June 20, 2022
#232 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, March 31, 2022 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3: 5–6) The above verse just resonates with me. It isn’t just advice, it’s a formula for living my life. This is what saddens me most about an unbeliever’s life–the loneliness. You have no understanding to lean on but your own, and who you trust is tenuous, and your future is uncertain. I pray more than anything (for myself) that God will teach me how to convey to others (especially those I love) the pleasure it is to have a personal relationship with Him.
June 21, 2022
If it’s Tuesday, it must be golf…
#233 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, October 10, 2021 God wants me to examine my line between retirement and complacency. Our pastor preached today on where we have our treasure stored. For example, golf is only a spiritual exercise if I make it one. It can also be just a time-killer. The key is for my awareness of His presence to be just as important to me as my putt going in. That is the exercise. So I am praying that God will give me direction in how I can better serve His kingdom while playing golf. And I think the answer lies in the relationships I have with the men that golf with me.
June 22, 2022
#234 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 I had this dialogue with God:
Me: I want to be more committed to You.
God: Good.
Me: Um, how do I do that?
God: Let Me do it.
Me: Huh?
God: Believe.
Me: Oh. Okay.
June 23, 2022
#235 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, May 23, 2022 I have the greatest writing assignment ever. There is never a deadline, an infinite source of inspiration, a completely flexible schedule, never any question about payment, an Editor who does most of the work, and I am always excited to see what I am going to write next.
June 24, 2022
#236 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, April 30, 2022 Spice (our dog) is the only one I know who actively dislikes my writing project. I write in an easy chair in my study or on my back porch. I use a tablet and a large clipboard on my lap. She will check out the arrangement, look at me mournfully, and wander away. My writing project is really me telling God what I think He is communicating to me with an audience in mind.
June 25, 2022
It is 102 degrees outside. Gives this observation a whole new perspective…
#237 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, January 6, 2022 I can only surmise that frigid temperatures outside are not conducive to communion with God. At least, not for me…
June 26, 2022
#238 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 This from my quiet time: “People seem to think that it is in some way a proof that no merciful God exists, if we have so many wars. On the contrary, consider how in spite of centuries of sin and greed and lust and cruelty and hatred and avarice and oppression and injustice, spawned and bred by the free wills of men, the human race can still recover, each time, and can still produce men and women who overcome evil with good, hatred with love, greed with charity, lust and cruelty with sanctity. How could all this be possible without the merciful love of God, pouring out His grace upon us?” –from Mornings with Thomas Merton
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