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acclaimed One Man Dramas ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN CHARLES WESLEY, MARTIN LUTHER (NBC Special) click on the link
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Below
the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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There is a favorite compliment that is
bantered around on a regular basis. It
usually sounds like the following, "Why (your name) you haven't changed a
bit."
I imagine Anthony must certainly have crafted
the equivalent of this praise to Cleopatra when she returned to the fertile
valley of the Nile.
And David quite likely spoke the same
kind of wording to Bathsheba.
And every Joe and Jane passes across America
this same phrase 'round every street or country lane.
I am well aware
of what the compliment means but I got to thinking...if you think about it deep
enough you may come to the conclusion that it is no compliment at all.
For to live day after day without any
change, refusing to learn from experience, becoming an unmoving emotioanl physical,
spiritual fence post is an insult to both intelligence and moral integrity.
Someone once said
that when Rip Van Winkle went to sleep, the sign over his favorite Inn read
GEORGE III and when he awoke it read GEORGE WASHINGTON.
It isn't hard to let time pass you by and
in the process learn nothing and a lot of nothing at that. It isn't hard but
it also certainly isn't very smart.
For yes...there is a demolition of good
sense any time someone rewrites the old hymn to read, "Take my life and
let it be...just like it was yesterdee."
And if and when anyone does this they are
on the way to making their road of life a road to oblivion.
Think on it...to live and not have grown
a little better, given a little more, learned how to love your fellowman to at
least some greater extent...and certainly your God a lot more..it is an
indictment to have such a life dedicated
to an extension of the status quo.
When I meet a friend from my yesteryears
who has not seen me for a number of years I want him to be able to say,
"You
have changed. You are more mature; mentally, emotionally and spiritually. You are more patient. You are more kind. Your chin may be sagging but I see from your
deeds your soul is definitely more upright and firm with steady resolve.
I don't want to have the unbridled
arrogance I had at 21. I wasn't perfect then. I'm certainly not perfect
now. But even if it is two steps forward
and one step backward....I want to be... when a day comes to a close... a man
who has grown and not worshiped at the altar of subtraction."
The Lord has
offered me, as he offers you... special power.
I want to be blessed by its affect.
I don't want
to stand around admiring the Lord...I want to... with special effort,,, be
following His commandments and embracing his desires.
Tomorrow I
want to be able to better face the challenges of life, the facts of possible
poor health, the fact of death and I want to do it with courage and conviction. I want to be spiritually competent in these
areas because I am not trying to go it alone.
Have you ever
stopped to think that every time you complain about this old world you are
sticking your foot in your mouth if you are not doing something to improve it.
Back in 1932 there was a cartoon that
showed a group of men at one end of a boat frantically bailing to throw out as
much water as was pouring in through a large leak.
At the other end of the boat three
individuals high and dry kept commenting, "I'm glad the leak isn't at our
end of the boat."
But the boat
called earth has a lot of leaks and no matter where we are we need to change in
the direction of more compassion and action to plug the leaks.
Change the
world by beginning with self...is really what I am saying.
Not long ago
was Halloween and there is a lesson there...for all of us to learn.
Little children dress up as pirates or
skeletons or monsters or whatever is the going choice. They mimic and in it is no reality.
And that is
some of us sometimes...rather than really change...we put on masks...and there
is no real change...and the change we talk about and want to take place...it
becomes nothing more than make believe...
Yes...instead
of really changing...just put on a different mask.
Deity or dust? A link with the
eternal. A relationship with heaven and
the creator of the Universe of which we are apart.
Not just a mortal body but an immortal soul.
Certainly more to us than a jug of water,
a loaf of fat, and a hunk of various chemicals from phosphorous through sulphur
to lime.
And with and
from that link a responsibility to the world and to ourselves to demonstrate
this link by how we live.
You know... you
could walk up to a crocodile put out a friendly hand and say, "Will you be
my friend. Will you be decent and loving
and kindly and peace loving?
And he would probably reply by biting off your appendage. He's a crocodile for heaven's sake and he's not going to change.
And he would probably reply by biting off your appendage. He's a crocodile for heaven's sake and he's not going to change.
But you're
not a crocodile. You and me, we are
children of a living God and we have a teacher savior that told us and tells us
to be born again, to become a new man or woman...to give up old ways that are
bad and put in their place new ways that are good.
To not deny
the fact of our heritage.++++++++
QUOTES ON CHANGING
FOR THE BETTER
“A year from now you will wish you
had started today.” -Karen Lamb
“It doesn’t
matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.” -Bob
Proctor
“Never too
old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once
again.” -Bikram Choudhury.
“Man cannot
discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
-Andre Gide
You miss 100
percent of the shots you never take.” -Wayne Gretzy
“May the
bridges I burn light the way.” Author Unknown
“Someone was
hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you,
beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you… yet, someone
survived… You can do anything you choose to do.” –Maya Angelou
“Nobody can
go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new
ending.” -Maria Robinson
“By changing
nothing, nothing changes.” -Tony Robbins
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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book
THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
It is little wonder that once the war was over,
wretched memories fed anger loud and long.
Neither side could be proud of some things that happened during the war
or at their many prison camps. The
meanness in some men had multiplied.
They felt their uniforms allowed it.
Andersonville, or Camp
Sumter as it was officially known, in
southwest Georgia
is remembered as one of the worst.
By the end of the war, it had held 50,000
prisoners on a piece of land no larger than twenty-six acres.
Some men had called pits in the ground
their home. During its short
fourteen-month existence, 13,000 soldiers who had survived in battle died in
captivity under the most terrible conditions.
When the war was over the superintendent
was hanged.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK
"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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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)
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Some of the sermon titles
posted recently on Wyrick's Writings
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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS
on Wyrick's Writings
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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!
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HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN, CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER
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SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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