July 25, 2022
#267 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, May 14, 2022 Today I am saddened by the inadequacy of human love–how complex and fragile it is, how quickly it can shift to recrimination and hurt, how support drifts to comparison, and how unhappiness settles in. I have to go back, over and over, to the Source: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” Notice the present tense.
July 26, 2022
Tuesday is golf day…
#268 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, June 24, 2022 Old men can be grumpy and fussy. I listen to them complain about the weather, the condition of the greens, the state of the men’s toilet, and, occasionally, each other. Then I find myself falling in with them. I do not want to be that way. So today was No Complaint Day. At the end of the day, I’d give myself a B+. Of course, my benchmark is the Apostle Paul: “…I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” (Philippians 4:10)
July 27, 2022
My beautiful picture
#269 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, June 28, 2022 A close friend of mine sent me a photo of me when I was 23. It had an emotional impact on me–that was me and here I am now. How can I not see life as a journey? And my heart flooded with gladness because I have loved the journey and I love where I am now and I love where I am going. I know His hand has been upon me the entire way. “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”
July 28, 2022
#270 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 It is so much easier for people to accept a service that they pay for than one that is given to them out of love. Is that because of human pride? Or rather is it because if they receive something given out of love, they think they are obligated to give something back at a later date? Either way, it shows a lack of understanding of the nature of love. “Love does not seek its own…” Period.
July 29, 2022
#271 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, June 4, 2022 Sometimes I am so inundated with the true pleasures of this world (having my whole family around in a beautiful setting) that I forget to listen for God. I’m thankful that even when I am inattentive, He is not.
July 30, 2022
#272 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, June 30, 2022 We are off to Seattle tomorrow for my sister’s wedding. In recent years I’ve been experiencing a mild case of traveler’s anxiety–I’m sure it has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Of course, the answer to my anxiety is the same as the answer to anybody’s anxiety about whatever: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6)
July 31, 2022
#273 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, June 25, 2022 Worship is one of the spiritual disciplines I tend to neglect. More’s the pity for me. This from Richard J. Foster writing about Evelyn Underhill: “She had said earlier that ‘wordship purifies, enlightens, and at last transforms, every life submitted to its influence.’ Yes, indeed, and the act of worship as an appointed means of grace is one way I can offer myself to God as a living sacrifice, which, as Paul tells us, is the only reasonable thing to do (Romans 12:1–3). This helps me a great deal. Worship is something I can do and in doing it I have assurance that it is moving me more and more toward my true destiny.”
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