March 6, 2023
#490 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 From God with a little help from Leo Tolstoy: True humility is not thinking negatively of myself; it’s not thinking about myself.
March 7, 2023
Golf is a game of many disappointments…
#491 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, January 15, 2023 Disappointments. They can take the breath (spirit?) right out of me. Even the minor disappointments, like a poor golf result or an extra pound on the scale or a cooking mistake can leave me dispirited. When I am disappointed, I tend to look for some factor to blame other than myself. Ridiculous. God challenges me with my disappointments; not necessarily to change anything–the disappointments will continue–but to handle it better. Disappointments are like manure added to the soil…not pleasant but good for growth.
March 8, 2023
#492 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, January 30, 2023 Dry January is almost over (I do enjoy my evening cocktail!) God is trying to teach me about will power. I tend to approach it through the law (I will not do this), while He wants me to live under grace. I am supposed to make good decisions and trust Him to empower me to follow through with them. When I stumble, I am to choose to get back up and look to Him. That is will power.
March 9, 2023
#493 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Even as a committed sojourner, it is easy for me to get caught up in the temporary residence and lose sight of the eternal perspective. Thank God He never loses sight of me!
March 10, 2023
#494 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, October 23, 2022 Awhile back I posted about the “Once saved, always saved” doctrine. It elicited interesting responses: absolute certainty from both sides (true, not true) and doubt in the middle (did I ever really believe?) It takes me back to Richard Rohr’s thesis (which I have also previously stated): “…we have not moved doctrine and dogma to the level of inner experience.” As I increasingly experience God’s presence in my life, the subject of salvation becomes inconsequential–I know where I am, and He knows where we are going. That is enough for me.
March 11, 2023
This one is appropriate since I’m in the Pacific Northwest right now…
#495 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 A cold rainy day…makes it harder to appreciate God’s beneficence. But it’s still there. It’s a training that is going on. I can only meet God on His terms, but I want to meet Him on my terms, even though His terms are undoubtedly better. So I have to learn…a cold rainy day is a lesson. Wish I wasn’t such a slow learner!
March 12, 2023
#496 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Joy. It’s funny how God is offering joy to us all over the Bible, yet I seldom hear of anyone described as a joyful person. Joyful wedding, joyful childbirth, joyful victory–but not as a human adjective. I wonder why. I suppose because we perceive joy as a feeling, and we can’t hold on to a feeling. Joy as a feeling is happiness–joy runs much deeper. That is what I want on my tombstone or plaque or urn or whatever: “He was a joyful man”
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