

Are NOT living like it


The KINGDOM of God

Is HERE=it is CLOSER

Than you think


“Yours Lord=is the greatness

And the power


And the GLORY=and the majesty

And the splendor

For everything in heaven

And earth


Is YOURS

Yours Lord=is the kingdom

You are EXALTED=as HEAD=

Over all”                                                                                                              1 Chronicles 29:11


“His KINGDOM=will be

An everlasting kingdom

And all rulers

Will WORSHIP and obey him”                                                                                 Daniel 7:27


“AFTER his suffering=

He presented himself

To them


And GAVE many convincing PROOFS

That he was ALIVE


He appeared to them

OVER a period of 40 days

And spoke about

THE KINGDOM OF GOD”                                                                                         Acts 1:3


The kingdom of GOD is NEAR

And it will LAST

On this earth=forever=

And ever


The Lord tells us

To seek his WAYS=to live

HIS WAYS


TEACH me your ways O LORD=

And I will=we will=

LIVE forever and ever 


And we will WALK the KINGDOM

Of God=here on this earth


Jesus tells us=

“The KINGDOM of God

Is at HAND”


It is NOT WAY up high

It is not way over there

IT IS HERE=it is HERE=

RIGHT here in OUR HEARTS


TEACH me your ways=O LORD


“SHOW ME your ways=Lord=

Teach me your paths”                                                                                             Psalm 25:4


“For your ways=

Are in FULL VIEW

Of the Lord


And he EXAMINES

All your paths”                                                                                                 Proverbs 5:21


Our REPENTANCE

Does NOT cause the KINGDOM

Of God to appear


Our repentance is our

JUBILANT RESPONE to God's kingdom

Already BEING HERE=

LIVING IN OUR HEARTS


In the names of the SON Jesus=and HIS MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman

1-19-18



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




Ps      12-29-30-2020 and 4-19-2022

STAND FOR SOMETHING

 

April 19th

 

“Stand for Something”

 

I have

Heard it said

You have

To stand for something

Or you

Stand for nothing at all

 

Stand up for God

Stand up for love

Stand up for your Brother and Sister

Stand up for what is right

In this world

 

Stand up for peace

Stand up for kindness

Stand up for the weak

And forlorn

 

Stand for something

Or you stand

For nothing at all

 

Stand up for the old

Stand up for the homeless

Stand up

For children and families

 

Stand up for something in this world

Stand up for love

 

Robert P. Wallman

12/16/09

 

Monday, April 18, 2022

LETTING GO OF JESUS!

 

LETTING GO OF JESUS!

 

How EXCITED are you

That Jesus is back

With us?=

Are you JOYFIL?

You should be

 

He WILL be with us

From now UNTIL the Ascension

In 40 days=

Then we will

Have to let go AGAIN

LETTING GO OF JESUS!

Prepare yourselves

 

How happy Mary Magdalene

Must have been=TO SEE

To hold Jesus again

LETTING GO OF JESUS!

 

After all

Jesus gave Mary Magdalene

New life

 

He CAST out her demons

She was cradling

This MIRACLE=Of Jesus’ resurrection

IN her heart=so should we

She had NEW FAITH-

New life=with this miracle

So should we

 

As DIFFICULT as it was

She had to say goodbye

So will we

 

But Jesus LIVES ON

In our hearts

As HE DOES in Mary’s

 

“Jesus said to her

‘Mary’

She turned to him

And cried out=in Aramaic

“Rabboni’=which means ‘TEACHER’”                                                                                 John 20:16

 

“Mary Magdalene went to

The disciples=with the news

‘I have seen=the Lord’

 

And she told them

That he had said

These things to her”                                                                                                             John 20:18

 

WHAT A MIRACLE

This was for Mary

What a miracle=

This is FOR US

 

But eventually-

We will have to

LET HIM go again

Just like Mary

 

GOODBYES are always difficult-

But he will LIVE ON

With us=in our hearts

 

Jesus had to ASCEND to

The Father=on the Ascension

And his SPIRIT

IS coming to us

There is always=another chapter

WITH JESUS!

 

“But to each one

Of us=

Grace has been given-

As Christ apportioned it

This is why it says’

 

‘When he ASCENDED=on high

He took many captives

And gave gifts

To his people’”                                                                                                                     Ephesians 4:8

 

So ENJOY Jesus’ presence

For the next FORTY DAYS

 

See him=touch him=feel him

LOVE him=like Mary=UNTIL he goes

And leaves his SPIRIT

For us=at PENTECOST

 

LETTING GO OF JESUS!

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our EVER PRESENT=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-18-2022

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Claire McGarry

 

 

 

THE HEART MOST FULL OF LOVE=FOLLOW HIM!

 










THE HEART MOST FULL

OF LOVE=FOLLOW HIM!


Jesus had a HEART FULL=

Of love=all the more reason

He is=what he was=

The SON of God


He had MORE LOVE in him=

Than any other human being

That ever lived


“We HAVE come to KNOW

And to BELIEVE

In the LOVE God

Has for us”                                                                                                                   1 John 4:16


The IMAGE of a heart

Has long been an image

Of LOVE=and today=

The feast of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS


Invites us to REMEMBER

The FULLNESS of love

That Jesus had for us


It CALLS us to remember

The OVERFLOWING compassion and

SELFLESS dedication=that poured forth

From the HEART of Jesus


“My HEART-O God-is steadfast-

I will SING and make music

With all my soul”                                                                                                      Psalm 108:1


“LISTEN my son

And be wise

And SET your HEART

On the right path”                                                                                                        Proverbs 23:19


“You breed of vipers-

HOW can you-

Who are evil


Say anything good?


For the MOUTH speaks

What the HEART is FULL OF”                                                                                  Matthew 12:34


And Jesus HAD a heart

FULL OF LOVE

He SPOKE mostly love-

For GOD IS LOVE


The HEART most full

OF LOVE=


The ONE who HEALED the sick

Gave SIGHT to the blind-and-

DID so much GOOD for others


We need to FOLLOW HIM-

In HOW we live our lives-

And LIVE our lives with LOVE


We NEED to FOLLOW the man-and-

The SON OF GOD Jesus=

The ONE who had the

MOST LOVE


“SURELY your goodness and love

Will FOLLOW ME

All the days

Of my life


And I will DWELL

In the hose of the Lord-

FOREVER”                                                                                                                   Psalm 23:6


“COME-FOLLOW ME,'

Jesus said,

'And I will SEND you out

To FISH for people'”                                                                                                        Matthew 4:19-20


That IS still our JOB TODAY


And TODAY=on the FEAST-

Of the SACRED HEART OF Jesus


We MUST REMEMBER THAT-

There is still great POWER

In the SACRED HEART of Jesus


Power to INSPIRE and RESTORE

RELATIONSHIPS with him and God-

HIS FATHER


Let us remember that JESUS' HEART-

Is the ONE MOST FULL OF LOVE


And FOLLOW HIM


Follow him all the WAY HOME

To a RESTORED relationship with him

And God his FATHER


In the name of JESUS the Son


Robert P. Wallman

6-23-7 and 4-18-2022



Ps     INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.




RAINBOW

 

August 30th

 

 

“Rainbow”

 

 

Been searching everywhere

Been searching

All over the world

They say the hardest place

To find the rainbow

Is also the easiest

That is because

The rainbow

Is inside of you

 

Looking looking

Where is the rainbow

Looking looking everywhere

Where is the rainbow

The rainbow

Is inside of you

 

Been searching everywhere

Been searching

All over the world

 

They say

The hardest place to find that rainbow

Is also the easiest

That is because

That rainbow

Is inside of you

 

Looking looking everywhere

You forgot the easiest spot

That rainbow

Is inside of you

 

That rainbow is inside of you

 

 

4/13/06         Robert  P.  Wallman

 

Sunday, April 17, 2022

RESOLVE TO BE=A WITNESS!

 

RESOLVE TO BE=A WITNESS!

 

Jesus has now

Resurrected from the dead=

We have=THE BLESSINGS

Of God=and Christ Jesus

Upon us

 

Now comes the HARD PART

For us to LIVE

The teachings of our Jesus

All year long

 

Be an example=

RESOLVE TO BE=A WITNESS!

For Christ!

Spread the joy

 

“God raised this Jesus

Of this=

We are ALL WITNESS”                                                                                                            Acts 2:32

 

Jesus is risen=hallelujah

He is RISEN=for sure

 

What JOY we will have

CELEBRATING this Easter Miracle

With our family

And our Christian friends

 

What joy

We will have=in our HEARTS

If we=RESOLVE

TO BE A WITNESS!=for Jesus

 

And LIVE the teachings

Of him=all day long

 

“But Daniel=RESOLVED not to

Defile himself=with the royal food

And wine

 

And he asked

The chief official=for permission

Not to defile himself=this way”                                                                                      Daniel 1:8

 

“For I RESOLVED

To know nothing=

While I was with you

Except Jesus Christ=and him crucified”                                                                          1 Corinthians 2:2

 

Let us NOT let this

Be just another day

 

When we do the basic

Laundry=and cooking

And wash the car

 

Let us use

TODAY’S OPPORTUNITIES

To RESOLVE to

SPREAD the good news

Of the Lord!

 

RESOLVE TO BE

A WITNESS!=to

The resurrection of Christ today!

 

This is JOYFUL

And exciting news

 

“ONE WITNESS

Is not enough

To convict anyone

 

Accused of any crime=or offense

They may have committed”                                                                                               Deuteronomy 19:15

 

“But you will

Receive power=

When the Holy Spirit

Comes to you

 

In Jerusalem=and in all Judea

And Samaria

And to the ends

Of the earth”                                                                                                                  Acts 1:8

 

SHOW your Easter joy!

RESOLVE TO BE

A WITNESS!=for Jesus

ALL the days=of your life

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LIVING

Holy Father God=and Jesus!

 

Robert P. Wallman

4-17-2022

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Melanie Rigney