July 24, 2023
#631 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 This from my Stephen Ministry meeting: “Growing old is an adventure in slow.” I love that so much. I go through days where not very much happens at all–and yet, when I crawl into bed I think, What a fine day! All that made it fine was a sense of God’s presence. I used to identify God with the cataclysmic events of my life–now I can recognize Him in the gentle brushstrokes of everyday life. Keep slowing it down, Lord Jesus.
July 25, 2023
On Tuesdays I usually play golf and always write about it…
#632 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 My Chinese fortune cookie: “Frequent conversations will fill your heart with joy.” Absolutely post-prophetic. I just returned from a four day 10 man golf trip. Very very close to the joy of playing golf together is the joy of sitting around at cocktail hour. That is where golf friends become real friends. And my fortune has a deeper meaning: On the whole trip I can maintain a continuing conversation with the Lord, who never leaves me.
July 26, 2023
#633 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 My viewpoint on an ecumenical issue: Jesus powers the light. The light is love. I don’t have to know the source to enjoy the light, but the one on one is phenomenal!
(comic from Coffee with Jesus by David Wilkie)
July 27, 2023
#634 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 One of the most comforting, stress-relieving, recurring realizations I can stumble across (again and again and again) is that God knows exactly where I am on my journey–and He put me here! I stutter and sputter and stagger–His soft strong pull is continually forward. The formula is so simple: let go of myself and cling to Him.
July 28, 2023
#635 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 If I am determined to love my neighbor, that is a serious commitment. Fact: it is not going to be easy–it requires vigilance and dedication and discernment. Fact: I am going to fail again and again but hopefully less and less. Fact: I can’t fake love–I have to draw it from its source. Thanks be to God that He gives it so freely!
July 29, 2023
#636 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2023 I have been wondering if I will be Dallin in heaven? I don’t think so. I suspect that Dallin is attached to my ego identity and my soul runs deeper than that. But I will still be me and Karen will still be her, and I believe we will recognize each other. What will we call one another? Maybe Glory. It’s fruitless to think of things so far beyond my comprehension.
July 30, 2023
Family Sunday with a wrinkle…
#637 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023. God (or man) recently challenged me to identify the priorities of my heart. This is what i came up with: *God. *my wife. *my children & spouses. *my granddaughters. *my extended family (all sides). *my friends. *my pet (Spice is pushing hard to bump ahead of “friends”. *whoever God puts in my path. In retrospect, I think it was God and man. Long ago the Beatles taught me all I need is love. I’m sure there is enough to go around.
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