February 14, 2022
#106 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, January 15, 2022 St. Augustine’s infamous prayer, from early in his spiritual journey: “Lord, make me a good and chaste christian, but not yet.”
This from my reading: “We see from that example that it is not enough just to know the truth, to have clarity of conviction, and to know where ideally our lives should be heading, though that can be a valuable start. There is also the question of heart, of energy, of willpower, of sustaining ourselves on the road. The spiritual life is not a quick sprint to a well-marked finish line, but a marathon, an arduous life-long journey into an ever-widening horizon.” –Ronald Rolheiser
My personal response: I gotta keep movin’.
February 15, 2022
Tuesdays are golf days, and this was an important message (to me)…
#107 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, January 17, 2022 Golf is a spiritual exercise only if you make it one. It is lonesome and dry playing alone, no matter who is in the foursome.
February 16, 2022
#108 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) I am 72 years old and I feel like I am just discovering stillness. There is very little in our modern world that encourages it. Retirement does, though. This morning I lay in bed an extra half hour, all toasty under the covers, and yes, there was a pleasant awareness of God’s presence. Ah, stillness.
February 17, 2022
#109 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, January 16, 2022 A point God keeps bringing home to me, over and over again, is how weak I am. Of course, I don’t really want to hear that. I have these two self-images marching along next to each other–one of the saintly, maturing, wise Christian and the other of an always straying, back-sliding, self-absorbed ordinary man–and the Holy Spirit marches with the second guy. Thankfully, God says to me the same thing He said to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” (II Corinthians 12:9)
February 18, 2022
#110 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, January 22, 2022 I got my rental car stolen while in Mexico. It was through my own stupidity–I gave the guy the keys and didn’t even know his name. So I’m searching for a yellow Mustang in a parking lot near the bus station. Realizing this is a hopeless task, I say: “Lord, get me out of this.” Then I woke up. Morning by morning new mercies I see.
February 19, 2022
#111 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, January 21, 2022 “Faith and promise keep me honest/ When starvation comes upon us…” That’s my boys the Avett Brothers reminding me that when I go spiritually dry, I need to cling to what I know is true and just keep pressing on.
February 20,2022
#112 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 I am struck once again with how important it is that we love one another. If I wake up in the morning and say, “Okay, God, what do you want me to do today?”, His first answer is: “Love Me and love whoever I put in front of you. Start immediately.” And I don’t even have to worry about results or consequences. Love begets love. Everyone I love loves me back, although it might not always seem that way. I just have to keep expanding my circle.
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