July 11, 2022
#253 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, May 30, 2022 “He must increase and I must decrease…” I pray this prayer a lot. I do this because I realize how much my own ego dominates my life. Abiding means turning control over to Him. It should be easy (given who He is) but it’s not (given who I am). Only God knows, but it seems like I generally operate at about 80% ego and 20% Christ. But He’s chipping away. I wonder what it will be like when we get near 50/50?
Afterword: Of course, I realize those percentages are ridiculous.
July 12, 2022
Golf Tuesday…
#254 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, June 17, 2022 I was playing golf today in 100 degree heat. In the foursome in front of us was an 80 year old man who took a full two minutes longer than his partners to get from the green to their golf carts. In my group was a 78 year old man whose legs are so numb he has trouble keeping his balance. His playing partner was a 350 pound 76 year old man who has a history of fainting. In 100 degree heat! Such is the passion God puts in a man’s heart. Surely, golf is either a spiritual exercise or a crazy man’s obsession.
July 13, 2022
#255 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 The school shootings in Uvalde reconfirms in my mind what has already been settled in my heart–I have no hope in humanity. My hope for humanity lies completely in God and His mercies.
July 14, 2022
#256 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, June 6, 2022 I come from a political family, very liberal, so they are actively seeking political solutions to the world’s problems. They are pro-gun control, pro-immigrant, pro-choice, etc. So am I. But I am walking a tightrope there. I see the deeper problems as greed and hatred and selfishness, and politicians don’t have much to say about them. Those problems are lodged in the human heart and cannot be addressed by marches and protests and campaigns. Healing the world has to start from within.
July 15, 2022
#257 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 God is present. Right here. I don’t think this truth can ever sink deeply enough into me (until We are face to face). Sometimes I feel like He is waving checkered flags saying “Yo. Here I AM.” That brings me back to my first goal of retirement: Abiding. When I abide in Him, He doesn’t have to say Yo.
July 16, 2022
#258 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, March 27, 2022 I used to tease my students that God was involved in what shirt you chose to wear to school that day…I was only half-joking.
July 17, 2022
#259 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, June 20, 2022 We have an old black woman who has been a pastor at our church. On Sunday, the day of her retirement, she gave one of the best sermons that I’ve ever heard. This woman has walked with the Lord. She focused on “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me…” She talked about her valleys and our valleys, and the inevitability of valleys. Then she talked about “…walking through…” How we can’t quit or sit down or take a break–we gotta keep moving. Then she talked about His presence, which will always lead us through, whether we recognize Him or not. It was beautiful–I had tears.
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