October 14, 2024
#1218 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 2, 2024 Morgan Freeman in a movie: “Comparison is the thief of joy.” If I measure myself against someone else, the likely result is vanity or envy. God does not want me to set any standard but His own, which is Jesus Christ. Anything else is striving after wind. I will continually fall short, but I will continually press on. That is joy.
October 15, 2024
Golf Tuesday, navigating…
#1219 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 16, 2024 Another reason that golf is a spiritual exercise: it illuminates the truism that what I intend and what I accomplish are often two entirely different things. My challenge is to accept that dissonance with equanimity.
October 16, 2024
#1220 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
June 6, 2024 Whenever I sit on my back porch I know Someone is with me. Karen or my family or my friends or Spice are just a bonus. Tonight after I got settled, I took a few deep breaths and said, “Wow, Lord, not much going on out here tonight.” Within seconds a dynamic bluejay flew along the fence line and landed at our bird feeder. In another 30 seconds a florid cardinal flew into my live oak, checked out the birdbath below, and came down for a drink. I know–this is insignificant in terms of Events Taking Place on our planet. But I see God’s brushstrokes, and that is good enough for me.
October 17, 2024
#1221 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 15, 2024 disquietude — (n.) — an edgy feeling that something in your universe is out of order. I have bouts of that. I suspect the primary cause is discord — (n.) — disagreement or disappointment between people. I’m not sure there is a corrective action. Silence and prayer seem to help.
October 18, 2024
#1222 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 23, 2024 “Physician, heal thyself…” (Luke 4:23) The farther along I get, the more clear it becomes to me that the Christian walk is an inward journey. The real target of Jesus’ teachings is the human heart. It must be transformed. Even if we recognize this, we cannot do it ourselves. That is why He came.
October 19, 2024
#1223 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 4, 2024 My music tonight on my back porch is a high school band practicing way off in the distance. Boy, is that an evocative sound! High school was a wonderful land to have a career. Interesting things were always happening. I am glad I have moved on, as it is primarily a place for young people, and you can only keep up with the young for so long.
October 20, 2024
Family Sunday, bragging style…
#1224 HOW GOD SPOKE TO ME TODAY
September 10, 2024 I got to listen to Harlie (my oldest gd) for about 45 minutes today. I learned about her volleyball teams (school and club), her friends, her pet peeves, her classes and what she’s reading. I will sing her praises: she is full of life and clear-eyed and sweet-souled. God has blessed her richly. Thank You for gifting my granddaughter(s), Lord Jesus.
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