March 28, 2022
#148 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, February 22 We don’t acquire a virtue, we just practice it. Like patience. God showed me today that I might think I’ve become more patient but my grasp is flimsy. The traffic situation: making a left across two lanes coming the other way, a lady in front of me–she has a good opening but she won’t take it–“What are you doing?” I think. I realize how impatient I am being (that was God)–I repent…a heavy traffic day, we sit there a while longer–she has a very good opening–she starts to go, then slows and seems to swerve–“WHAT ARE YOU DOING???” I think–she is making a u‑turn, perfectly legal, requiring extra time to turn. I repent in dust and ashes…teach me patience, Lord.
March 29, 2022
#149 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 My daughter told me she and her husband think I am going through my monk phase. She said I seem content but I just don’t engage with them like I used to. My first defensive reaction was to think that I engage with the people in front of me but they are two thousand miles away. Then I realized God was speaking to me through her. People. He wants me to reach out, to initiate, to embrace…not just react. How better to tell me than through her? Then my daughter told me that the cat got out and they couldn’t find her, so she and her daughter prayed. I can’t remember the last time my daughter mentioned praying–it warmed my heart.
March 30, 2022
#150 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, February 25, 2022 Is faith in God a way to avoid personal responsibility? That’s what a friend implied when he read my post about God taking care of the Big Picture while I concentrate on the Here and Now. I can see his point, but the biggest impact I can have on the Big Picture is by responding to God in the Here and Now. “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…” That’s the kingdom I want to serve.
March 31, 2022
#151 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, March 5, 2022 This I believe: the biggest retardant to my spiritual growth is my ego. My ego is constantly trying to jump in there and take the credit where God is doing the work. “Every good thing comes from above…” — that includes every good thing I do. “He must increase and I must decrease” — that is the recipe for personal fulfillment.
April 1, 2022
#152 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, February 27, 2022 God is showing me that more of the journey is internal than I ever realized. Think about it–all of the qualities of the Holy Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) come from the inside. You can’t go out and pick them off a tree. We have fruit within us. Our job is to cultivate it. God’s job is to teach us how. What a wonderful journey!
April 2, 2022
#153 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, March 7, 2022 “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3) Watching these six, who barely know each other, play merrily all afternoon warmed my heart. God’s, too.
April 3, 2022
#154 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, February 28, 2022 “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.” The Beatles got it wrong. The love I have received is far greater than the love I’ve given out. But it is an excellent starting point. As I enter every situation, every interaction, trying to create love, it just comes rolling back to me in waves. “God is love and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” (I John 4:7) Pretty inclusive, isn’t it?
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