August 19, 2024
Too hot on the porch, so…
#1162 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
January 23, 2024 A tour of my study (my favorite room): I’ll start with the two portraits of the Lord, one of Him as a boy talking with the elders, one the classical portrait (I’m guessing He didn’t look like that). I appreciate them as icons, watching from over my left shoulder. They encourage me to seek His presence.
August 20, 2024
Golf Tuesday, the agony…
#1163 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July 17, 2024 Lost an extremely close golf match today (three playoff holes). If golf is a spiritual exercise, growth is more important than triumph. From the low of a missed easy putt to the satisfaction of a perfectly struck shot, my emotions are like a schizophrenic escalator. He is always there, trying to steady me. It is so much fun. And I haven’t even mentioned the three wonderful men I played the match with…
August 21, 2024
#1164 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May 21, 2024 I am beginning to understand that what becomes of me is out of my control. The how and the why and the when of my end of this life is unknown…except by Him. Having trusted Him this far–that faith being reaffirmed countless times–I would be a fool to put my hope anywhere else. I trust Him not to just get me there but to arrange the transportation. “Thy will be done.” Lead on, Lord Jesus.
August 22, 2024
What the heck, let’s try Family Thursday…
#1165 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August 22, 2024 A morning prayer: Thank You for the simple fact that I can travel a thousand plus miles and You are still with me. Everything about where I am has changed–nothing about who I am. I woke up with the same hunger, the same need, the same desire–You. A new day and a new place and a new adventure–what do You have for me today, Lord? And, I realize, o joy, my wife is with me, my son is with me, my granddaughter is with me, proving once again that You are always with me.
August 23, 2024
#1166 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June 15, 2024 Self-criticism–give it a centimeter, it’ll take a kilo. The further I allow it to creep, the more power I cede to it. The weakest (and often easiest) defense I can supply is justification; I am this way because… When introspection leads to self-condemnation, I have one healthy recourse: confession, remission, and pressing on to the higher calling of my Lord.
August 24, 2024
#1167 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August 24, 2024 From the roiling heat of Texas where the air shimmers to the persistent drear of the Pacific Northwest where the earth absorbs–can this be the same creation? But of course–His diversity knows no bounds. Not everything God makes is beautiful, but everything fits. My job is to learn to navigate. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world!
August 25, 2024
Family Sunday bonding time…
#1168 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August 2, 2024 I always pray for fish when I fish, and it usually doesn’t work. Today it did.
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