August 15, 2022
#288 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, July 16, 2022 We are experiencing a Texas heat wave, and Covid is ripping through my family (my wife, three granddaughters, a grandniece, and two sisters-in-law). All have been vaxxed and boosted, so it is more debilitating than destructive. The heat is enervating. It’s one of those nights to call upon certain verses: Be still and know that I am God…I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances…this too shall pass…(oops, not sure that last one is from the Bible). As the Count of Monte Cristo told his daughter: Wait and hope.
August 16, 2022
Tuesdays = golf
#289 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, July 25, 2022 God had me change putters. That might sound ridiculous, but it illumined a spiritual truth to me: Sometimes the best way to move forward is to try something completely different. I tend to be a grinder–when confronted with a problem, I lower my head, double my resolve, and push forward. Pressing on, Bob Dylan calls it. The Holy Spirit is creative and imaginative and unshackled. It is possible that the best way to press on is to let go.
August 17, 2022
#290 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Tonight I got to watch two cardinals mating in front of me. The world is full of joy.
August 18, 2022
#291 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, July 31, 2022 “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Here’s a confession: I’ve always paid more attention to the second half of that verse. Here’s a realization: What a fool I was! It’s like sopping up the gravy before you eat the meat.
August 19, 2022
#292 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, July 15, 2022 “The fear of man brings a snare.” I cannot allow myself to worry or even to think about what other people think of me. It’s a waste of time, it’s 95% ego-driven, and really, it’s none of my business. I have enough trouble keeping what’s running through the tracks of my mind on a dependable course. I do, however, care passionately about what God thinks of how I am living.
August 20, 2022
#293 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, June 12, 2022 My sister has rejected Christianity because of the politics of the Christian right wing–I hate to see her lump us all together like that. She also says she has no interest in a god who would kill his own son–that I don’t get. Would you criticize the man who leapt in front of you to take a bullet that was headed straight for you?
August 21, 2022
Ooops, sorry so late (after a 13 hour ride in a car…)
#294 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Didn’t even manage a quiet time. Sorry, Lord.
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