October 13, 2025
I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now…
#1578 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October 8, 2025 Every once in awhile, God will give me a flashback to encourage me that I am on the right path and making progress. This one came from an interview I did with a former student about 8 years ago:
October 14, 2025
Watching the world go by on Golf Tuesday…
#1579 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 28, 2025. When we decided to move to Dallas, I put down $500 in earnest money on my “dream” house on my “dream” golf course, only to lose it when the sale of our house in New Braunfels fell through. Now I can’t imagine a better place to sit than on my back porch where we ended up. That’s one example out of thousands when I have planned an action, been incredibly disappointed when it didn’t work out like I planned, only to discover that the ultimate result was far better than what I ever expected. God works like that.
October 15, 2025
Do you hear what I hear?
#1580 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 21, 2025 Listening skills–they are as important for me to work on as any of the other things I want to get better at. I have a penchant for letting my mind drift off when someone is speaking to me, especially if it is a lengthy discourse. I suppose this is a habit developed in elementary school when I found the teachers boring. Karen, who is well aware of this proclivity, will sometimes stop speaking abruptly, look at me, and ask “Are you listening?” Help me, Lord, to be attentive.
October 16, 2025
Going highbrow tonight…
#1581 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 20, 2025
“Old age hath yet his honor and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with the Gods.”
–from Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Or, in more modern lingo, “It ain’t over til the fat lady sings.” Keep me ever mindful, Lord, of that ‘work of noble note’ that I might do.
October 17, 2025
Bob Dylan or Gregorian chants?
#1582 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 30, 2025 …‘in’ the world but not ‘of’ the world… Man, that is a squiggly line! I think it has less to do with the activity I am engaged in and more with the awareness I bring to that activity. The fruit of the Spirit–love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control–are not ‘of’ the world. We have to bring them ‘in’ to it. Anything that nurtures those qualities is from Above.
October 18, 2025
God’s IMAX…
#1583 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
August 3, 2025 Something God keeps bringing to my mind: The Big Picture. I realize how limited and subjective my perspective of how God acts is. It’s easy for me to see the beauty of His creation and I’m getting better at seeing His hand at work in people’s lives. I am not good at zooming out. But I’ve come to understand that the forest is even more breathtaking than the trees are. I’m also convinced that the doorway to the Big Picture is found right here in the present.
October 19, 2025
Thank God for Karen on Family Sunday…
#1584 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
October 6, 2025 Helplessness–I’m not sure if it derives more from my rotator cuff injury or from the general state of being an old guy. My wife has to help me put my sling/cast back on when I shower. I cannot put a belt on by myself. Today I missed an appointment I wrote down for tomorrow. The only positive I can see in this is humility. Lift me up, Lord
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