April 15, 2024
#936 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
January, 2024 From my quiet time: “Yet it is difficult to write or to speak of the Holy Spirit…Our vocabulary, our language, even our theology clouds the Spirit and conceals more than reveals. Light cannot be put into a bushel or the ocean into a bucket. It is the Spirit which gives light to the word; the word itself is often deadly.” –Edward J. Farrell
I have often wondered how so many awful, hateful acts have been done while using the Bible as justification. This explains it. The Word without the Light is just words.
April 16, 2024
Golf Tuesday, Las Vegas style…
#937 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2024 A humbling experience at golf today…I got upset about the money. No need to go into details. I like that we play for money (small amounts), because money is a tempter, and I have to face temptation to overcome it. Today it hooked me. Forgive me, Lord Jesus, and give me the strength to resist temptation.
April 17, 2024
A glance back at winter…
#938 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
January, 2024 Except for a few brief forays, this is my eighth straight day indoors, mainly because it is freezing outside. It makes me sluggish, physically and emotionally and spiritually. I fear that my wife and my dog and God all find me boring. The highlight of my day is crawling into bed (it’s so warm and toasty). I gotta get out of the house soon.
April 18, 2024
#939 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2024 Reading a very good novel (The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store) and one of the characters says, “You can never go wrong when you express your love to the master of the world.” Amen to that.
April 19, 2024
#940 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2024 As I survey the artifacts in my study, strategically placed to keep me mindful of the history of my life, I am overwhelmed with appreciation and gratitude and joy. “The heart of the Giver makes the gift dear and precious.” –Martin Luther. “We are meant to savor life, not swallow it.” –Dallin Malmgren. (Any former students recognize the log top center?)
April 20, 2024
#941 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
November, 2023 This is my premise: God has a reason for every single person who enters into my life, and that reason is to teach me to love. What a wonderful way to live! Instruct me, Lord Jesus.
April 21, 2024
Family Sunday looking back at the lake…
#942 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April 7, 2024 My granddaughter, age 6, was standing on the edge of the dock, desperately wanting to swim but terrified of the lake, her mother coaxing her from the water below. I was watching the drama unfold from a chair nearby. I suddenly thought that my father would have pushed her…and I had that urge. I asked my son sitting next to me how modern parenting would interpret that. “Well, Dad, if you did that you would have lost her trust forever, and you would have done nothing to help her overcome her fear in a dicey situation.” Good answer.
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