MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

" ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL"

              Take these two seeds of thought below and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.

WED APRIL 24 2013

ALL OUT

In your spiritual investment program are you willing to take not just a sip of love, or even an oversized gulp, but a flood

                I’m not talking about a few additional good deeds, or a few extra Christian courtesies.  I am talking about being consistently - more patient, more kind, less a braggart.  I’m talking about taking no more over-inflated ego trips.  I’m talking about making our mouths smaller so we’ll have trouble fitting our foot in it. 

        BELOW IS...YOUR 'ONE A DAY' for Today

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)

(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)

Serialization of Neil’s Internationally Distributed Novel (Rust On My Soul) (Published by Bridge Press(1985) starts on his blog Wyrick’s Writings Tuesday April 13th and continues each Tuesday until finished. Thursday and Sunday will continue to cover a variety of subjects.

To view this blog CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/

This is a true story.

Leonardo Da Vinci, the noted Italian artist who took seven years to paint the Last Supper was searching for a model to use for the face of Christ. A face free from the scars of sin or signs of dissipation caused by sin.

Finally, after weeks of searching he chose a young man of 19.

The figure of Christ was painted first. Now for the rest of all those years he searched out and painted the figures of the Apostles.

Finally the time came to find a face that would represent Judas Iscariot. The face must mirror deceit, hypocrisy and the ability to betray. Weeks passed and he could not find such a man.

Finally, word reached hi that there was a man in a dungeon in Rome, sentenced to die for a life of crime and murder, whose face showed all that he was searching for.

When the man was brought into the room at the prison where Da Vinci was waiting, immediately he knew he had found his man. It was a vicious face ruined by the inner man.

By special permission from the king, this prisoner was carried to Milan where the picture was being painted. For months the prisoner sat before Da Vinci until one day the painter sighed and said, “Take him away. I have finished.”

As the guard prepared to take him away the man began to weep. “You did not recognize me” he cried out “You do not know who I am.”

“I have never seen you before in my entire life,” replied Da Vinci.

“Oh God,” and the man collapsed to the floor. Trembling, his voice shaking with remorse the prisoner explained, “I am the same man you painted just seven years ago as the figure of Christ.”

It is an old quote that speaks to a timeless truth.

"If you live close to God
And His infinite grace,
You don't have to tell;
It shows on your face."
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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.

 

Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.

OR HAVE THEM CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URLhttp://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.

click on the FOLLOWING URL

 

http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/

 

to go to Rev. Wyrick's other blog

 

Wyrick's Writings

 

            Check out Neil's 2 still available books on amazon.com.    

 

THERE ARE OTHER USED COPIES OF HIS 7 OTHER USED BOOKS AT MANY SITES

 

       THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AVAILLABLE ON KINDLE) & BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANACK FOR THE 20TH CENTURY

 

       ORDER FROM THE AUTHOR AND RECEIVE AN AUTOGRAHED COPY and special author's price ($5 for Lincoln book $8 for Lincoln and Franklin book)($2 postage and handling) "You write what you want the autograph to read "To (insert name) Author's signature."

 

ORDER FROM Pageantry Inc. (The Church Without Walls), 7430 SW 59th Street, Miami. Florida 33143

 

       TO VIEW REV. WYRICK'S AWARD WINNING ONE MAN DRAMAS Click on the following http://www.speakerneil.com/

 

BELOW ARE SOME OF THE RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT "THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN."

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"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 Lincolnshould 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 fullmeasure 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