July 20, 2026
Are you talking to Me?
#1655 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June 3, 2026 I used to write down my prayers in little notebooks during my quiet time. Otherwise, I would find myself drifting off of the prayer and into thoughts of my day, my To Do list, what’s for breakfast, or other trivia. I could imagine God waiting patiently to see if I would circle around. Writing kept me focused. These days, with more time on my hands, I am aiming for praying without ceasing, i.e., maintaining a continuous conversation with the Lord as I go about my day. I still need to have that focused one-on-One time though.
July 21, 2026
When? (on Golf Tuesday)
#1656 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July 17, 2026 My friend Bobby made a hole-in-one today. Right at the flag, took a few hops and boom. That is one of the most joyous times you can have on the golf course. I have seen eight of them now — never had one. The coolest one I ever saw was my nephew on the morning of his wedding — and he’s not even a golfer. My time is coming — I believe that. Do You hear me, Lord
July 22, 2026
I wrote about this last month — didn’t know the poem
#1657 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July 13, 2026. Every once in a while, I have to do a poem that rocked my world:
“let it go” by e. e. cummings.
.
let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
was sworn to
go
let them go – the
truthful liars and
the false fair friends
and the boths and
neithers – you must let them go they
were born
to go
let all go – the
big small middling
tall bigger really
the biggest and all
things – let all go
dear
so comes love
July 23, 2026
Kingdom living — space available
#1658 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June 27, 2026 “My kingdom is not of this world…” (John 18:36). When we sign up for service in His kingdom, we are forsaking worldly gain. We understand that our rewards come from an entirely different place. More than that, we understand that the whole matter of rewards is unimportant — our motive is love, not gain. At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus announced “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Here, at the end, He tells Pilate “…but now my kingdom is not of this realm.” So what are all these Christian nationalists trying to do? You want to live in the kingdom? Love ALL people — like Jesus does.
July 24, 2026
Welcome to my garden!
#1659 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July 20, 2026 I think of my soul as a garden and the Holy Spirit is the gardener. I am the soil. These are the crops the Gardener and the Caretaker and the Owner want to grow. So what is my job? Let them grow!
July 25, 2026
Back to my garden…
#1660 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July 22, 2026 This is an area of my garden where the Holy Spirit needs to pull up some weeds: If someone upsets me, I have to accept responsibility for my feelings. I can communicate my feelings to him, I can pray for him, but I cannot change him. That is God’s job. I need to be aware that He also wants to change me.
July 26, 2026
The family plan?
#1661 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June 19, 2026 In our family and my family and Karen’s family — there is always something going on…multiple things. If I had to identify one area of my life I worry about most, it would be our families (well, the current state of our nation is a close second). But it doesn’t stress me out that much. Jesus has given me too many verses that urge me to trust and hope and believe and follow Him. Worrying contradicts that. Either I do or I don’t. It is the greatest of all comforts to me that I do.
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