HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY January 10–16, 2022

Post on 17 January, 2022 by Dallin Malmgren

Jan­u­ary 10, 2022
#71 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tues­day, Novem­ber 30, 2021 “…with­out faith it is impos­si­ble to please God…” (Hebrews 11:6) If I stand out­side and con­sid­er this writ­ing project, it seems kind of arro­gant. Who do I think I am? So I have a spe­cial con­nec­tion to God? How do I know it’s God speak­ing to me? I don’t. There’s no writ­ing on the wall, no voice from the heav­ens, no burn­ing bush. But the rest of that verse is: “…for who­ev­er would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.” I write by faith to glo­ri­fy God

Jan­u­ary 11, 2022
#72 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thurs­day, Octo­ber 7, 2021 I suf­fered total humil­i­a­tion in our match play golf tour­na­ment today! Lost 6 and 5 and felt despon­dent the rest of the day. So in the evening I read this: “…that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is writ­ten, that some of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the oth­er. For who makes you dif­fer from one anoth­er? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now, if you did receive it , why do you boast as if you had not received it?” (I Corinthi­ans 4:6–7) God was de-puff­ing me! If golf is a spir­i­tu­al exer­cise (it is), it should lead one away from ego enhance­ment, which is how we are drawn away from God. A painful les­son, but worthwhile..

Jan­u­ary 12, 2022
#73 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednes­day, Decem­ber 15, 2021 I had a cold strike today. I am embar­rassed to say how quick­ly my mind turns away from spir­i­tu­al things when I am not feel­ing well. I have such admi­ra­tion for those peo­ple who stay strong in the faith when they suf­fer seri­ous ill­ness­es or accidents.

Jan­u­ary 13, 2022
Con­tin­u­ing the thread from yes­ter­day’s post…
#74 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Fri­day, Decem­ber 17, 2021 I’m a ter­ri­ble sick per­son. I’m grouchy and sullen and mis­er­able. Karen tries to care for me, but she also knows to avoid me as much as pos­si­ble. My go-to verse in these sit­u­a­tions is: “Con­sid­er it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter var­i­ous tri­als, know­ing that the test­ing of your faith pro­duces endurance.” (James 1: 2–3) I stink at the “joy” part, but I am heavy into the “endurance”.

Jan­u­ary 14, 2022
This is the third in my “sick­ness” series…(please note all this hap­pened more than three weeks ago)
#75 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sun­day, Decem­ber 19, 2021 I might have Covid. This is my fifth day with head con­ges­tion, run­ny nose, and fre­quent sneez­ing. I got test­ed at CVS two days ago, but results are not in. I’m not too wor­ried though. I fig­ure: a) I prob­a­bly don’t have it; b) I’m vac­ci­nat­ed and boos­t­er­ized so it should­n’t do much harm if I do have it; c) if the worst hap­pens, I get to see the Lord face to face.

Jan­u­ary 15, 2022
Final entry in the “sick­ness” series…
#76 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Mon­day, Decem­ber 20, 2021 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; Don’t lean on your own under­stand­ing. In all your ways acknowl­edge Him, And He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3: 5–6) My Covid test came back negative.

Jan­u­ary 16, 2022
#77 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 11, 2021 Our three grand­daugh­ters great­ly pre­fer their Gran­ma to their Pop­Pop (though we insist we come as a set). Of course, Gran­ma watch­es and applauds as they tire­less­ly do cart­wheels and oth­er gym­nas­tics, sets out art sup­plies and sug­gests projects, and watch­es a cheesy Christ­mas movie with them while Pop­Pop is in his study watch­ing a Spurs game. I don’t even need God to tell me love is active, not passive.

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