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You are a person who loves to be surrounded by sound or you are an individual who requires the peace and quiet of silence...
Every
day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one
exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
You are a person who loves to be surrounded by sound or you are an individual who requires the peace and quiet of silence...
You like the turmoil of crowds, what
you may refer to as the rich feeling of activity all around...
or vastly prefer the quiet shadows and peaceful lanes and
solitude where it is so quiet you can hear the wind when it is only a whisper.
And think upon all the sounds that
have visited you so far in your life and living..
The sound of your mother's and father's voice.
And hopefully there was warmth and
goodness there...and for most of you that was most likely so...but for
others...regrettably it was not.
Nevertheless...we cannot escape all the sounds that have
visited us...we cannot escape them...so we must adapt where it is
necessary...and learn where it is helpful...and in our own contribution of
sound bless the world by the sounds we ourselves make.
If the sounds you have heard or made
yourself were curses you remember them...
If they had about them the warmth of forgiveness given and
received...you remember them.
I examine a few sounds of the
past...please insert a few of your own.
Lincoln's Gettysberg address.
Roosevelt's quiet fireside chats.
Hitler's mad wild harangues.
Suppose there had never been the sounds of those shots at
Bunker Hill?
What if there had never been the particular sounds of waves
flapping against the bow of the Mayflower?
Suppose America had never an anthem to be sung because there
had never been an America?
England no kingly or less than kingly comments from their
parade of Kings.'
What of Paul and his missionaries and all the hears that tuned
into his message and were never the same again?
What of the cries of the martyr Stephen?
"Lord, lay not this sin to
their charge," cried Stephen and
since sound never dies but only keeps on slowly fading away these words still reverberating
across the universe.
And what of the ears of Paul who heard these sounds from
Stephen and...
And Christ speaking in fields and by
azure lakes and standing in marketplaces with beggars and thieves and the
common man...
And
what if there had never been the sounds of the Sermon on the Mount.
And
what if the skies had stayed empty over the hills outside of Bethlehem...never
to be filled by angel voices.
And the sounds of the prophets duly recorded in our Holy
Bible...Isaiah, Jeremiah, Nehemiah and a host of others.
What of Moses and the ten
commandments and the voice of God?
What of the sounds of Abraham and Isaac and Noah and the sound
of rain falling for forty days and forty nights.
What of the two voices in the Garden
of Eden?
What of the millions of debates that have taken place through
all these centuries and continue still...and all the wisdom found in them...and
all the prejudice found in them...and all the foolishness found in them...
What of the sound of mobs and how
easily the shouting causes logic to die...and discourse to be trampled
underfoot...and the shouting just grow louder and the anger increase...and...
Have you ever shouted at your child or children "Shut
up!"...and the sound was certainly loud enough to be heard...and most
likely they shut up but did you achieve what you were really trying to achieve.
In closing...allow me to tweak your
imagination and mine...to imagine that there had always been newspeople to
report what was happening and in this imagination time imagine that certainly
people had been silent...remained silent...not spoken a word.
And here then is that
imaginary newscast.
This news bulletin is from 1940 and there
is no Adolph Hitler shouting "Let us begin a war."
"There is a great deal of activity and prosperity in Europe today. Peace reigns between all nations and
increasing commerce is benefiting everyone.
The fields lie heavy with as bountiful a supply of crops as
has anyone has seen since the turn of the century.
The Germany people are preparing for their annual festivals
and the churches are full with people thanking God for their harves. Brotherhood abounds.
BUT THIS DID NOT
HAPPEN AND BECAUSE ONE MAN RAISED HIS VOICE TO INSTITUTE AND PRAISE WAR
MILLIONS DIED.
Move
back further in time and imagine it is 1776.
The following imaginary broadcast...read it.
"The war is over.
England had won and America still remains under the sovereinty of the
crown.
Patrick Henry was asked what he started to say and stopped
before he continued, "Give me..."
"No comment" was his reply.
After a brief time in Valley Forge George Washington has
returned to his home on the Potomac and is giving no interviews."
BUT PATRICK HENRY DID
SPEAK OUT...AND GEORGE WASHINGTON WITH FEW BUT IMPORTANT WORDS AND MIGHTY
COURAGE LED HIS MEN AND A NEW COUNTRY WAS FORMED.
Go
back now back now to the time of Christ and a crucifixion and a resurrection.
"Today on a cross on a ragged hill called Golgotha one of
Jesus of Nazareth, while thunder roared in the background, looked as if he
wanted to say something.
But he didn't.
BUT HE DID. "FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT
THEY DO." AND ONE OF THE SOLDIERS
TAKING HIM DOWN SAID, "THIS WAS THE SON OF GOD."
And
now continue to imagine that a man named Paul who everyone has believed had
great promise for what he would do...so far as done and said nothing.
"A strange figure is today walking across the long miles
of Asia. Supposition has it that he is a
disciple of some Galilean, but since he will not speak when spoken to our
reporters have had a dfficult time finding out exactly why he is making this
long journey.
It is reported he plans to go on through asia, over to
Macedonia, down to Greece and Corinth and then back home.
It is a long way to walk and say nothing.
BUT HE DID MAKE THAT
LONG JOURNEY AND SAY NOTHING. HE
PREACHED AND PUT OUT MESSAGE OF A LIVING LORD AND WAS JAILED FOR HIS EFFORTS
AND PUNISHED CONSTATLY BUT HE WOULD NOT BE QUIET...FOR HE HAD AN ETERNAL
MESSAGE TO SHARE.
If the life you are living were one day summed up in a
newscast...how would it read?
What is and will be your heritage?
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because
they have to say something.
Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Plato
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill
Plato
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
Plato
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill
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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 ENTITLED
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 ENTITLED
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 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 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 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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