HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY August 22–28, 2022

Post on 29 August, 2022 by Dallin Malmgren

August 22, 2022
Please note, this hap­pened a month and a half ago…
#295 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, July 5, 2022 This after­noon I fell down some steps and sprained my knee. Stu­pid­ly. Care­less­ly. Now I am hob­bled. Hob­bled­ness leads to humil­i­ty. I’m press­ing on to the high­er call­ing of my Lord.

August 23, 2022
Golf day!!
#296 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, August 2, 2022 This came to me on the golf course today. A theme God keeps bring­ing up to me: progress vs. results. I am always look­ing to mea­sure things–God is look­ing to grow things. When I direct my mind from results to progress, all of those fruits of the Spir­it become more tan­gi­ble. In most sit­u­a­tions it’s about self-con­trol and patience and faith­ful­ness and what­ev­er else is called for. It is a rev­e­la­tion to me in my old age that wins and loss­es don’t mat­ter much in the Big Pic­ture. The ego is look­ing for results–the soul is look­ing for progress.

August 24, 2022
Did­n’t even have time for cof­fee today…
#297 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednes­day, July 6, 2022 On cer­tain morn­ings I’ll over­sleep or have trou­ble get­ting start­ed, and I’ll be too rushed for my usu­al qui­et time. So instead of my spir­i­tu­al read­ing and prayer, I will just sub­sti­tute what I call Cof­fee with Jesus. I sit with my cup and acknowl­edge His presence–review my plans for the day with Him. Most­ly express thank­ful­ness for the joy of anoth­er new day on the incred­i­ble jour­ney. And then I am cen­tered and ready to go.

August 25, 2022
#298 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, June 28, 2022 I want to fol­low You. Before ego, before wealth, before plea­sure, before comfort–I want to fol­low You. That is the mir­a­cle You have achieved in my heart. I am being trans­formed. Dear Lord, break down every bar­ri­er in my heart that hin­ders me from fol­low­ing You. Teach me to abide in You…

August 26, 2022
#299 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sun­day, June 26, 2022 Dol­drums. I don’t hit them very often. It’s not that my faith wavers–it’s like I lack the ener­gy to apply my faith. His pres­ence, my alle­giance, our journey–they all become more abstract to me. This is a good time for read­ing the Psalms. But tonight I am going to try an alter­nate strat­e­gy: lis­ten­ing to Bob Dylan sing Press­ing On.

August 27, 2022
Hap­py anniver­sary, Karen!
#300 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Fri­day, July 22, 2022 Tonight we have two Mis­sis­sip­pi kites falling in love. They make this won­der­ful “Key-oo” sound and they do it (the court­ing) in the air. They are fly­ing around my live oak tree. It is so beau­ti­ful. We love birds, me and my wife and God.
After word: I just have to tell you how cool it is that my 300th post coin­ci­den­tal­ly (or not) hap­pened on my 45th wed­ding anniver­sary. Karen has been so much by my side in doing this. I rely so much on her judg­ment. We are blessed to share this.

August 28, 2022
#301 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sat­ur­day, July 2, 2022 There is so much gen­uine love at a fam­i­ly reunion–it befud­dles me that so many do not rec­og­nize the source of that love–like we invent­ed it our­selves. Such is the nature of God’s love.
(Btw, this is the first time my broth­er, my four sis­ters and I have been togeth­er in fif­teen years.)

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