March 7, 2022
#127 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Thursday, February 3, 2022 Look at my beloved live oak tree! There were three distinct gaps in the branches that light would shine through, and I would think of them as Father, Son and Spirit as I prayed on my back porch in good weather. Goes to show that God transcends any of the boxes that we try to fit Him in.
March 8, 2022
Tuesday = golf
#128 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, August 16, 2021 If golf is a spiritual exercise (it is), then fellowship should be a component. Today I partnered with a guy I barely knew. We shared a similar comportment as we played, and we were both having a decent round. In the cart we started talking about our lives. At the 16th hole I knew I had to tell him about how Jesus had changed the direction of my life. He said the same for him. So after the round we had a beer and discovered how central Jesus was to our lives. (He is reading the same daily devotional–My Utmost for His Highest–that I read last year.) We looked at each other and I said, “We are brothers in Christ” and we smiled and toasted.
March 9, 2022
#129 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, January 30, 2022 “My heart is restless until it rests in Thee.” –St. Augustine Something I have a hard time figuring out is how people get by without the Lord. There are millions of them out there, motoring around with this basic attitude: I can do this on my own. A) You can’t. B) Why would you want to? Not that I’m trying to stuff God down anybody’s throat. But it must get lonely in there. His presence is a gift, not a burden.
March 10, 2022
#130 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 God has radically changed my demographic. Being a high school teacher, I’ve spent most of my life around young people. Now most of the people–my golf buddies, people at church, friends from my past–are old. There’s a lot of truth to John Prine’s “Old people just grow lonesome / Waiting for someone to say ‘Hello in there, hello.’ ” It’s a joy to see people come alive when you show an interest in them.
March 11, 2022
#131 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 I have come up with a new word in my lexicon: Full-hearted. This feeling has been coming over me more frequently. It seems to be triggered by the realization of how wonderfully blessed I am coupled with the clear conviction of where this blessing comes from. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…
March 12, 2022
#132 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Friday, February 11, 2022 In my youth I used to disdain sleep, feeling like it was just causing me to miss out on life. Nowadays, I have difficulty discerning when God is more communicative with me, in the day or the night.
March 13, 2022
#133 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, February 21, 2022 Complacency is my enemy, and yet I’m very susceptible to it. It’s easy for me to kick back and relax and appreciate how good life is. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that–I just can’t get stuck there. He is present and I need to be present to be receptive to Him. And in order to be present, I have to be ready to move.
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