May 23, 2022
#204 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Sunday, April 24, 2022 My mother used to use the expression “…looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.” (It was not a compliment.) And my nephew recently asked me, “It seems easy to see God’s love when you are surrounded by your beautiful and loving family, but what about when nothing is going right and it all feels hopeless?” I admit my daily posts seem pretty upbeat. I asked a mentor: Christ suffered, don’t we have to suffer? He said: I don’t know, we have to trust God for that. I thought that was a good answer. As for the ephemeral stuff, like moods and daily crises and stifled ambitions– that is the soil in which God grows our character.
May 24, 2022
This one is a lifetime golf highlight…
#205 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (Happy birthday, Bob Dylan) I shot my age in golf today (I play the short tees). That was on my bucket list. It is such a personal accomplishment that my ego wants to dive right in and bask in the personal glory, but I am having none of it. I have had brief moments in my life, in different activities, where I felt like I could do what I wanted to do and I did it. The feeling is magical. We see this all the time with our athletes and musicians and writers and artists and all human creators pursuing their various arts. We get to experience what God did when He went through the steps of creation, always saying “It is good.” I got a little taste of that today, and it was good.
May 25, 2022
#206 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Monday, April 18, 2022 This one is from our pastor’s sermon on Easter Sunday: There was a man who doted on his grandson. One day his daughter called and asked if he could watch the boy while she went to a meeting. When he arrived at her house, he heard a terrible screaming coming from inside. He hurried in and there was the boy crying like a banshee in his playpen. Just as he rushed to him, his daughter came into the room and said, “Don’t you dare take him out of that playpen. He has to learn to listen to his mama. Now let me finish my make-up.” Before she even got back to her mirror, the crying had stopped. Darn that man, she thought to herself, stomping her foot. Why won’t he do what I ask? She went back to the living to reprimand him. There she discovered the two of them–in the playpen!
And that is just how our heavenly Father will meet us right where we are.
May 26, 2022
#207 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, April 23, 2022 “I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.” (Philippians 4:11) What a wonderful approach to life! This is a verse I can apply moment by moment, day by day. Of course, St. Paul was dealing with shipwrecks and prisons and beatings–I am dealing with stalled traffic and household malfunctions and bad bounces of the golf ball. God says don’t worry about it–you work on the contentment and I’ll work on the circumstances.
May 27, 2022
#208 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 Two cardinals are courting right in front of me–heck, there go two blue jays…and two mourning doves! Boy, I miss the old days when that kind of drive coursed through me. To everything there is a season…
May 28, 2022
#209 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Sometimes this writing project feels like messages in bottles, thrown out into the sea, with no earthly idea where they will end up. I want to direct the current–I hope Bethany reads this one, this one is for Nathan, Zachary should hear this–but God is having none of it. My true purpose, if I can live up to it, is to be a transcriber. God will address the envelopes.
May 29, 2022
#210 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
Saturday, April 16, 2022 I sometimes fear i don’t have the proper reverence for certain holidays (like Easter). I tend to forget about the horrible darkness that was necessary to bring out the joy of Easter. I’m much better at handling joy than sorrow. But I don’t worry about it much any more–God will teach me what I need to know. I’m trying to learn to listen.
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