HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY September 5–11, 2022

Post on 15 September, 2022 by Dallin Malmgren

Sep­tem­ber 5, 2022
This one just goes back to yesterday…
#309 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 4, 2022 “Who can find a vir­tu­ous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.” (Proverbs 31:10) Today is Karen’s 68th birth­day. We have cer­tain­ly shared life’s jour­ney togeth­er, and our bond is stronger than ever. To this day the Holy Spir­it has appoint­ed us each oth­er’s pri­ma­ry tutor in the art of love. I would nev­er have main­tained this writ­ing project with­out her steady encour­age­ment. If love were mea­sur­able (it’s not), I would have to admit that the peo­ple I love the most love her more than me. Hap­py birth­day, my beloved wife.

Sep­tem­ber 6, 2022
If it’s Tues­day, it must be tee time…
#310 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sat­ur­day, August 6, 2022 God gave me the oppor­tu­ni­ty to take a road trip with my son, dri­ving up to Arkansas to pick up his daugh­ter from camp. We stopped in Texarkana for a round of golf, had din­ner at a local pub, drove the rest of the way Sat­ur­day morn­ing, and then drove home with Harp­er. What fun! “Pre­cious mem­o­ries, how they linger, How they ever flood my soul…”

Sep­tem­ber 7, 2022
#311 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thurs­day, August 11, 2022 This from my qui­et time: “…pop­u­lar fun­da­men­tal­ism has empha­sized the util­i­ty of the cross rather than the beau­ty of the One who died on it. The saved man’s rela­tion to Christ has been made con­trac­tu­al instead of per­son­al. The ‘work’ of Christ has been stressed until it has eclipsed the per­son of Christ. Sub­sti­tu­tion has been allowed to super­sede iden­ti­fi­ca­tion. What He did for me seems to be more impor­tant than what He is to me.” –A.W.Tozer
God always brings me back to the same point: He wants a rela­tion­ship, not a religion.

Sep­tem­ber 8, 2022
#312 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, July 26, 2022 I used to teach my Cre­ative Writ­ing stu­dents that to be a writer you had to devel­op a strong ego. I think that is a good teach­ing, but boy, does it have an adden­dum to it! There’s such a fine line between “strong” and “big”, and high school­ers are not adept at draw­ing lines. Of course, the same applies to the teacher. I find the biggest chal­lenge I face in my old age is train­ing my ego to fol­low the Lord instead of seek­ing its own way. I don’t mean will­ful disobedience–I mean pay­ing atten­tion to dis­cern­ing what He wants. The first thing a “big” ego says is, “I can han­dle it.” I can­not devel­op a “strong” ego with­out humility.

Sep­tem­ber 9, 2022
#313 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednes­day, August 3, 2022 “The Lord’s lov­ingkind­ness­es indeed nev­er cease…They are new each morn­ing.” (Lamen­ta­tions 3:22) Isn’t that a great way to wake up?

Sep­tem­ber 10, 2022
Please note, this hap­pened three months ago…
#314 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, June 14, 2022 A very close friend of mine died today. It was sud­den, a heart attack. I won’t go into the details, but it was so much the grace of God to take him the way He took him. My friend was tired and alone and his health was dete­ri­o­rat­ing rapid­ly. The last thing he did was to dri­ve nine hours to see his daugh­ter and grand­daugh­ters (a her­culean effort for him). As he was get­ting ready to dri­ve back home, his heart stopped. What this shows me is that God’s love and grace and mer­cy extend far beyond our nar­row con­cept of heav­en and hell. Rest in peace, Jeff.

Sep­tem­ber 11, 2022
#315 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sat­ur­day, July 9, 2022 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart…” I believe this is the most chal­leng­ing part of the whole process–I have to will­ing­ly take myself off the throne of my life and put Him there. Then I have to will­ing­ly do that for the rest of my jour­ney. That is what faith is. Faith leads to grace and grace leads to love. What a remark­able jour­ney, and what fun to write about!

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