June 19, 2023
God has opened a new door…I call it Meditation Monday
#596 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2023 God has shown me a new technique to use in my effort to draw nearer to Him (…of course, any such effort is predicated on the assurance that His desire is for me to draw nearer)–the timed meditation. I set the timer (usually 5–10 minutes), pick a mantra: (inhale) the Lord is my shepherd (exhale) I shall not want; close my eyes, and breathe. Whatever thoughts invade my mind I allow to just slide through while I go back to my mantra and breath. It has a very calming effect–like God speaking without words.
June 20, 2023
It’s Tuesday…need I say more?
#597 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June, 2023 Four day golf trip with 9 old men–God reveals to me how similar and dissimilar we can be at this stage of our lives. We share so many of the same concerns: our health, our golf game, our sleeping arrangements, the fluctuations of the stock market, our food consumption, and especially–is there enough coffee for the morning??? Yet each man is fiercely independent, private about his heart and his spirit, engaged in his own struggles with ego and self-esteem, and ever aware there is no place like home. Makes for an extremely entertaining stream of interactions.
June 21, 2023
#598 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 Renewing old friendships: Part by Covid and part by God, my life has been greatly enhanced by reconnecting with old friends whom the waters of time had washed out of my life. My best friend from high school–my fellow explorer from the tune in, turn on, drop out days–my spiritual brother-in-arms from my Christian infancy–all of whom had disappeared from my life for the past forty years–they have reappeared and awakened insight and memories into how God has always been at work in my life. I disagree with the Beatles’ thesis: “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make..” Seems like we get to take way more than we make.
June 22, 2023
#599 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 This is wonderful advice for any marriage: “A bad mood is often the reason for blaming others;but very often blaming others causes bad feelings in us; the more we blame the worse we feel. If you are living with another person, make an agreement that as soon as either of you starts to blame the other, you will end the argument.” –Leo Tolstoy
June 23, 2023
This is a landmark day for me and God…this is our 600th daily post!
#600 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 My purpose of my writing project is to tell people about my everyday experience of having a personal relationship with God. It is an extremely entertaining and joyous endeavor.
June 24, 2023
#601 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2023 I want to extol the virtues of forgiveness. If I am honest with myself, I can think of hundreds (thousands) of incidents in my subconscious when I was obnoxious or insensitive or selfish in thought or action–I think of them as shaded areas. Those shaded areas want to bubble up and affect how I am, here and now. My shield is forgiveness. God’s immediate reaction to anything from the darkness of my past is light–forgiveness! And since I can receive it so freely, what can I do but let it pass through me to others. Forgiveness cleanses relationships.
June 25, 2023
Family Sunday looks back at April Fool’s Day…
#602 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023. First Elliotte told Karen there was water running in our bathroom. Then Harlie told me our other bathroom was smoking. Of course, they knew that we knew…but we all thought it was hysterical. Such simple joy! God loves laughter!
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