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Several decades ago, a scientific survey at the University of Wisconsin revealed that professors who had been teaching for 20 years were no better than some teaching only two or three years.
But those who, every few years returned to college for refresher courses and to study new techniques, improved.
Those who didn’t just stagnated.
That’s why it is so important to put God on your calendar and keep Him there.
Even a man or woman “born again” needs a daily rebirth, a daily re-evaluation of habits, a daily upgrading, a daily analysis of yesterday’s happenings.
We can change for the better but not if we keep tripping over the same old errors. Let me say that again - We can change for the better but not if we keep tripping over the same old errors.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”- Romans 15:13
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
YOUR OWN LITTLE RAIN CLOUD
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Do you remember the cartoonist Al Capp and his cartoon strip Li’l Abner?
Remember the character named Joe Pssst who carried around his own little rain cloud wherever he went?
Unfortunately, as the clock goes tick, tick, tick too many folk wake up each day with their their own little rain cloud – their soul full of doubts, their heart full of hate and their mind full of gripes.
The Shakespeare syndrome I call it. Remember Hamlet? He must have been a jolly companion to have around all day since the best description of life he could come up with was that it was, “stale, flat and unprofitable.”
Do you remember, when you still quite young, how you learned that by focusing the rays of the sun through a magnifying glass you could burn a hole through a leaf, or etch your initials on the side of a tree?
Well, that is why it is so important to meet God in the morning and carry Him with you through the day.
It is a holy habit that can help you to bring all your scattered ethics into focus, to pinpoint your decisions with heavenly meaning, and give proper direction to your deeds.
In short, pray “God, help me” at breakfast so you will be able to pray “God, thank you,” at dinner.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it (the heart) are found the issues of life. For as a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 23:7
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Do you remember the cartoonist Al Capp and his cartoon strip Li’l Abner?
Remember the character named Joe Pssst who carried around his own little rain cloud wherever he went?
Unfortunately, as the clock goes tick, tick, tick too many folk wake up each day with their their own little rain cloud – their soul full of doubts, their heart full of hate and their mind full of gripes.
The Shakespeare syndrome I call it. Remember Hamlet? He must have been a jolly companion to have around all day since the best description of life he could come up with was that it was, “stale, flat and unprofitable.”
Do you remember, when you still quite young, how you learned that by focusing the rays of the sun through a magnifying glass you could burn a hole through a leaf, or etch your initials on the side of a tree?
Well, that is why it is so important to meet God in the morning and carry Him with you through the day.
It is a holy habit that can help you to bring all your scattered ethics into focus, to pinpoint your decisions with heavenly meaning, and give proper direction to your deeds.
In short, pray “God, help me” at breakfast so you will be able to pray “God, thank you,” at dinner.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it (the heart) are found the issues of life. For as a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 23:7
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”.
To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Monday, March 29, 2010
TICK, TICK, TICK
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Ralph Waldo Emerson mused, “Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.”
A century ago, the average worker spent 70 hours on the job and lived 40 years. Now, he or she works an average 40 hours a week and lives 70 plus years. That’s 1500 more free hours a year and a total of over 33,000 additional free hours in a lifetime. That’s a lot of boredom or anxiety, guilt or pride, or, God willing, the proper use of such abundance. Tick, tick, tick.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Ralph Waldo Emerson mused, “Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.”
A century ago, the average worker spent 70 hours on the job and lived 40 years. Now, he or she works an average 40 hours a week and lives 70 plus years. That’s 1500 more free hours a year and a total of over 33,000 additional free hours in a lifetime. That’s a lot of boredom or anxiety, guilt or pride, or, God willing, the proper use of such abundance. Tick, tick, tick.
Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”.
To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
A WELCOMING FORCE
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Sam was still at home.
His family had gone to church. He didn’t go with them. He never did. He knew it would please them and somehow in the back of his mind and a corner of his soul he knew it would be a pleasing thing to do, but he just didn’t.
It was cold and getting colder.
The snow had started out slow and soft. Now the wind had shifted and it was becoming a blizzard. Then it hit him. The animals, he had not gone to the barn to warm them with heaters as he always did.
What had happened to him?
How could he forget? He quickly got dressed and hurried toward the barn.
When he opened the barn door it was almost as cold inside as it was outside.
When the heaters were lit their expansive heat immediately took over. If a cow could smile he was certain this was what Betsy was doing. Finally, all the animals were taken care of and he moved back out into the windswept cold.
As he moved back toward the house he saw some sparrows on the ground, barely moving. In the branches of a tree, others seemed frozen to their spot.
He knew that because the temperature was dropping so rapidly, they soon would die. What could he do? He could not communicate with them. When he tried to capture them to take them into the barn, they feebly but successfully eluded his grasp.
Oh, if only he could become a sparrow and tell them to fly into the warmth of the barn. Let them know how much he cared for their safety and salvation.
As he had the thought, the air filled with the old church bell ringing.
The westerly wind had carried the sound that extra distance.
At least to him the old bell in the church steeple was ringing like it had never rung before. And he became overwhelmed by a thought, a revelation.
What Christianity truly was hit him in the center of his soul. It was almost more than he could bear. Tears flooded down his cheeks.
“I understand, Lord. After all these years, I understand. We were like sparrows at a loss in a cold, cold world and you came down and became one of us.”
And then, for a moment he entered the mind of a sparrow and becoming one of them knew instantly what it was that he should do.
He raced back to the barn, picked up a bag of seeds and then began to drop seeds from the tree where the sparrows perched back to the now open barn door.
At first, they ignored him, were indifferent to him, almost passed by their opportunity for salvation.
But then some seemed to understand and followed the offering of love, and moved toward the light and the incredible warmth and life. And it was good. God saw it and it was good.
And that is what Christianity is; love. Not indifference. Christianity is not a bureaucrat looking for an excuse not to do something but a Christian opportunist welcoming the opportunity to be a welcoming force.
“…I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers.... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”.
To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
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To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Sam was still at home.
His family had gone to church. He didn’t go with them. He never did. He knew it would please them and somehow in the back of his mind and a corner of his soul he knew it would be a pleasing thing to do, but he just didn’t.
It was cold and getting colder.
The snow had started out slow and soft. Now the wind had shifted and it was becoming a blizzard. Then it hit him. The animals, he had not gone to the barn to warm them with heaters as he always did.
What had happened to him?
How could he forget? He quickly got dressed and hurried toward the barn.
When he opened the barn door it was almost as cold inside as it was outside.
When the heaters were lit their expansive heat immediately took over. If a cow could smile he was certain this was what Betsy was doing. Finally, all the animals were taken care of and he moved back out into the windswept cold.
As he moved back toward the house he saw some sparrows on the ground, barely moving. In the branches of a tree, others seemed frozen to their spot.
He knew that because the temperature was dropping so rapidly, they soon would die. What could he do? He could not communicate with them. When he tried to capture them to take them into the barn, they feebly but successfully eluded his grasp.
Oh, if only he could become a sparrow and tell them to fly into the warmth of the barn. Let them know how much he cared for their safety and salvation.
As he had the thought, the air filled with the old church bell ringing.
The westerly wind had carried the sound that extra distance.
At least to him the old bell in the church steeple was ringing like it had never rung before. And he became overwhelmed by a thought, a revelation.
What Christianity truly was hit him in the center of his soul. It was almost more than he could bear. Tears flooded down his cheeks.
“I understand, Lord. After all these years, I understand. We were like sparrows at a loss in a cold, cold world and you came down and became one of us.”
And then, for a moment he entered the mind of a sparrow and becoming one of them knew instantly what it was that he should do.
He raced back to the barn, picked up a bag of seeds and then began to drop seeds from the tree where the sparrows perched back to the now open barn door.
At first, they ignored him, were indifferent to him, almost passed by their opportunity for salvation.
But then some seemed to understand and followed the offering of love, and moved toward the light and the incredible warmth and life. And it was good. God saw it and it was good.
And that is what Christianity is; love. Not indifference. Christianity is not a bureaucrat looking for an excuse not to do something but a Christian opportunist welcoming the opportunity to be a welcoming force.
“…I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers.... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”.
To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF IMPORTANCE
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Remember Roger Stauback, the great quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70’s?
You might think that he would consider those days of old were his glory days.
But he doesn’t.
He has long believed that his future reached far beyond football.
That Christianity is the most important thing in his life.
That with God one can withstand anything life offers.
Roger‘s football feats and awards were great and yet he has never been confused as to what awards really count - God’s awards.
Good old positive thinker Paul put it well, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
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To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Remember Roger Stauback, the great quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70’s?
You might think that he would consider those days of old were his glory days.
But he doesn’t.
He has long believed that his future reached far beyond football.
That Christianity is the most important thing in his life.
That with God one can withstand anything life offers.
Roger‘s football feats and awards were great and yet he has never been confused as to what awards really count - God’s awards.
Good old positive thinker Paul put it well, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
PLUS OR MINUS
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One day, a little girl and her father, who was not a religious man, were walking by a huge cathedral. Looking up the little girl pointed to the cross high atop its steeple and asked, “Daddy, why is there a big plus sign on top of that building?”
Unfortunately the cross isn’t a plus to everyone.
To some it is a nothing. They consider God’s words empty promises.
But are the promises He gave us worth any less because some refuse to take them?
Of course not, for fools abound.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11: 1(NKJV)
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
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And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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(Have you considered sharing this site with a friend?)
To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
One day, a little girl and her father, who was not a religious man, were walking by a huge cathedral. Looking up the little girl pointed to the cross high atop its steeple and asked, “Daddy, why is there a big plus sign on top of that building?”
Unfortunately the cross isn’t a plus to everyone.
To some it is a nothing. They consider God’s words empty promises.
But are the promises He gave us worth any less because some refuse to take them?
Of course not, for fools abound.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11: 1(NKJV)
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
GO FOR MOUNTAIN PRAYERS NOT MOLEHILL MUTTERINGS
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A mother and son were having lunch together in a restaurant.
When the food had been served the mother said, “Let’s have a silent prayer.”
When finished she saw that her son’s head still was bowed - and remained that way for a long time.
Finally he opened his eyes and began to eat. “What were you praying about all that time?” asked the mother.
“How do I know?” replied the son. “It was a silent prayer.”
When we pray, we must not do that – be so absentminded and apathetic that a few minutes later we don’t have a clue what we just prayed.
Rather, be concerned with totally committed prayers, not mouthing, Oops, I let my mind go wandering again.
Pray with an intensity that underlines every word that is heaven bound.
Nor when we pray, be satisfied with a bunt.
Go for a home run. Pray mountain prayers – not molehill mutterings.
“Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer [life], being [both] alert and intent in [your praying] with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4: 2
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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A mother and son were having lunch together in a restaurant.
When the food had been served the mother said, “Let’s have a silent prayer.”
When finished she saw that her son’s head still was bowed - and remained that way for a long time.
Finally he opened his eyes and began to eat. “What were you praying about all that time?” asked the mother.
“How do I know?” replied the son. “It was a silent prayer.”
When we pray, we must not do that – be so absentminded and apathetic that a few minutes later we don’t have a clue what we just prayed.
Rather, be concerned with totally committed prayers, not mouthing, Oops, I let my mind go wandering again.
Pray with an intensity that underlines every word that is heaven bound.
Nor when we pray, be satisfied with a bunt.
Go for a home run. Pray mountain prayers – not molehill mutterings.
“Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer [life], being [both] alert and intent in [your praying] with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4: 2
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 13 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS?
March 9 DO YOU COURT DIVINE MADNESS?
March 7 WHAT IS A PRAYER FENCE?
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
IF THE ROOTS ARE STRONG THEN...
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The mother of the writer James Barrie had the roots of her Savior dug down deep and strong and relentless in their power.
It is why her son was able to describe her this way. “After the death of her eldest son, my mother came back to her desolate home and bowed herself before her God.
That is how my mother got her soft face…and her large charities, and why mothers ran to her when they had lost a child.”
“Seek the LORD and his strength;
seek his presence continually!”
—Psalm 105:4
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March 23 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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The mother of the writer James Barrie had the roots of her Savior dug down deep and strong and relentless in their power.
It is why her son was able to describe her this way. “After the death of her eldest son, my mother came back to her desolate home and bowed herself before her God.
That is how my mother got her soft face…and her large charities, and why mothers ran to her when they had lost a child.”
“Seek the LORD and his strength;
seek his presence continually!”
—Psalm 105:4
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 23 A MASTERPIECE OR A MESS
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Monday, March 22, 2010
IF THE ROOTS ARE STRONG...
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The mother of the writer James Barrie had the roots of her Savior dug down deep and strong and relentless in their power.
It is why her son was able to describe her this way. “After the death of her eldest son, my mother came back to her desolate home and bowed herself before her God.
That is how my mother got her soft face…and her large charities, and why mothers ran to her when they had lost a child.”
“Seek the LORD and his strength;
seek his presence continually!”
—Psalm 105:4
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 19 HOW TO MAKE A BURDEN HEAVIER
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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The mother of the writer James Barrie had the roots of her Savior dug down deep and strong and relentless in their power.
It is why her son was able to describe her this way. “After the death of her eldest son, my mother came back to her desolate home and bowed herself before her God.
That is how my mother got her soft face…and her large charities, and why mothers ran to her when they had lost a child.”
“Seek the LORD and his strength;
seek his presence continually!”
—Psalm 105:4
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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March 19 HOW TO MAKE A BURDEN HEAVIER
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR A CHANGE?
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Ever hear of Francis Thompson? He was a nineteenth century English poet.
He wrote the poem “Hounds of Heaven” which, take my word for it, to those who know and love poetry is immortal.
Well, Francis Thompson was not always good soil producing such monumental works of artistry.
He first failed as a student, then as a book agent, as a shoe-maker’s apprentice…and as a soldier.
He often slept on uncomfortable park benches and at twenty-one was a drug addict.
And then someone introduced him to Christ and Francis changed.
He took the seed of truth that is God’s will and way.
He took the seed of Truth that is Jesus and he became not just good soil but super soil.
And the roots of faith took hold and who he was and what he produced changed. Oh how they changed.
Galatians 3:26
“For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Ever hear of Francis Thompson? He was a nineteenth century English poet.
He wrote the poem “Hounds of Heaven” which, take my word for it, to those who know and love poetry is immortal.
Well, Francis Thompson was not always good soil producing such monumental works of artistry.
He first failed as a student, then as a book agent, as a shoe-maker’s apprentice…and as a soldier.
He often slept on uncomfortable park benches and at twenty-one was a drug addict.
And then someone introduced him to Christ and Francis changed.
He took the seed of truth that is God’s will and way.
He took the seed of Truth that is Jesus and he became not just good soil but super soil.
And the roots of faith took hold and who he was and what he produced changed. Oh how they changed.
Galatians 3:26
“For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
WHO WANTS A BLACK BELT THAT IS TATTLE TALE GREY
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He was a young man but with the discipline of a much older man, and as he knelt before his master sensei in the ceremony to receive his coveted Black Belt he was asked, “What is the meaning of the Black Belt?
The student paused and then replied, “It is the end of my journey and a well-deserved reward for all my years of diligent efforts.”
A look of distress passed over the face of master sensei. “You are not ready for the Black Belt. Come back in one year.”
365 days later, the student knelt again before his teacher and in answer to the same question as to the meaning of the Black Belt replied, “It is a symbol of distinction and the highest achievement in our art.”
Once again, he was rejected and told to return in yet another year.
The student was weary but persistent. 52 weeks later he knelt again before his master teacher and again was asked the question, “What is the true meaning of the Black Belt?”
Unsure, but having thought and diligently prayed for understanding, he replied, “The Black Belt represents not the end but the beginning, the start of a never ending journey of discipline of work and the pursuit of an ever higher standard.”
The smile of approval on his teacher’s countenance was all the answer he required. He had learned the secret that a second mile is only a beginning and not an end.
What I have been trying to say was well said by a piece of ancient wisdom from India. “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Now live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”
That is what the secret of the second mile achieves. A life more wonderful than wasted. A life more humble than hateful. A life that heard Christ speak and answered with actions.
“Whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.” Matthew 5:41
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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He was a young man but with the discipline of a much older man, and as he knelt before his master sensei in the ceremony to receive his coveted Black Belt he was asked, “What is the meaning of the Black Belt?
The student paused and then replied, “It is the end of my journey and a well-deserved reward for all my years of diligent efforts.”
A look of distress passed over the face of master sensei. “You are not ready for the Black Belt. Come back in one year.”
365 days later, the student knelt again before his teacher and in answer to the same question as to the meaning of the Black Belt replied, “It is a symbol of distinction and the highest achievement in our art.”
Once again, he was rejected and told to return in yet another year.
The student was weary but persistent. 52 weeks later he knelt again before his master teacher and again was asked the question, “What is the true meaning of the Black Belt?”
Unsure, but having thought and diligently prayed for understanding, he replied, “The Black Belt represents not the end but the beginning, the start of a never ending journey of discipline of work and the pursuit of an ever higher standard.”
The smile of approval on his teacher’s countenance was all the answer he required. He had learned the secret that a second mile is only a beginning and not an end.
What I have been trying to say was well said by a piece of ancient wisdom from India. “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Now live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.”
That is what the secret of the second mile achieves. A life more wonderful than wasted. A life more humble than hateful. A life that heard Christ speak and answered with actions.
“Whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.” Matthew 5:41
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Friday, March 19, 2010
HOW TO MAKE A BURDEN HEAVIER?
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Two monks approached a river where the bridge was out.
Seated by the river was an older woman who could not, because of the shallow but rushing water, walk to the other side.
She was quite overweight and it was not easy for the two monks to lift her and between them carry her to the other side, but they did. Once put down, she thanked them and went on her way.
The monks rested awhile and then continued their journey.
One of the monks, however, could hardly take a step without complaining, “That foolish woman who did not check out some other way to make it across the stream. My back is killing me and getting stiffer by the minute.”
Variations on the complaint continued for mile after mile.
Finally, the other monk turned to his complaining friend and said, “You may wonder why I am not complaining. It is quite simple. I set her down five miles ago.”
We do that, don’t we? Too often, really. Don’t use the SCRIPTURAL second mile to remove resentments but rather mile after mile of living feed them.
So? Why grow toward love rather than grow toward more resentment? Because growth in whatever direction you choose is evidence of the kind of person you actually desire to become.
Do you know what you do when you walk that second mile?
You reach out to understand, in a new way, the mind of Christ.
If you do not use that second mile to mellow, you muddy your soul. Walk that second mile the way Christ wants you to and you begin to understand the Kingdom Ethic in a new and more vigorous way.
Why walk the second mile hand in hand with Christ?
Because it leads you to not have pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, religion without sacrifice or politics without principle. (A redirection of thoughts by Mahatma Ghandi)
It is a spiritually cleansing mile. A cleansing, clearing 20/20 moral visionary mile.
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Two monks approached a river where the bridge was out.
Seated by the river was an older woman who could not, because of the shallow but rushing water, walk to the other side.
She was quite overweight and it was not easy for the two monks to lift her and between them carry her to the other side, but they did. Once put down, she thanked them and went on her way.
The monks rested awhile and then continued their journey.
One of the monks, however, could hardly take a step without complaining, “That foolish woman who did not check out some other way to make it across the stream. My back is killing me and getting stiffer by the minute.”
Variations on the complaint continued for mile after mile.
Finally, the other monk turned to his complaining friend and said, “You may wonder why I am not complaining. It is quite simple. I set her down five miles ago.”
We do that, don’t we? Too often, really. Don’t use the SCRIPTURAL second mile to remove resentments but rather mile after mile of living feed them.
So? Why grow toward love rather than grow toward more resentment? Because growth in whatever direction you choose is evidence of the kind of person you actually desire to become.
Do you know what you do when you walk that second mile?
You reach out to understand, in a new way, the mind of Christ.
If you do not use that second mile to mellow, you muddy your soul. Walk that second mile the way Christ wants you to and you begin to understand the Kingdom Ethic in a new and more vigorous way.
Why walk the second mile hand in hand with Christ?
Because it leads you to not have pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, religion without sacrifice or politics without principle. (A redirection of thoughts by Mahatma Ghandi)
It is a spiritually cleansing mile. A cleansing, clearing 20/20 moral visionary mile.
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
WHAT DO YOU FEED TIME? YOUR PERSONAL TIME?
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There was a man named Dr. Brackett.
To say that he was unusual in his dedication toward other people would be an understatement.
He started early thinking about others rather than himself and he never wavered.
Most would argue that he carried his dedication too far when on his wedding day he asked his bride to postpone their wedding so he could rush to save a sick, little Mexican boy. She obviously agreed it was too much to ask and called the wedding off.
And this became his life. Not from dawn to dusk, but long before and after, did he work to continually reach thousands in need.
Finally, when he was in his 70’s he died, and his funeral was the largest his little southwestern town had ever seen.
They were poor people. Very, very poor people in this little town and surrounding area, and they could not afford a stone for his grave.
No problem. The dilemma was solved by the parents of the little Mexican boy whose life he had saved on what was to be his wedding day.
Now old and feeble, they nevertheless made their way to his office and with great difficulty carefully pried the brass plate off his door.
It had been there for many years. Now it had a final, highly appropriate resting place, for the next day the brass plate rested on his grave and read rather appropriately “Dr. Brackett – Office Upstairs.” (Sangster, Rewrite of a story in The People Who Ministered to Him.)
What does the scriptural admonition to go the extra mile mean to you? Perhaps it is giving extra time to someone you love rather than one day saying, “I wish I had given more time to this one I loved.”
Time is a friend if we use it wisely, an enemy when we foolishly waste it.
Would you appreciate the value of thirty days - only thirty days?
Speak to a mother who gave birth 30 days too soon to a premature baby.
Would you appreciate the value of a few minutes - just a few minutes?
Think of that day you stood in this church, or some other church, and made your public pledge of faith to Almighty God.
Would you argue as to the worth of such minutes spent?
Would you appreciate the value of one little second? Talk to someone who but for a single second would have been killed in a fatal accident. (Edited, rewritten and shortened from Dynamic Preaching, King Duncan)
A second-mile-person appreciates time and is appalled at how often it is wasted. Just remember, “The future is not a place we are going (to) – (it is) a place we are creating.” (William Jennings Bryan)
“Owe no one anything except to love one another... Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” (Rom. 13:8, 10).
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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There was a man named Dr. Brackett.
To say that he was unusual in his dedication toward other people would be an understatement.
He started early thinking about others rather than himself and he never wavered.
Most would argue that he carried his dedication too far when on his wedding day he asked his bride to postpone their wedding so he could rush to save a sick, little Mexican boy. She obviously agreed it was too much to ask and called the wedding off.
And this became his life. Not from dawn to dusk, but long before and after, did he work to continually reach thousands in need.
Finally, when he was in his 70’s he died, and his funeral was the largest his little southwestern town had ever seen.
They were poor people. Very, very poor people in this little town and surrounding area, and they could not afford a stone for his grave.
No problem. The dilemma was solved by the parents of the little Mexican boy whose life he had saved on what was to be his wedding day.
Now old and feeble, they nevertheless made their way to his office and with great difficulty carefully pried the brass plate off his door.
It had been there for many years. Now it had a final, highly appropriate resting place, for the next day the brass plate rested on his grave and read rather appropriately “Dr. Brackett – Office Upstairs.” (Sangster, Rewrite of a story in The People Who Ministered to Him.)
What does the scriptural admonition to go the extra mile mean to you? Perhaps it is giving extra time to someone you love rather than one day saying, “I wish I had given more time to this one I loved.”
Time is a friend if we use it wisely, an enemy when we foolishly waste it.
Would you appreciate the value of thirty days - only thirty days?
Speak to a mother who gave birth 30 days too soon to a premature baby.
Would you appreciate the value of a few minutes - just a few minutes?
Think of that day you stood in this church, or some other church, and made your public pledge of faith to Almighty God.
Would you argue as to the worth of such minutes spent?
Would you appreciate the value of one little second? Talk to someone who but for a single second would have been killed in a fatal accident. (Edited, rewritten and shortened from Dynamic Preaching, King Duncan)
A second-mile-person appreciates time and is appalled at how often it is wasted. Just remember, “The future is not a place we are going (to) – (it is) a place we are creating.” (William Jennings Bryan)
“Owe no one anything except to love one another... Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” (Rom. 13:8, 10).
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
IT'S FREE...NO FEE
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I don’t know whether or not you saw the movie “Aviator.”
It is the story of the life of Howard Hughes and, I think, wonderfully done.
It is an exciting movie that ultimately ends up being a very sad film.
In the movie you watch this remarkably talented man invent all kind of things, fly airplanes, be at home with the rich and famous, date movie stars and then finish out his life as a frightened little old man, with long dirty hair, long hideously misshapen fingernails, completely paranoid about germs, shut off from the world totally afraid.
He had it all and one day he had nothing but himself and he could not live or find peace with just himself.
I belong to the Holiday Inn Priority Club.
Every 10,000 points I get a free room for one night. No charge. All taken care of.
But better still, I belong to a Heavenly Priority Club. When I die I get a free room. No charge. No points needed. All taken care. “In my Father’s house are many rooms.”
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Matt 6:19-21)
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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I don’t know whether or not you saw the movie “Aviator.”
It is the story of the life of Howard Hughes and, I think, wonderfully done.
It is an exciting movie that ultimately ends up being a very sad film.
In the movie you watch this remarkably talented man invent all kind of things, fly airplanes, be at home with the rich and famous, date movie stars and then finish out his life as a frightened little old man, with long dirty hair, long hideously misshapen fingernails, completely paranoid about germs, shut off from the world totally afraid.
He had it all and one day he had nothing but himself and he could not live or find peace with just himself.
I belong to the Holiday Inn Priority Club.
Every 10,000 points I get a free room for one night. No charge. All taken care of.
But better still, I belong to a Heavenly Priority Club. When I die I get a free room. No charge. No points needed. All taken care. “In my Father’s house are many rooms.”
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Matt 6:19-21)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
HOW DO YOU DEFINE WORTH?
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Do you remember the comedian Jack Benny?
On his weekly radio program there was an on-going skit in which Jack opened the vault in which he kept all his money.
You couldn’t see it, of course, remember this was radio, but you could hear the multitude of locks being unlocked one after the other and chains rattling.
Above all the noise required to reach his cache, Rochester would yell, “Mr. Benny, you can’t take it with you.”
And always Jack would yell back, “Then I’m not going.”
A missionary named Jim Elliott who gave his all while keeping very little for himself once wrote, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
You know why there are so many unhappy people with tons and tons of things? They use people just like they use the things they collect. And they have much, and yet they have absolutely nothing, all at the same time.
“For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6: 23
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Do you remember the comedian Jack Benny?
On his weekly radio program there was an on-going skit in which Jack opened the vault in which he kept all his money.
You couldn’t see it, of course, remember this was radio, but you could hear the multitude of locks being unlocked one after the other and chains rattling.
Above all the noise required to reach his cache, Rochester would yell, “Mr. Benny, you can’t take it with you.”
And always Jack would yell back, “Then I’m not going.”
A missionary named Jim Elliott who gave his all while keeping very little for himself once wrote, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
You know why there are so many unhappy people with tons and tons of things? They use people just like they use the things they collect. And they have much, and yet they have absolutely nothing, all at the same time.
“For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6: 23
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Monday, March 15, 2010
THE RIGHT OR WRONG SIDE OF FOREVER
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There is an ancient fable about a crane that is wading in a stream looking for snails.
A beautiful swan lands nearby. The crane has never seen a swan before so he asks, “And what are you?”
“I am swan,” comes back the reply.
“And where did you come from?”
“Heaven,” answers the swan.
“Heaven? And what is that?” asks the crane.
The swan eagerly begins to explain how it is a place of great beauty and glory. He speaks of a new Jerusalem, a city of pure gold with jasper walls and pearly gates. He describes a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal.”
At that point, the crane interrupts him and asks, “Are there any snails in heaven?”
“No, I am afraid not,” replies the swan.
“Then I don’t care to go there,” came back the crane’s decisive reply, “I like snails!”
What we decide to like, to seek, to make number one on our priority list helps to decide whether we end up on the right side of forever.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God" (Romans 12:2).
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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There is an ancient fable about a crane that is wading in a stream looking for snails.
A beautiful swan lands nearby. The crane has never seen a swan before so he asks, “And what are you?”
“I am swan,” comes back the reply.
“And where did you come from?”
“Heaven,” answers the swan.
“Heaven? And what is that?” asks the crane.
The swan eagerly begins to explain how it is a place of great beauty and glory. He speaks of a new Jerusalem, a city of pure gold with jasper walls and pearly gates. He describes a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal.”
At that point, the crane interrupts him and asks, “Are there any snails in heaven?”
“No, I am afraid not,” replies the swan.
“Then I don’t care to go there,” came back the crane’s decisive reply, “I like snails!”
What we decide to like, to seek, to make number one on our priority list helps to decide whether we end up on the right side of forever.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God" (Romans 12:2).
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
DON'T VOTE FOR DARKNESS
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Back in the days before electricity, an old, tightfisted farmer was berating his farmhand for carrying a lighted lantern, and wasting kerosene, when he went to call on his best girl. “Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried one of them things. I always went in the dark.”
“Yes,” came back the hired-hand’s wry reply, “and look what you got.”
Too often that is our problem. We fumble in the darkness and don’t listen to the Lord’s message, “I am the light of the world.”
Isaiah 42:16
”I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Back in the days before electricity, an old, tightfisted farmer was berating his farmhand for carrying a lighted lantern, and wasting kerosene, when he went to call on his best girl. “Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried one of them things. I always went in the dark.”
“Yes,” came back the hired-hand’s wry reply, “and look what you got.”
Too often that is our problem. We fumble in the darkness and don’t listen to the Lord’s message, “I am the light of the world.”
Isaiah 42:16
”I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
A CONTINUATIONOF THOUGHTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FOREVER
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There are certain scriptures one cannot hear to often.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matt 6:19-21)
Ernest Hemingway was no theologian but he was a thinking man’s friend. He once wrote, “The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.”
To end up on the right side of forever requires consistent, persistent study and thought, prayer and follow-through and the ability to simplify, simplify, simplify.
It is all about living a balanced life that does not deny the needs of the body but also definitely does not deny the needs of the soul.
“To seek first the kingdom of God does not mean we have to give up our lamps but it does mean we need to focus on the stars.” (rewrite/author unknown)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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There are certain scriptures one cannot hear to often.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Matt 6:19-21)
Ernest Hemingway was no theologian but he was a thinking man’s friend. He once wrote, “The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.”
To end up on the right side of forever requires consistent, persistent study and thought, prayer and follow-through and the ability to simplify, simplify, simplify.
It is all about living a balanced life that does not deny the needs of the body but also definitely does not deny the needs of the soul.
“To seek first the kingdom of God does not mean we have to give up our lamps but it does mean we need to focus on the stars.” (rewrite/author unknown)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
WHAT IS ON YOUR TO LIKE LIST?
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There is an ancient fable about a crane that is wading in a stream looking for snails.
A beautiful swan lands nearby.
The crane has never seen a swan before so he asks, “And what are you?”
“I am a swan,” comes back the reply.
“And where did you come from?”
“Heaven,” answers the swan. “Heaven? And what is that?” asks the crane.
The swan eagerly begins to explain how it is a place of great beauty and glory. He speaks of a new Jerusalem, a city of pure gold with jasper walls and pearly gates. He describes a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal.”
At that point, the crane interrupts him and asks, “Are there any snails in heaven?”
“No, I am afraid not,” replies the swan.
“Then I don’t care to go there,” came back the crane’s decisive reply, “I like snails!”
What we decide to like, to seek, to make number one on our priority list helps to decide whether we end up on the right side of forever.
Psalms 84:11-12 NIV) “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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There is an ancient fable about a crane that is wading in a stream looking for snails.
A beautiful swan lands nearby.
The crane has never seen a swan before so he asks, “And what are you?”
“I am a swan,” comes back the reply.
“And where did you come from?”
“Heaven,” answers the swan. “Heaven? And what is that?” asks the crane.
The swan eagerly begins to explain how it is a place of great beauty and glory. He speaks of a new Jerusalem, a city of pure gold with jasper walls and pearly gates. He describes a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal.”
At that point, the crane interrupts him and asks, “Are there any snails in heaven?”
“No, I am afraid not,” replies the swan.
“Then I don’t care to go there,” came back the crane’s decisive reply, “I like snails!”
What we decide to like, to seek, to make number one on our priority list helps to decide whether we end up on the right side of forever.
Psalms 84:11-12 NIV) “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
AND STILL MORE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FOREVER
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The great philosopher Plato put his finger on the pulse of it, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
He was not making a Christian statement, but it is a Christian statement. Men and women of all too many centuries have been in love with the dark, the darkness of evil, the darkness of sin. “I am the light of the world,” says Christ, and millions retreat toward the shadows.
“The blood of Jesus never cleansed an excuse,” wrote Corrie Ten Boom in her autobiography, “The Hiding Place.” The road to the right side of forever is not paved with excuses. It is paved with repentance and finished by redemption.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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The great philosopher Plato put his finger on the pulse of it, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
He was not making a Christian statement, but it is a Christian statement. Men and women of all too many centuries have been in love with the dark, the darkness of evil, the darkness of sin. “I am the light of the world,” says Christ, and millions retreat toward the shadows.
“The blood of Jesus never cleansed an excuse,” wrote Corrie Ten Boom in her autobiography, “The Hiding Place.” The road to the right side of forever is not paved with excuses. It is paved with repentance and finished by redemption.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
MORE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FOREVER
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One time in Calcutta, Mother Teresa was followed around all day by a man interested in her work.
When the day was through, he was totally exhausted and she seemed as fresh as when she began. He looked at her and exclaimed, “I wouldn’t do what you do for a million dollars.”
Her reply was instant. “Neither would I.” Mother Teresa lived every day of her life on the other side of forever.
A grown up child taking care of an aged parent. It is a priceless gift.
A walk by the shifting sea with the sound of God in it. It is a precious, priceless moment.
A man, a lawyer, gets $500 an hour for his words but willingly spends an hour in prayer with a friend. All free, no fee.
A gift of love. A treasure beyond compare. Everything has its price. Everything is not necessarily worth its price.
Back in the days before electricity, an old, tightfisted farmer was berating his farmhand for carrying a lighted lantern, and wasting kerosene, when he went to call on his best girl.
“Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried one of them things. I always went in the dark.”
“Yes,” came back the hired-hand’s wry reply, “and look what you got.”
Too often that is our problem.
We fumble in the darkness and don’t listen to the Lord’s message, “I am the light of the world.” But, if we hear it. Believe it. Allow it to change our lives we will end up on the right side of forever.
Isaiah 55: 2
Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
(Have you considered sharing this site with a friend?)
To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
One time in Calcutta, Mother Teresa was followed around all day by a man interested in her work.
When the day was through, he was totally exhausted and she seemed as fresh as when she began. He looked at her and exclaimed, “I wouldn’t do what you do for a million dollars.”
Her reply was instant. “Neither would I.” Mother Teresa lived every day of her life on the other side of forever.
A grown up child taking care of an aged parent. It is a priceless gift.
A walk by the shifting sea with the sound of God in it. It is a precious, priceless moment.
A man, a lawyer, gets $500 an hour for his words but willingly spends an hour in prayer with a friend. All free, no fee.
A gift of love. A treasure beyond compare. Everything has its price. Everything is not necessarily worth its price.
Back in the days before electricity, an old, tightfisted farmer was berating his farmhand for carrying a lighted lantern, and wasting kerosene, when he went to call on his best girl.
“Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried one of them things. I always went in the dark.”
“Yes,” came back the hired-hand’s wry reply, “and look what you got.”
Too often that is our problem.
We fumble in the darkness and don’t listen to the Lord’s message, “I am the light of the world.” But, if we hear it. Believe it. Allow it to change our lives we will end up on the right side of forever.
Isaiah 55: 2
Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER
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It does not happen by accident, this being overwhelmed by the awesome power of our Forever God, the absolute reverence for His will and way?
The book of Proverbs gives both a lesson and a warning when it says, “A faithful man shall abound with blessings…” (Proverbs 28:20)
Another question, how many star-shines or sunsets or sunrises have you missed in the last week, the last month, the last year? God’s brush busily painting sparkling pin pricks against a darkened sky, and a thousand shades of other wonders.
And if we are not careful, the sluggard’s mentality sets in. Will not even motivate us to walk out the door for a moment of appropriate appreciation. A forever-moment only a few feet away and we pass it by.
Or perhaps, you didn’t. Perhaps this very morning you did put out some extra effort to watch the dawn win out in its daily gift of brightness.
Let me put it this way. Every day is payment time. What kind of attitude we chose to buy into. What kind of person we are allowing ourselves to become.
“Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.” Ps 23:6
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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(Have you considered sharing this site with a friend?)
To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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It does not happen by accident, this being overwhelmed by the awesome power of our Forever God, the absolute reverence for His will and way?
The book of Proverbs gives both a lesson and a warning when it says, “A faithful man shall abound with blessings…” (Proverbs 28:20)
Another question, how many star-shines or sunsets or sunrises have you missed in the last week, the last month, the last year? God’s brush busily painting sparkling pin pricks against a darkened sky, and a thousand shades of other wonders.
And if we are not careful, the sluggard’s mentality sets in. Will not even motivate us to walk out the door for a moment of appropriate appreciation. A forever-moment only a few feet away and we pass it by.
Or perhaps, you didn’t. Perhaps this very morning you did put out some extra effort to watch the dawn win out in its daily gift of brightness.
Let me put it this way. Every day is payment time. What kind of attitude we chose to buy into. What kind of person we are allowing ourselves to become.
“Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.” Ps 23:6
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Monday, March 8, 2010
ARE YOU ON TRACK AND WHAT'S THE TRICK FOR STAYING ON TRACK?
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It’s question time again.
Is there a difference between an electric chandelier hanging from a ceiling and a dazzling, molten sunset announcing that night is near?
Is there a difference between a drunken man staggering out of a bar and a man kneeling at an altar before his Almighty God?
Is there is a difference between believing that Jesus was just a better than average teacher and philosopher and believing that He was, and is, the Son of God?
Our credit cards can give some insights into what we count as important. American Express makes a big thing of it, basically advertising how they will help you keep track of where your money is going. They don’t necessarily quote Isaiah 55:2 in their ads, but even they know how important it is for us to keep track of our spending habits.
Maxwell Anderson, in his book “Key Largo” has one of his characters cry out, “I have to believe there’s something in the world that isn’t evil…I have to believe there’s someone in the world that would rather die than accept injustice…something positive for good, that can’t be killed, or I’ll die inside.”
Beauty, faith, hope, charity, love: not just their existence, but our ability to recognize them and understand how much we need them.
How we die inside if we do not feed the natural hungering in our souls for Almighty God and His commandments for better being.
Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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It’s question time again.
Is there a difference between an electric chandelier hanging from a ceiling and a dazzling, molten sunset announcing that night is near?
Is there a difference between a drunken man staggering out of a bar and a man kneeling at an altar before his Almighty God?
Is there is a difference between believing that Jesus was just a better than average teacher and philosopher and believing that He was, and is, the Son of God?
Our credit cards can give some insights into what we count as important. American Express makes a big thing of it, basically advertising how they will help you keep track of where your money is going. They don’t necessarily quote Isaiah 55:2 in their ads, but even they know how important it is for us to keep track of our spending habits.
Maxwell Anderson, in his book “Key Largo” has one of his characters cry out, “I have to believe there’s something in the world that isn’t evil…I have to believe there’s someone in the world that would rather die than accept injustice…something positive for good, that can’t be killed, or I’ll die inside.”
Beauty, faith, hope, charity, love: not just their existence, but our ability to recognize them and understand how much we need them.
How we die inside if we do not feed the natural hungering in our souls for Almighty God and His commandments for better being.
Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
A SOUL GIFT JUST AWAITIN'
(Continuing the series on oopisms)
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An old sea captain died, and when they were cleaning out his cabin they found his well-worn Bible with the following words penned on the fly leaf,
Oh, Lord, send me anywhere,
Only go with me.
Put any burden on me,
Only sustain me.
Sever any earthly tie,
Save that which binds my heart to Thee.
He had simply written what we all should write on the manuscript of our lives.
To never forget that God gives us eyes to appreciate the universe, but He has a greater gift for our immortal soul.
Or, as one philosopher put it, “Any man can make a success of life on the outside, provided he’s all right on the inside.”
Indeed, 2nd Timothy 2:15 is a challenge to leave the world of Oopsism and to then. . . . Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
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An old sea captain died, and when they were cleaning out his cabin they found his well-worn Bible with the following words penned on the fly leaf,
Oh, Lord, send me anywhere,
Only go with me.
Put any burden on me,
Only sustain me.
Sever any earthly tie,
Save that which binds my heart to Thee.
He had simply written what we all should write on the manuscript of our lives.
To never forget that God gives us eyes to appreciate the universe, but He has a greater gift for our immortal soul.
Or, as one philosopher put it, “Any man can make a success of life on the outside, provided he’s all right on the inside.”
Indeed, 2nd Timothy 2:15 is a challenge to leave the world of Oopsism and to then. . . . Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAY OOPS ONCE TOO OFTEN? (Continuing the series on oopisms)
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In a mission school one little boy daily caused a great deal of trouble.
He broke all the rules and no one could reason with him.
His language was foul. His attitude was one of no remorse for anything he said or did.
Finally, one day one of the staff called him into his office and said, “I’m not happy with how you’ve been acting.” And as he spoke he rolled up his sleeve, picked up a needle and said, “Because of the way you’ve been behaving I’m going to stick this needle in my arm.”
The little boy looked more frightened by the moment. Then he began to cry and said, ”Don’t do that. Please don’t do that. It will hurt you.”
“No more than how you have been behaving has hurt me,” came back the reply.
Then he thrust the needle deep. As the blood began to flow the little boy threw himself into the teacher’s arms, and weeping said, “I didn’t know how much you loved me. Please forgive me. Please forgive me.”
Over 2000 years ago, blood was shed upon a cross to show how much Jesus loved us. To wipe away the sins and Oopsisms of our lives.
Think about it. As little children we blamed rocks when we tripped over them and fell, and trees when we fell out of them.
But we are adults now, and it is time to put away such childish ways. Whether we blame impersonal objects or other people, it’s time to grow up. To be spiritually matured, seeking God and finding a Father.
Sometimes when we say Oops it’s nothing to get excited about. Maybe we only dropped a dish, or slammed a door. But other times it is something to get bothered about. Something to care about. Something that deserves more than an Oops. What it then deserves is the use of a good set of oars.
Yes, that’s what we need on the sea of life, otherwise we drift and drift and keep on drifting until one day we hear a mighty roar. And the noise is the roar of a destructive waterfall. We have drifted without decision or determination.
Now we have said Oops once too often.
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding;” Proverbs 3:13 (NIV)
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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In a mission school one little boy daily caused a great deal of trouble.
He broke all the rules and no one could reason with him.
His language was foul. His attitude was one of no remorse for anything he said or did.
Finally, one day one of the staff called him into his office and said, “I’m not happy with how you’ve been acting.” And as he spoke he rolled up his sleeve, picked up a needle and said, “Because of the way you’ve been behaving I’m going to stick this needle in my arm.”
The little boy looked more frightened by the moment. Then he began to cry and said, ”Don’t do that. Please don’t do that. It will hurt you.”
“No more than how you have been behaving has hurt me,” came back the reply.
Then he thrust the needle deep. As the blood began to flow the little boy threw himself into the teacher’s arms, and weeping said, “I didn’t know how much you loved me. Please forgive me. Please forgive me.”
Over 2000 years ago, blood was shed upon a cross to show how much Jesus loved us. To wipe away the sins and Oopsisms of our lives.
Think about it. As little children we blamed rocks when we tripped over them and fell, and trees when we fell out of them.
But we are adults now, and it is time to put away such childish ways. Whether we blame impersonal objects or other people, it’s time to grow up. To be spiritually matured, seeking God and finding a Father.
Sometimes when we say Oops it’s nothing to get excited about. Maybe we only dropped a dish, or slammed a door. But other times it is something to get bothered about. Something to care about. Something that deserves more than an Oops. What it then deserves is the use of a good set of oars.
Yes, that’s what we need on the sea of life, otherwise we drift and drift and keep on drifting until one day we hear a mighty roar. And the noise is the roar of a destructive waterfall. We have drifted without decision or determination.
Now we have said Oops once too often.
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding;” Proverbs 3:13 (NIV)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Friday, March 5, 2010
PLUS OR MINUS
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One day, a little girl and her father, who was not a religious man, were walking by a huge cathedral. Looking up the little girl pointed to the cross high atop its steeple and asked, “Daddy, why is there a big plus sign on top of that building?”
Unfortunately the cross isn’t a plus to everyone.
To some it is a nothing. They consider God’s words empty promises.
But are the promises He gave us worth any less because some refuse to take them?
Of course not, for fools abound.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11: 1(NKJV)
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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One day, a little girl and her father, who was not a religious man, were walking by a huge cathedral. Looking up the little girl pointed to the cross high atop its steeple and asked, “Daddy, why is there a big plus sign on top of that building?”
Unfortunately the cross isn’t a plus to everyone.
To some it is a nothing. They consider God’s words empty promises.
But are the promises He gave us worth any less because some refuse to take them?
Of course not, for fools abound.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11: 1(NKJV)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
BEWARE OF THE LAW OF CONVENIENCE (Continuing the Series of Oopisms)
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When my daughter, Joy, was still a child, she had a playmate who was always changing the rules of whatever games they were playing. And she always changed the rules to her advantage so, of course, she always won. She’s a grown woman today, and I imagine she’s still doing the same.
Oopsism people do that. Oops, they think, I don’t like the way this is working out so I think I’ll change the rules. Moral rules. Financial rules. Political rules. Any rules. That way, the person doesn’t have to change, the rules have been changed instead.
If there is a cure for Oopsism it is taking God seriously.
It is not casually thinking after an accident or an incident, well, there’s nothing I can do about it. And besides it wasn’t my fault. Fate is against me…. My fellowman is against me…. My human nature is against me. . . People just don’t understand me.
No, if there is a cure for Oopsism it is seeking God with the same intensity that the unbeliever denies Him.
It is certainly not committing the ultimate sin of indifference. It is rather letting Christ make a difference.
It is admitting with heart, mind and soul that Christianity needs moral giants, not pigmies who squirm a little and then go on their merry way.
A governor named Felix once said to the Apostle Paul, “When I have a convenient season I will call for thee.”
But it never was convenient to call for Paul. It never was convenient to learn more about Christ and then put Christ’s teaching into practice. “Oops,” said Felix, “I meant to do something about it, but I never got around to it.”
The devil loves that kind of response. When human beings use the excuse that something was inconvenient and that’s why they didn’t do it, the devil literally dances a jig. Indeed, more good deeds and noble ideas have died on the vine because of this one excuse than almost any other reason that can be named.
It is inconvenient to care.
It is inconvenient to accept blame.
It is inconvenient to have to do something about something.
Saying oops is easier and often much more convenient. And “Oops! I made a boo boo,” really doesn’t sound nearly as bad as, “I just committed a sin.”
What if Joseph of Arimathea had not gone to Pontius Pilate and begged the body of Jesus – because of the inconvenience. And instead had later said, “Oops, there I go again with my procrastination.”
What if Paul had not gone out on his missionary journey because of the inconvenience and had instead later said, “Oops there I go again with my lack of resolve.”
What if Jesus, with all of His humanity side showing, had stayed in Nazareth instead of moving out to preach and had later said, “Oops, there I go again ignoring God’s will.”
Remember the Priest and the Levite who passed by the wounded man because, after all, it was inconvenient to stop and help him?
I always tell new Christians that if they are looking for a convenient faith, then look somewhere else besides Christianity.
There is nothing convenient about a faith that tells us to love our enemies, to control our anger, to give our money, to practice humility and perform the inconvenient.
God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NCV)
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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When my daughter, Joy, was still a child, she had a playmate who was always changing the rules of whatever games they were playing. And she always changed the rules to her advantage so, of course, she always won. She’s a grown woman today, and I imagine she’s still doing the same.
Oopsism people do that. Oops, they think, I don’t like the way this is working out so I think I’ll change the rules. Moral rules. Financial rules. Political rules. Any rules. That way, the person doesn’t have to change, the rules have been changed instead.
If there is a cure for Oopsism it is taking God seriously.
It is not casually thinking after an accident or an incident, well, there’s nothing I can do about it. And besides it wasn’t my fault. Fate is against me…. My fellowman is against me…. My human nature is against me. . . People just don’t understand me.
No, if there is a cure for Oopsism it is seeking God with the same intensity that the unbeliever denies Him.
It is certainly not committing the ultimate sin of indifference. It is rather letting Christ make a difference.
It is admitting with heart, mind and soul that Christianity needs moral giants, not pigmies who squirm a little and then go on their merry way.
A governor named Felix once said to the Apostle Paul, “When I have a convenient season I will call for thee.”
But it never was convenient to call for Paul. It never was convenient to learn more about Christ and then put Christ’s teaching into practice. “Oops,” said Felix, “I meant to do something about it, but I never got around to it.”
The devil loves that kind of response. When human beings use the excuse that something was inconvenient and that’s why they didn’t do it, the devil literally dances a jig. Indeed, more good deeds and noble ideas have died on the vine because of this one excuse than almost any other reason that can be named.
It is inconvenient to care.
It is inconvenient to accept blame.
It is inconvenient to have to do something about something.
Saying oops is easier and often much more convenient. And “Oops! I made a boo boo,” really doesn’t sound nearly as bad as, “I just committed a sin.”
What if Joseph of Arimathea had not gone to Pontius Pilate and begged the body of Jesus – because of the inconvenience. And instead had later said, “Oops, there I go again with my procrastination.”
What if Paul had not gone out on his missionary journey because of the inconvenience and had instead later said, “Oops there I go again with my lack of resolve.”
What if Jesus, with all of His humanity side showing, had stayed in Nazareth instead of moving out to preach and had later said, “Oops, there I go again ignoring God’s will.”
Remember the Priest and the Levite who passed by the wounded man because, after all, it was inconvenient to stop and help him?
I always tell new Christians that if they are looking for a convenient faith, then look somewhere else besides Christianity.
There is nothing convenient about a faith that tells us to love our enemies, to control our anger, to give our money, to practice humility and perform the inconvenient.
God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NCV)
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
OOPS (The Beginning of a Series of Oopisms)
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“Love they neighbor as thyself,” proclaimed Christ. And too many reply, “I will – just as soon as I sue them for all they’re worth.”
“Oops,” cries the pregnant teenager. “I should have had a mother who loved me better and taught me more.”
“Oops,” explains the high school dropout, “I should have been provided with better teachers.”
“Oops,” cries the businessperson who had just stretched the truth to make an extra buck.
Oops is an after thought. An inner lying machine that lets us recycle and rewrite an event that we would prefer to forget. And every time it happens I think I hear Jesus saying, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." - Ps. 1:1.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
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Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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“Love they neighbor as thyself,” proclaimed Christ. And too many reply, “I will – just as soon as I sue them for all they’re worth.”
“Oops,” cries the pregnant teenager. “I should have had a mother who loved me better and taught me more.”
“Oops,” explains the high school dropout, “I should have been provided with better teachers.”
“Oops,” cries the businessperson who had just stretched the truth to make an extra buck.
Oops is an after thought. An inner lying machine that lets us recycle and rewrite an event that we would prefer to forget. And every time it happens I think I hear Jesus saying, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." - Ps. 1:1.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
THE BATTLE OF MEMORIES
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Have you ever stopped to think that when the Mississippi River floods it is really not so much doing a bad thing as it is doing a memory thing.
Engineers, a long time ago, straightened it out in many places to make way for farms and the adjoining farm houses. And it works, or at least most of the time it works.
That is until it rains too much.
Then the Mississippi River starts remembering. Remembering where it used to go and what do you know, memory takes over.
One thing is for sure, good memories need to be preserved just like bad memories need to be used as teachers and then not agonized over.
I learned just the other day that in parts of Atlanta they no longer teach to high schoolers history about anything that happened before 1900.
As if nothing important, like founding this nation ever happened, or the Civil War to preserve this nation ever happened, or the years of my father who was born in 1890 ever happened.
Being absent minded is frustrating. Forgetting to teach yesteryears on purpose so there is no memory of them is downright sinful.
How does that old saying go? Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. If no one is taught history, they just keep on making the same mistakes over and over again.
I sit down inside my Memory Factory from time to time and bring up good memories to be thankful for.
They do my insides good.
I remember a first grade teacher who every year until I left elementary school would come to our new class and tell a story. Usually a funny little story - always a story to teach a lesson.
I was born in the flat lands so I remember the first time I saw a mountain, and it was love at first sight.
I remember my first real friendship and the first time someone went out of their way to help me.
I remember mother and daddy sacrificing so I could have all kind of educational opportunities.
Oh, the list is long and sometime bad memories intrude while I’m at it, but when that happens, yes I try to learn from them.
Have you ever thought of the Disciples as walking memory factories?
They were, you know.
Remembering and sharing and teaching about this Son of God they met and followed and knew was raised from the dead.
Remembered all the good things He did and all the good things he said, all the healing and helping, and couldn’t shut up about it.
That is what evangelism is all about, isn’t it? Remembering with a capital R and then sharing.
Mat 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
(Have you considered sharing this site with a friend?)
To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you ever stopped to think that when the Mississippi River floods it is really not so much doing a bad thing as it is doing a memory thing.
Engineers, a long time ago, straightened it out in many places to make way for farms and the adjoining farm houses. And it works, or at least most of the time it works.
That is until it rains too much.
Then the Mississippi River starts remembering. Remembering where it used to go and what do you know, memory takes over.
One thing is for sure, good memories need to be preserved just like bad memories need to be used as teachers and then not agonized over.
I learned just the other day that in parts of Atlanta they no longer teach to high schoolers history about anything that happened before 1900.
As if nothing important, like founding this nation ever happened, or the Civil War to preserve this nation ever happened, or the years of my father who was born in 1890 ever happened.
Being absent minded is frustrating. Forgetting to teach yesteryears on purpose so there is no memory of them is downright sinful.
How does that old saying go? Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. If no one is taught history, they just keep on making the same mistakes over and over again.
I sit down inside my Memory Factory from time to time and bring up good memories to be thankful for.
They do my insides good.
I remember a first grade teacher who every year until I left elementary school would come to our new class and tell a story. Usually a funny little story - always a story to teach a lesson.
I was born in the flat lands so I remember the first time I saw a mountain, and it was love at first sight.
I remember my first real friendship and the first time someone went out of their way to help me.
I remember mother and daddy sacrificing so I could have all kind of educational opportunities.
Oh, the list is long and sometime bad memories intrude while I’m at it, but when that happens, yes I try to learn from them.
Have you ever thought of the Disciples as walking memory factories?
They were, you know.
Remembering and sharing and teaching about this Son of God they met and followed and knew was raised from the dead.
Remembered all the good things He did and all the good things he said, all the healing and helping, and couldn’t shut up about it.
That is what evangelism is all about, isn’t it? Remembering with a capital R and then sharing.
Mat 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
WE ARE ALL PICTURE PAINTERS
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My maternal grandmother was an artist.
Indeed, I have hanging on a wall at home two pictures she painted that are obviously of the same place but painted in a different mood and with differing landscape changes.
The point I would make is that all painters paint not only from what they see but what they also have seen and experienced in the past. And everyone of you is a painter, even if it is only pictures you paint on your mind.
Good memories.
Bad memories.
And remember, as a parent or a grandparent you are helping your children and grandchildren in the painting of whatever pictures their memory factories produce.
This is proven all the time by little children who draw terrible pictures that show death and destruction with the color of blood predominating. Not just what is in front of their eyes but what they remember!
The memories of most people of their childhood would not cause bad and bloody pictures to be painted, but then how many good pictures would they inspire? How many indifferent, in-between pictures?
We are art teachers I guess is what I am saying, and so when Jesus says, “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and mind and strength and soul and love thy neighbor as thyself” he is really giving instructions on how to help people paint better pictures, if not on canvas, at least on their minds.
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
(Have you considered sharing this site with a friend?)
To view my other blog Wyricks’ Writings CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
My maternal grandmother was an artist.
Indeed, I have hanging on a wall at home two pictures she painted that are obviously of the same place but painted in a different mood and with differing landscape changes.
The point I would make is that all painters paint not only from what they see but what they also have seen and experienced in the past. And everyone of you is a painter, even if it is only pictures you paint on your mind.
Good memories.
Bad memories.
And remember, as a parent or a grandparent you are helping your children and grandchildren in the painting of whatever pictures their memory factories produce.
This is proven all the time by little children who draw terrible pictures that show death and destruction with the color of blood predominating. Not just what is in front of their eyes but what they remember!
The memories of most people of their childhood would not cause bad and bloody pictures to be painted, but then how many good pictures would they inspire? How many indifferent, in-between pictures?
We are art teachers I guess is what I am saying, and so when Jesus says, “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and mind and strength and soul and love thy neighbor as thyself” he is really giving instructions on how to help people paint better pictures, if not on canvas, at least on their minds.
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Below are recent Titles on my other blog “LIFE IS NOT WHAT IT IS BUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT”. To interact with them go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Jan 20 THE LOUD SOUND OF SILENCE
Jan 12 WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT STARS?
DEC 29 HAVE YOU GRADED YOUR VALUE SYSTEM RECENTLY?
Dec 20 DO YOU TOLERATE TOLERANCE?
Dec 17 BE A REACHABLE!
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”. OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
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