November 6, 2023
#774 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 “Jesus said to him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.” (Matthew 22:37–38). Ever have a verse just pound you in the heart? That second sentence “…the first and great commandment.” I more frequently acknowledge God than I love Him. It’s what Paul calls “…seeing through a mirror dimly…” Every step forward convinces me that the “…then face to face…” is going to be more astoundlingly wonderful than any of us can imagine.
November 7, 2023
Golf Tuesday means green pastures…
#775 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October, 2023 I went to a golfing friend’s memorial service today. Most impactful realization I had was how little I know about someone’s life if I only play golf with him. I resolve to remedy that–to seek to build true friendships rather than easy foursomes. Second realization: it pays to show up. Eight of us golfers attended and most of us knew hardly any of the others there–but the appreciation his family felt was evident. See you in heaven, Gary.
November 8, 2023
#776 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October, 2023 “Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) What a wonderful exhortation! Of course, it is impossible for me–I fall away from that objective with dismaying regularity. But, by the grace of God, He allows me to glimpse it, to feel it, even to enter into the realm of perfection. It can be art, it can be sports, it can be nature, it can even be taste–what we have in this photo is the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.
November 9, 2023
#777 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
May, 2023 “Are you a spiritual person?” is a better question than “Are you a Christian?” If the answer to the first is no, the door is already closed. If the answer is yes, He can find them. I pray I can be of help.
November 10, 2023
#778 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
July, 2023 There are people I care intensely about who do not believe in Jesus. Sometimes I want to shake them by their shoulders (of course, that doesn’t work). Turns out, most of them don’t believe in Christianity. Relationship not religion. “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved.” That is not a pie-in-the-sky, future pearly gates promise. That is practical, day by day advice for living in this discordant world. Stop making your journey alone. Take His hand.
November 11, 2023
#779 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August, 2023 Regret. I suspect the single most overwhelming feeling we are going to experience when we pass through that door is regret. We are going to know immediately how glorious the presence of God is, and we are going to realize how accessible He was in our earthly lives. I’ll be slapping myself on the forehead. But, as it is written, “…He shall wipe away every tear.”
November 12, 2023
A confessional Family Sunday…
#780 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October, 2023 I used to think that family transcended God. I’d never say that, but my family was what I cared most about. Family love comes so naturally that I would think that I could do it on my own. Utter nonsense. God is love–purified–how could I possibly love my family better than through God?
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