Friday, October 23, 2015

THE DOING OF NOTHING OR NOT MUCH MORE

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       There is hardly any greater satisfaction than a doer who can it is done.


       Or as Edmund Burke once warned, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”


       It is doubtful that you the reader of these words are evil.  Elsewise you would most likely be visiting this blog.  I who write it and you who read are prone to feed our minds, our hearts and our souls with spiritual food so that we might be better people.


       Then comes real life and the temptation to take the easy road and speak of commitment but not do it.  And therein, if we are not careful lies our problem.


       The "not doing" that becomes our "undoing."


       The hospital visit that we could not find the time for.  The gift to a charity that we could not find the extra money for.  The dozen and a dozen more good deeds that got lost among the busy days never to be found again.


       The doing of "nothing" or "not much more" is the title I gave it.


       And when we major in nothingness we feel ill at ease and rightly so for we were created to do good works. " For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." is the way Ephesians 2:10 puts it.



       Who have you helped?  What have you built? Where were you when your spoken words were a good influence on those who were listening to you speak?  If your answer is "Nowhere and nothing" the answer really doesn't feel quite right ...does it.



       But if your answer was in the affirmative and your influence was positive you know how you feel and how you felt the other times you could claim "you made the word commitment alive and well."


       Custom or commitment.  They both start with the letter C.


       Oscar Wilde (Irish born Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Critic of the 1800’s wrote in his book De Profundis I took pleasure where it pleased me, and passed on. I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that what one has done in the secret chamber, one has some day to cry aloud from the housetop. I ceased to be the lord over myself. I was no longer the captain of my soul and did not know it. I allowed pleasure to dominate me. I ended in horrible disgrace."


              There is no joy quite like having a purpose in life.  Of knowing who you are and knowing you are a person others respect and God treasures.


       To be a spiritual emotional physical drifter is to die.


       To dream a different dream on a regular basis because you cannot will not key in on anything is the beginning and the continuation of a wasted life.


       We are each and everyone a child of God and our choice for good or evil, right or wrong, heaven or hell does make a difference in terms of our now and our forever.


       So it behooves us to give our best rather than fall victim to our worst.


       Just remember this bit of Yogi Berra wisdom: “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re likely to end up someplace else.”
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QUOTES ON PURPOSE IN LIFE


William James
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.


       John Ruskin
Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.


       Henry David Thoreau
Be not simply good; be good for something


       Ken Hudgins
The meaning of life is to give life meaning.


       Friedrich Nietzsche
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
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                    A new quote below from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN (read the rave reviews below the quote)

Lincoln had seen a house of cards about to fall and realized how it could establish a precedent that would truly destroy what the Founding Fathers had created. 

       Divided by two, in short time it might well have become a division of three. 

       The northeast, once not sure if it even wanted to be part of the original thirteen colonies, might then have pulled out. 

       A few years down the road, some state in the Confederacy, unhappy with the new uniting, might have done the same.  Bad habits come easily and are slow to leave.

       "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
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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            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.

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