May 1, 2023
#547 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2023 “(love)…does not take into account a wrong suffered…” (I Corinthians 13:5) As I observe a family conflict, the wisdom of these words rocks my soul. Note first “…a wrong…” — that means very definitely someone has been treated unfairly (at least in her perception). Then note “…suffered…” –the result of this treatment has caused one pain. The obvious truth: you hurt me. The miraculous kicker: “…love does not take into account…” –no need for revenge, for restitution, even for repentance. Clean slate, let’s move forward, I love you. Of course, this is impossible without the work of the Holy Spirit, for it is outside the realm of human nature.
May 2, 2023
#548 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2023 Sleep deprivation. I learned on my latest golf outing that several of my senior friends suffer from insomnia. Insomnia scares me. I don’t experience it often, but when I do I feel helpless. I do not possess the power to make myself fall asleep. I try meditation and mantras and breathing–works sometimes, doesn’t others. I have learned the most important thing is to maintain a spiritual connection–to not feel alone. He is here, whether I feel it or not. Through Him, I can handle this.
May 3, 2023
$549 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
April, 2023 The inner life. That is the point of emphasis I believe is most lacking in the churches I’ve attended, and perhaps in the Christians I know. The teachings of Jesus make it clear how I am supposed to interact with the world. How do I connect with God–when I am tired? when I am tempted? how do I distinguish His voice from mine? how do I make wrongful thoughts go away? can my breathing draw me nearer? can I have control of my emotions? what if I can’t sleep? how do I train myself to choose others over self? have I built any barriers between myself and those I love? Those are important spiritual questions that can only be answered by exploring the inner life.
May 4, 2023
#550 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2023 Mourning doves are my least favorite of the birds that come to our feeders. Ridiculous. The Holy Spirit is depicted as a dove. I do much better at living in the present when I am absorbing, appreciating and admiring than I do when I am critiquing.
May 5, 2023
#551 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
February, 2023 After many readings, this still resonates: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic–on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg–or else He would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice–either this man was, and is, the Son of God; or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up as a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon, or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” –from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
May 6, 2023
#552 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
March, 2023 Impressions. God speaks to me everyday, yet I’ve never had a burning bush or a voice from the heavens or a descending dove. How do I know who I’m hearing? Who’s to say I’m not delusional? I know that I’ve asked Him to and I believe that He wants to. Of course, there are scriptural guidelines… His voice comes to me in impressions, which I take to my heart and examine. The reason it’s not hard to hear God’s voice is because God is love, and demonstrations of love abound on this planet. I just have to open my eyes and listen. And enjoy.
May 7, 2023
Family Sunday–my favorite day to post…
#553 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
MARCH, 2023 (Day 4 of Texas Malmgren Family Reunion) I am struck by the immensity of God’s plan, the infinitude of possibilities in the River of Life. There are 14 of us here, and though we are knit together in love by the beauty and sacredness of God’s original inspiration called Family, there are also 14 separate and distinct journeys that are merely intersecting at this point in space and time. Several of these journeys are nearing their end while some are only just starting. Only God can see all 14 of these journeys from beginning to end, right here right now. Ah, the wonder and glory of this thing called life!
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