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The town called Flagstaff was to be no
more. In six months a new dam would
cause it be flooded and therefore there was no future.
And those who lived there lived under that
cloud of nothingness. Any and all
improvements ceased. Nothing was
painted...many even stopped sweeping the sidewalks in the front of their
stores...why repair something that was on the verge of being destroyed...and
then one day an old local philosopher summed it all up well "Where there
is no faith n the future there is no power in the preset."
WHATIS AN IT?
In the process of answering the question
the following characteristics hopefully do not describe you..
because an IT is dedicated to the art of
drift.
An IT is a constant mimic...a compilation of all of the at- the-
moment accepted attitude and ideas... a moral, ethical, spiritual chameleon...
An IT is not necessarily sad or happy...an
IT is just an IT.
An IT does not stand steady in an
unsteady world...
The ITS of the world act as if they live in a town that is about to
be destroyed...
So yes...I hope and
pray that you are not an IT and that you prove it every day you pray a prayer
that is filled with hope and live a life that is filled with dreams.
That you allow yourself to be goaded by
God to live a life of betterment.
To settle for nothing less than a moral more.
An elderly
lady once went to a branch office in her town to buy stamps just before
Christmas and the lines, like any festive occasions, were particularly long.
A kind bystander pointed to her that there was no need to wait in line because there was a stamp machine in the lobby. She thanked the stranger and said, “I know, but the machine won’t ask me about my arthritis.?
A kind bystander pointed to her that there was no need to wait in line because there was a stamp machine in the lobby. She thanked the stranger and said, “I know, but the machine won’t ask me about my arthritis.?
An IT does not ask little old ladies
about their arthritis...an IT is self centered and selfish...an IT is an IT daily living up to it's
reputation.
Albert Schweitzer said it, “The tragedy of
life is what dies inside a man while he lives
So...don't be a fence sitter or a fence
leaner...stand on your own two feet...
Before World War II, Nora Waln wrote a
book exposing Hitler and his Nazi plotters.
The book, Reaching for the Stars, was
intercepted in the German mails on its way to an American publisher. She fled to London, rewrote the book from
memory and sent copies to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi hangman. He took vengeance by imprisoning severn of
her anti-Nazi friends.
Miss Waln went back to Germany in 1939 and
offered her life for the freedom of these friends.
Himmler offered to empty a whole prison
if she would rewrite the book to make Hitler appear good. In refusing, she
said, “I am willing to forfeit my life, but not my beliefs!”
Billy Graham used to tell a story of a professing Christian who got
a job in a lumber camp that had the reputation of being very ungodly. When a
friend heard that he had been hired, he said to him, “If those lumberjacks ever
find out you’re a Christian, your going to be in for a very hard time!” The man
responded, “I know it, but I really need the job.” After he had been working at
the camp for a year, he met the friend who had predicted the ridicule and
persecution he would receive from the other lumberjacks. “Well, how did it go?”
he asked the friend. “Did they give you a hard time?” “Oh no, not at all,” the
man replied. “They didn’t give me a bit of trouble---they never found out that
I was a Christian!”
Oh yes...what was that question...WHAT
IS AN IT?
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A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY
OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ON SUNDAY APRIL 15. ENTITILED
Two stores faced each other across a very
busy street. Their owners were in constant competition
with each other. One day, the owner of
one store put out a sign that read – If
you want it, we have it!
Almost immediately the other owner put out a
sign –If we don’t have it, you don’t
need it!
A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY
OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ON THURSDAY APRIL 13TH. ENTITILED
WHO ARE
YOU?
NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?
Who are you? Whose are
you?
You influence and are influenced
according to the answer you give.
Are you are the flavor of the month because
you are determined to be like everyone else no matter what? If so, consider being more independent in our
thinking and actions...because God wants you to grow up.
It may be easier being someone's shadow but
wouldn't you really rather be a sun.
QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS THURSDAY APRIL 5 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED "Who
Are You? Whose Are You?"
This is an old quote, and a romantic one
as well but, nevertheless, can anyone say of you, “I love you not because of who you are,
but because of who I am when I am with you.”
QUOTE FROM THOUGHT PIECE POSTED
ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS TUESDAY APRIL 3 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED
" WHEN A NATION STRAYS TOO FAR FROM BEING MORAL IT IS WELL ON IT'S WAY
TO BECOMING A MESS
James 4:17
To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it,
to him it is sin.
Someone once said: “A
belief is what you hold, a conviction is what holds you!”
So what holds you,
constructs you, leads you with a push when needed?
Quotes
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THURSDAY MARCH 29th THOUGHTS ENTITLED WHO
ARE YOU?
NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?
In a Peanuts cartoon
strip Peppermint Patty is shown talking to Charlie Brown.
“Guess what, Chuck? It’s the first day
of school and I got sent to the principal’s office.
And it’s your fault!”
Charlie Brown responds, “My fault? How
could it be my fault? Why do you say everything is my fault?”
To which she declares, “You’re my
friend, aren’t you, Chuck? You should have been a better influence on me.”
In the comics, it’s funny… but in real life it’s much more
complicated.
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QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book
STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
"Positive,
powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and appreciation
of Lincoln while revealing the Divine source of his strength."
Lt.
Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)
"The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is
an extremely well written book that investigates what might be
termed the spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very
readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the President and
with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'
William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and
Wild Thorn
"Wyrick has authored a wonderful
examination of the spirituality of one of American history's most devoutly
religious leaders...a pleasant and readable book that has a rich depth of
information."
Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian
minister
"When it comes to invoking religion in
support of any of their decisions, politicians need to sit at the feet of
Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr once called him 'America's greatest
theologian.' Why so great? Because he invariably distinguished between human
works and the works of the Almighty. As Wyrick says, 'He wore
the mantle of humility easily: because he was more impressed with what God was
doing in the world than with what he, president of the United States in the
midst of an awful crisis, was doing. That is why in his last major speech he
distinguished between both human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's
'own purposes.' Lincoln would have agreed that it is better to leave God-talk
out of politics than to decorate human proposals with divinity. This is a book
for our American time. Through his careful study of Lincoln's career, Wyrick
compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when piety
transcends politics."
Dr.
Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Author of An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics
"V. Neil Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham
Lincoln's Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history.
Should have a wide readership."
James
H. Smylie Professor
of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
"Neil
Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably
the most complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United
States. Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so often
expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip service to a
Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real God. It was this
faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight and sometimes steel that
Lincoln would need in full measure as he led the United States through
the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear and unpretentious style of presentation is
very much in keeping with the character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick
makes his point very well that Lincoln, his beliefs, and the faith that formed
them, are as relevant to a troubled America in 2004 as they were in 1863."
Daniel Allen Butler, author
of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The
Lusitania and The Age o f Cunard
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