December 11, 2023
#809 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September, 2023 My Stephen Ministry group is delving deeper into empathy. What stood out to me tonight is that I cannot be empathetic and allow my ego to be involved. My first step is to put myself in the other person’s shoes. The next step is to respond to what the person standing in those shoes needs. I don’t see any room for Dallin in there.
December 12, 2023
Golf Tuesday, focusing on those I golf with…
#810 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October, 2023 Calling — (n.) — a strong urge to a particular way of life or career; a vocation. I can identify two callings at this stage of my life. The first is my writing project. The second is old people. Much of my social interaction is with the elderly. Physical, emotional and spiritual needs become more evident as we age. God wants me to be responsive to those needs as I perceive them. He even gave me a song:
“But I don’t know, I ain’t been told
Everybody wants a hand to hold
They’re so afraid of being old
So scared of dying, so unknown
And so alone…”
Rolling Home by Peter, Paul and Mary
December 13, 2023
#811 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August, 2023 Hills and valleys. That seems to be the common denominator for all the pathways on the journeys of our lives. I guess the key is to learn to navigate the top and the bottom and the going up and going down. It helps to have the Designer of my pathway with me.
December 14, 2023
#812 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 Soft faith. I sometimes accuse myself of that. It is easier to include God in retirement, when my days have much more free time. Have I become a sunshine Christian? Hah! See what happened there? Turned my eyes from Him to me and started to spiral downward. He put out a hand and caught me. As John the Baptist said, “He must increase and I must decrease.”
December 15, 2023
#813 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August, 2023 Person A is a Christian. Person B is not. Do I respond to these two people differently? Am I the same person in front of both? The sad truth is yes and no, in that order. That is not as it should be. There is nothing wrong in recognizing the difference–the error is in reacting differently. Jesus didn’t do that. Teach me, Lord.
December 16, 2023
#814 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
November, 2023 Two things bother me about my dreams: 1) They run about 85% negative to 15% positive (I am in danger, I am lost, I am incompetent). 2) Whatever the crisis, I never think to call upon the Lord. It’s like I’ve forgotten my faith–but my conscience is still functioning. I am usually rescued by waking up.
December 17, 2023
A Family Sunday as Christmas approaches…
#815 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
November, 2023 Many people have a relationship with Jesus. Many many others do not. What made the difference? Why did I get to know Him and my brother and four sisters did not? Same genes, same background. I know I cannot take any credit for it. I once was lost and now I’m found. There is nothing I could wish for any human being on the planet (especially my family) more than that they be found.
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