July 3, 2023
The verse and comic strip say it all for Meditation Monday…
#610 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023. “Cease striving and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) (comic from Coffee with Jesus by David Wilkie)
July 4, 2023
Tuesday’s child is full of grace…(and golf!)
#611 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 A takeaway from my golf trip: Another gift of old age is that men become more devoted to their wives. I see it in our check-in phone calls; I taste it in our discussions of what to eat and how to cook it; I hear it in our stories; and I feel it in our eagerness to get home as the trip nears its end. “The two shall become one…” — God is making it happen far more than we realize.
July 5, 2023
#612 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 God cannot be contained or steered or even cajoled. “Not my will but Thy will be done…” Those are the terms. I want to smack myself on the forehead as I begin to realize what glorious, friendly terms they are. There is nothing in this world as fulfilling as doing what He wants me to do. Or at least trying. I am glad that I can’t fool God, for I have tried. His mercies are everlasting.
July 6, 2023
#613 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 “Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.” (Acts 10:34) This is an area where God is just starting to make inroads into my soul. I have always been more attentive to the wittier, the more beautiful, the glossier type of people. All that is just veneer. God sees us in our souls, and every soul is a vast reservoir. I cannot really love without looking into the souls of people. The Holy Spirit is trying to teach me to see beyond status.
July 7, 2023
#614 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 Perspective — (n.) — point of view. When I realize that every single person has a different perspective, and that perspective has been shaped by a myriad of factors that I have no awareness of, then I am far less likely to judge anybody. God knows every single one of those myriad factors–that is why He gets to judge. What is my role in the process? I am supposed to love the person. Now the prospect of God judging every single one of us can be intimidating–I fall back on one of my favorite verses: “Mercy triumphs over judgment.” (James 2:13) We always think it is about us and what we do, but it’s about God and what He does.
July 8, 2023
#615 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 Facebook tells me every time I post that I could increase my audience exponentially by giving them $10. It’s tempting because: 1) I believe in what I am writing; and 2) writers love to be read. But the Holy Spirit keeps telling me that I am not to concern myself with results. God wants me to focus on the spiritual exercise.
July 9, 2023
Family Sunday…
#616 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 We had our three granddaughters spend the weekend with us. It is not so easy to hear God when those three voices are going, but He makes His presence known. I asked each of the girls what their biggest fear was. Mason said robots, Harlie changed hers from spiders to the dark to a home intruder in the night, and Elliotte said she didn’t have one (which Harlie said was a lie). I asked them if they knew what to do if they were afraid and their mom and dad weren’t around. Harlie said, “Pray.” Good answer.
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