January 31, 2022
#92 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 I’ve discovered another benefit of my writing project. God will not only speak; He will sometimes remind. After feeling out of it for four days (head cold), I meditated in my study this evening. I was moved again to one of those “state of the union” moments–that I knew He was present, who He is, that our connection is vital, and how I trust He will continue the work He has begun in me. A glorious peacefulness settles in.
February 1, 2022
#93 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, January 1, 2022 “All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” (I Corinthians 6:12) Thus begins Dry January. I have to admit, cocktail hour is a magical time for me, and I do enjoy dry red wine. The first day of Dry January is always a little skittery for me. But I know it is good for my soul. I keep thinking one of these years God is going to tell me to quit entirely. He hasn’t yet. Perhaps this is the year.
February 2, 2022
#94 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, December 9, 2021 To understand the Bible, you have to know that God is love. That is why I recommend you read I Corinthians 13 first and the Gospel of John next.
February 3, 2022
#95 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, January 8, 2022 God comes to us in our weakness, not in our strength. Leonard Cohen said it wonderfully: “Ring the bells that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering / There is a crack, a crack in everything / That’s how the light gets in.”
February 4, 2022
#96HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, January 9, 2022 In the winter, in the morning, lying in bed all toasty, with just your head sticking out feeling the slight chill, knowing you don’t have to get up if you don’t want to–isn’t that a bit like feeling the loving arms of God wrapped around you?
February 5, 2022
#97 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Karen bought a game called Exploding Kittens which she wants to play with our granddaughters. She asked me to play it with her so she could learn how. We dove in and, I swear, in fifteen minutes you would have thought we were fifteen years younger, laughing and teasing and trying to beat each other down (she won both games). Thus was born our own Game Night. What does this have to do with God? Can’t explain why, but everything.
February 6, 2022
#98 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, January 3, 2022 I found my definition of “church.” “The spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, is defined in scripture as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Living in these virtues is what binds us into community in such a way that we are immune from separation by distance, temperament, race, color, gender, ideology, social status, history, creed, or even death. All who live in these virtues are one body with each other and constitute the church.” –from The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser
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