June 12, 2023
#589 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2023. A person of influence–that is what I want to be. I want to influence people by encouraging them to try God. In any situation. Whatever the circumstances. As much as they can. I want them to know they are not taking this journey alone. That is the most important lesson I have learned in my lifetime.
June 13, 2023
If it’s Tuesday, it’s gonna be about golf…
#590 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 I tied my best score ever on the golf course today. It is so much fun to play well that it frustrates me that I can’t do it consistently. Jesus said, “Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) A well-struck golf shot is a taste of the periphery of that Perfection…and then I come back to earth. As I’ve said before, golf is a spiritual exercise.
(thanks for the photo, Paul)
June 14, 2023
#591 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 In the caverns of my mind there are pitfalls I can slide into unintentionally: being more interested in declaring what God has said to me than actually listening for God–knowing I am a steward of God’s wealth but seeking to acquire my own–measuring how much people are loving me compared with my actions toward them. As the Apostle Paul says, O wretched man that I am! How to guard against such pitfalls? Vigilance and trust. Vigilance: paying attention to and taking responsibility for the direction my thoughts take. Trust: believing God’s power to keep me centered is even stronger than my penchant to wander.
June 15, 2023
Shout out to my oldest friend…
#592 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 My beloved mallards remind me of me and my friends in high school at springtime–five guys wandering in the wilderness, hoping for prom dates.
June 16, 2023
#593 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 The journey is an artichoke. I keep peeling off layers and I know i am getting to the heart. Thank You, Lord, for planting me.
June 17, 2023
#594 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2023 It is the most amazing revelation: Whether I am the most willful or the most submissive spirit on the planet–God is still in complete control of my life. We have many different words for this awareness: groundedness, wisdom, illumination–they all mean the same thing–aligning my will to His perfect will…letting Him be in control. “Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
June 18, 2023
Is that PopPop?
A rerun photo with a new message…appropriate for Father’s Day:
#595 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
November, 2023 Besides the wonderful gift of trying to express in words what God is communicating in my heart, I get to explore other ways to get the message across. Whether it is song or comic or photograph, the Holy Spirit gives it resonance to me. Sometimes it is mystical/magical. I fell in love with this photo, the perfect expression of the legacy of fatherhood. The Holy Spirit did that.
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