HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY April 20–26, 2026

April 20, 2026

God some­times speaks through for­mer students…
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Feb­ru­ary 10, 2026 What a plea­sure for Karen and I to have din­ner with two young peo­ple who have com­mit­ted their lives to the Lord, and to learn how that com­mit­ment is hav­ing a pos­i­tive impact on their worlds. Keep press­ing on, Tay­lor and Jesse!

April 21, 2026

Golf is a spir­i­tu­al exercise..
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April 16, 2026 Not the first time I’ve men­tioned this… It’s fair­ly obvi­ous on the emo­tion­al side: I am to stay relaxed and calm, con­trol my anger and dis­ap­point­ment on bad shots, not allow my mood or behav­ior to be affect­ed by my score, and enjoy and enhance the cama­raderie of my fel­low golfers. How­ev­er, the greater chal­lenge lies on the phys­i­cal side: I strive to get my mind, my body and my spir­it attuned and work­ing togeth­er to com­plete an effort­less and repeat­able golf swing (or chip or putt). Kind of like yoga. In this my progress is painful­ly slow.
April 22,2026
“For­ev­er is com­posed of nows.” –Emi­ly Dickinson
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March 10, 2026 Amen, Emi­ly. Every time I look to the future or the past, I am inevitably returned to the here and now. That seems to be the only place I can make any dif­fer­ence. And the more I dwell on those two muse­ums, the less impact I can have where it mat­ters. Keep me present like You, Lord Jesus
April 23, 2026
Mer­cy first.
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March 31, 2026 That is our Lord’s instruc­tion to us. It’s not like mer­cy and judg­ment are two sides of a scale that moves up and down. Jesus says “Blessed are the mer­ci­ful for they shall receive mer­cy.” James reminds us “Mer­cy tri­umphs over judg­ment.” Jesus sets the exam­ple for us to follow.

April 24, 2026

Real change starts from within…
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April 8, 2026 The gospel is about trans­for­ma­tion. I think of my life as a gar­den where the fruit of the Spir­it (love, joy, peace, patience, kind­ness, good­ness, faith­ful­ness, gen­tle­ness, and self-con­trol) is sup­posed to be grow­ing. The Holy Spir­it is the design­er and I am the labor­er. If there are no signs of growth, then I am involved in a reli­gion not a relationship.

April 25,2026

I wrote this prayer on June 6, 2017…
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Decem­ber 9, 2025 My dear Lord Jesus — I am ready to step out. I am not at all sure if this is a call­ing, or if this is just an urge on my part. That is what has kept me from writ­ing these past three years. I don’t want to write for myself — I want to write for You.
Four years and five months lat­er (!) I start­ed HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY. I have bare­ly missed a day since. Still don’t know if it’s an urge or a call­ing, but I know what I believe.
April 26, 2026
Fam­i­ly Sun­day in the classroom…
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March 5, 2026 As I have watched my grand­daugh­ters work their way through the var­i­ous stages of pri­ma­ry edu­ca­tion, I’ve noticed some sim­i­lar­i­ties to my own pas­sage through that time — the desire to fit in… estab­lish­ing an identity…the need for a friend­ly peer group… prov­ing myself wor­thy… I’m proud of the way they are grow­ing. But the world they are nav­i­gat­ing through? Oh my! Watch over them, Lord Jesus

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