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over 50 years of Rev. Wyrick's ministry.
Aging bothers people at different ages. Some feel ancient at forty and others feel
young and frisky at fifty and continue to feel this way for an even longer
period of time.
Why do some people really have more bounce to the ounce?
Well, maybe it's because the first thing they do when morning
arrives is dust off their wits and reactivate their joints.
What really to
do? Ride
your stationary exercise bike so you won't be stuck with feeling
stationary.
Don't
just
read the newspaper...work at remembering three things that you have read to
share with a friend or family memory...later on...
It's called massaging
the memory and the affect will latch on to other things you may want to
remember as the day goes on...and next thing you will have the habit of working
harder at holding on to things.
It's called activation of mind and body...and oh, yes
perk up with prayer...now you have three important parts of your being
resuscitated and ready to go.
Several
years ago a marathon runner named Herman Silva got confused. Not a good thing to do in a 26 mile race.
He
made a wrong turn and ran 40 yards in the wrong direction.
When
the crowd yelling at him about his mistake finally got through he had two
choices...he could quit...or turn around and make up the difference.
He
turned around and made up the difference and won by two seconds.
That's the kind
of attitude that keep you young long after you aren't anymore.
That pressing on
to win the race ala Paul. That not
giving up because you're too busy getting up.
Do you still read the cartoon page? You ought to...it's good for your insides and
besides some of the cartoons are philosophy lessons as well.
Like the one in THE FAMILY CIRCLE some long while
ago. Billy was speaking to Jeffy and
with a wisdom look on his face he said, "Yesterday is the past, tomorrow
is the future and today is a gift.
That's why they call it the present."
That
kind of attitude will keep you young longer and old slower.
Fact is...let me
make a suggestion...reach out and shake the hand of the Psalmist as a way of
thanking him for the following piece of advice, "This is the day the Lord has made. Let us
rejoice & be glad in it.” ( Psalm 118:24)
Wasting life
is easy. Do little and then less and
work down to nothing. The reward for
this advance of nothingness will then be definitively earned but in a short
time not appreciated.
And boredom will camp on your doorstep
and you will wear a dunce cap for having chosen a style of life not worthy of
who you might have been.
Boredom? Boredom bends your dreams and breaks any
goals into little pieces that float away on every restless wind. And as it happens...one grows prematurely
old...guaranteed!
A little boy once
asked a woman in a wheel chair in a nursing home he was visiting how old she
was. She smiled and answered, "39 and holding." He looked at her
and said, "Well how old would you be if you let go?"
May I answer for
her?
"Younger."
Let go of the
calendar if it has too firm a grip on your thinking. Dance even if you creak because if you don't you'll
be up the creek sooner.
I think I shared
this the other day...I share it again...in
the Fall I will fall in love with Disneyworld all over again. I will
ride the rides and take the journeys of imagination offered and walk until my
feet hurt but my heart sings...and I won't think "I'm 84." No I will think, I am a child of God with an
emphasis on "child" at least for those few days and praise the Lord
that my optimistic spirit is still alive and well.
In short,
don't just accept your older age...prod it with great expectations.
I had someone who
recently was surprised I was still preaching.
Those who know me would have been surprised if I wasn't.
Gosh, John Wesley was still preaching
twice a day when he was 88. I'm still a
kid.
George
Muller, another great evangelist, is said to have traveled 200,000 miles, using
his gift of tongues to preach in seven different languages to an estimated
three million people. Muller's ministry didn't began until the age of 70
and continued for the next 17 years.
You're never
too old to begin. You're never too old
to continue. Anything you set
your heart and head to can be achieved...if on crutches...allow more time...if
stamina has shrunk...do what is required to increase efficiency.
When John Newton,
the writer of 'Amazing Grace,' was old, a friend asked him if his memory had
gotten bad. Newton replied, "Yes, but I remember two things: He
said, I know I'm a great sinner and I know I have a great Savior; and I don't
need to remember much more than that".
What you do
remember from your Bible memory and Christian experiences and stories of your
own personal faith moments...share.
Share with a smile and a glint in your eye and a tremor in your voice
because it means so much to you. Share.
The doctor took
his patient into his office and said, "I have some good news and some bad
news." The patient said, "Give me the good news." The doctor
said, "They’re going to name a disease after you."
If you have
an illness or have sustained an accident try to find some humor in it...the
illness may or may not go away and if it is a broken it may or not heal
completely but...well...first a personal example...
As they
wheeled me toward the operation room to replace my broken hip I looked up at
the doctor and said, "I'm going to write a book or an article on
this experience, I'm going to title it HIP HIP HOORAY."
Some things
in life may deserve more of a HIP HIP HOORAY than others but try to find that
rainbow in the storm...the beauty of a snowflake in a blizzard...or...
(yes...it's fill in the blanks time again).
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“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all
these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33
Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth
catching? ~Dennis and Wendy Mannering
If you don't get everything you want,
think of the things you don't get that you don't want. ~Oscar Wilde
Every day may not be good, but there's
something good in every day. ~Author Unknown
To be interested in the changing seasons
is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~George
Santayana
If you don't like something change it; if
you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow
it. ~Joe Clark
QUOTE BELOW IS FROM WYRICK'S WRITINGS
There
is no other organization in the world like the church. It is a breed unto itself. It is a congregation of sinners, not a
country club for saints. To become a
member you have to profess your unworthiness.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING TO TAKE YOU THERE
(These are selected sermons from over 50 years of ministry and as a worldwide evangelist Rev. Wyrick preached them all the United States and all over the
world)
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A new quote (posted Aug 20) below from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM
LINCOLN...available on
amazon.com, barnes and noble and many other book sites) (read the rave reviews below)
Everything
that happened in the war was not of blood and pain and hate. The best in man sometimes rises out of the
worst. More than likely the story of
what happened one cold day during the terrible battle of Fredericksburg reached
Abe’s ears and pleased the heart of this forgiving President. It was a dreadful battle that cried out for
some miraculous act of empathy.
A
Sergeant Richard Kirkland of Company E Carolina Regiment made a request of his
commanding officer that was almost denied.
He had looked too long at the tortured, twisted dead and dying men and
could finally stand it no more. He
sought startling permission to take water and aid to those dressed in both Blue
and Gray.
“You
may get a bullet in the back of your head, son,” he was told. The soldier replied that he wanted to go
anyway.
“May God protect you,” said Major General J.
B. Kershaw. A short time later, men on
both sides of this field of agony and despair, watched in awe as the young man vaulted
over a bloodstained stonewall and walked unarmed and seemingly unafraid among
the dead and dying. They saw him kneel
down and cradle a fallen Union soldier in his arms, offer him a drink of water,
rest his head on his knapsack and cover him with his own overcoat. And then move to another soldier nearby. This time it was a Confederate soldier.
Again
and again throughout that long, pale December afternoon, just eleven days
before Christmas, Sergeant Kirkland returned with water until every living
soldier, from both the North and the South, had felt his compassion and
concern.
General Kershaw later wrote that not one
shot was fired during that time. That
never had he heard such silent respect.
“…no doubt,” his pen etched, “all the trumpets of heaven resounded on
this monumental day.”
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CLICK ON www.go60.us
IT WILL TAKE YOU A NEW WEBSITE FOR SENIORS....click on
"Voice" on the home page and then on the list of authors click
on Neil Wyrick
Recent articles Rev. Wyrick has
written for this web site are: REFLECTIONS
·
Here Comes Summer (July 2012)
·
Spring (May 2012)
·
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
(April 2012)
·
Wayward and Windy (April 2012)
Just
remember that “the pain of discipline will cost you pennies, whereas the pain
of regret will cost you millions.”
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How can we keep our faith from being a weak and
fruitless thing? How can we not be
foolish little men and women groveling in the dark shadows of overeager
egos.
Well, first we must do more than just pray. We must believe in our own prayers.
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Anxiety
out of proportion makes us become like a centipede trying to put his best foot
forward.
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It's
an old joke, I went to the doctor and I said, “Doc, when I do this, it hurts.”
And the doctor said, “Then don't do that.”
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How many things have you been anxious about
that were things which you knew before you got into them were probably going to
create some problems for you? And if you
asked your doctor, or your minister, or common sense and your God, all of them
would have said, “Don’t do that.”
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To buy into the
community of accountability we have to realize that like bikers we are divided
into two categories. Those who have fallen and those who will fall for anything. None of us are perfect.
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Think
on it this way, some philosopher of old wrote it and it endures because there
is so much truth in it… every right
implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a
duty
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Some
of the sermon titles posted recently
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Before you decide
to purchase or not purchase his book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.... view his Award Winning One Man
Dramatization of Lincoln (since he wrote the script
for this drama it will give you an insight into what you will find in the book
itself)
Available on
Amazon.com in printed form and on Amazon Kindle Books. and at
many other sites
TO VIEW THE LINCOLN
One Man DRAMA and 3 other dramas; Ben Franklin, Martin Luther & Charles
Wesley
click on the
following URL
http://www.speakerneil.com/
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BELOW
ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS
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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.
Would you like to read the entire thought
piece? Then... TO TAKE YOU TO THE WYRICK'S WRITING'S
SITE
click on
the following
Yes, God loves you the way you
are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way.
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Click on the URL below to WATCH NEIL IN
HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN,
CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER
To
Order and Read
Neil's 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GO TO amazon.com
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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