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To live the good life. To die the good death. To have been so often in prayerful tune with
your maker that it is truly like a journey back to
home.
...that the words "In my Father's house
are many mansions": this promise of heavenly real estate sends a tingle
through your soul.
"Dear Father in heaven" and it
is a salutation and a praise and a thanksgiving and the more you do it...the
closer life on earth and a future heaven intertwine.
And with these opening words let me say
that I am 84 years away from my day of birth and a lot closer to the
"great eternal journey." But
having said this may I also share that I absolutely have no fear of death.
Because my eternal travel agent, my
Jesus, my Christ has spelled it all out in the Biblical brochure where I am
going and what it will be like.
I like this life. I love this life. It has been kind to me more often than cruel
though like others I have certainly had my problems. But...again...when I die I do not aim toward
nothingness...rather...I ride a heavenly chariot to yet another life...beyond
compare.
What does death allow the Christian to
do. It allows him to turn off any
earthly light because a heavenly dawn has arrived.
In Valladolid, Spain, where Christopher
Columbus died in 1506, stands a monument commemorating the great discoverer.
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the memorial is a statue of a lion
destroying one of the Latin words that had been part of Spain's motto for
centuries.
Before Columbus made his voyages, the
Spaniards thought they had reached the outer limits of earth.
Thus their motto was "Ne Plus
Ultra," which means "No More Beyond." The word being torn away
by the lion is "Ne" or "no," making it read "Plus
Ultra." Columbus had proven that there was indeed "more beyond."
And that again is what I say and my Bible
proclaims and the present of Jesus upon this earth but proved in the resurrection
...there is more beyond.
On his deathbed, the British preacher
Charles Simeon with a peaceful smile upon his countenance swept his eyes across
those in his room and said, "What do you think especially gives me comfort
at this time?"
When no answer to his question came, he
exclaimed, "The creation! I ask myself, 'Did Jehovah create the world or
did I?' He did! Now if He made the world and all the rolling spheres of the
universe, He certainly can take care of me.
Into Jesus' hands I can safely commit my
spirit!"
I
am a writer's read and then ere now and then I read something that leaps off
the page and envelopes my very heart and soul.
The following was one of those moments.
It was from a book entitled September
"Death is
nothing at all.
It does not
count.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
Nothing has
happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you, and
the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged.
Whatever we were
to each other, that we are still.
Call me by the
old familiar name.
Speak of me in
the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no
forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh
as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it
always was. Let it be spoken without an effort, without a ghost of a shadow
upon it. Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same
as it ever was.
There is
absolute and unbroken continuity.
What is death
but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of
sight?
I am but waiting for you, for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well.
All is well...and
yet another story makes the point.
Thursday,
December 21, 1899, after cutting short a Kansas City crusade and returning home
in ill health, D. L. Moody told his family, "I'm not discouraged. I want
to live as long as I am useful, but when my work is done I want to be up and
off."
The next day Moody awakened after a
restless night. In careful, measured words he said, "Earth recedes, Heaven
opens before me!"
His son, Will, concluded his father was
dreaming.
"No, this is no dream, Will. It is
beautiful. It is like a trance. If this is death, it is sweet. There is no
valley here. God is calling me, and I must go."
Or...
In one of his books, A.M. Hunter, the New
Testament scholar, relates the story of a dying man who asked his Christian
doctor to tell him something about the place to which he was going.
As the doctor fumbled for a reply, he
heard a scratching at the door, and he had his answer.
"Do you hear that?" he asked
his patient. "It's my dog. I left him downstairs, but he has grown
impatient, and has come up and hears my voice. He has no notion what is inside
this door, but he knows that I am here.
Isn't it the same with you? You don't
know what lies beyond the Door, but you know that your Master is there."
And with this I close. I will write again on life and death for it
is a subject we all have no small amount of interest in.
I will write again of others I have known
or read about who faced death with such a peace that came from the certainty of
their faith.
And in closing I will pray for you, my
unknown readers....brothers and sisters by our relationship to our Lord...by
the His promises that unite us and make time timeless.
God bless you one and all.
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 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 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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