July 31, 2023
#368 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023. Meditation (n. …focusing of one’s thoughts on something so as to understand it deeply…). I asked my Stephen Ministry group if any of them practiced meditation–the lesson we were studying was on learning to direct our thoughts. Only one said she did. This is newish spiritual territory for me, so I’m taking it slow. As I see it, praying allows me to spill my guts to God–He already knows–I can be as open as I will allow myself to be (couldn’t live without praying). Meditation is inviting, allowing God to respond–it’s slowing my mind, regulating my breathing, focusing on a holy thought. When I get quiet, it is easier to hear Him.
August 1, 2023
Tee it up for Golf Tuesday…
#369 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 Sitting in the clubhouse, discussing weighty issues, and I mention that golf is a spiritual exercise…
My friend: I don’t think God has anything to do with golf.
Me: Oh, I disagree. He definitely does.
My friend: You probably think sex is a spiritual exercise.
Me: Well, it’s supposed to be.
That was the end of the conversation.
August 2, 2023
#370 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 This happens to me over and over again as I close my journal to get ready to go to bed: I am filled with this overwhelming awareness of His grace toward me. I am blessed down to my toes. I receive the blessing. Thank You, Lord Jesus. Good night.
August 3, 2023
#371 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 For some time now I have resolved to greet the Lord Jesus the first thing in the morning. I thank Him, inquire about our day, I breathe Him in and out. Today I read this from C.S. Lewis:
“The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day long. Standing back from all your natural fussing and frettings; coming in out of the wind.”
Ah, affirmation!
August 4, 2023
Sometimes God just wants me to examine my own attitude (following two entries, for example)…
#372 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 Flies. Why? I can feel God smiling. Job had his life destroyed and I am fussing about the flies’ interest in my glass of wine. I repent in dust and ashes.
HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Two days later… Out on my porch and it feels about perfect–hot but not too, warm breeze, few golfers, cicadas, the very distant sounds of the city…and no flies!
August 5, 2023
#373 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 Next to the Bible, music might be the medium God uses most frequently to speak to me directly. Listen to this gem from Paul Simon: “The Lord is my engineer/ The Lord is the earth I ride on/ The Lord is the face in the atmosphere/ The path I slip and slide on.” –from Seven Psalms
August 6, 2023
Ooops…for the first time in over 600 days, I didn’t post yesterday–and on Family Sunday (stupid motel internet)
#374 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 Spent the day with my son’s family and my former student/tennis player/coaching peer and his family (six girls total, ages 14 to 6). The first miracle is seeing how seamlessly the six children synthesize into one group, playing and inventing games together. The second miracle is observing each parent’s interaction with each youngster. There is such a simplicity and complexity to love. Only God could invent this. (And check out the master chef in the background)
August 6, 2023
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