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the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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I
write on this subject so often because so many are so very lonely so very
often.
Loneliness and
depression, these two close relatives, often walk hand in hand and feed upon each
other.
So what
solutions hover on the horizon...old truths you have forgotten...perhaps a new
insight that has passed you by.
Try visiting
emotional vitality otherwise named "volunteers." Those soldiers of sunshine who rush from
crisis to crisis offering aid to others...with themselves in a firm and solid
second place.
Unselfish elfs
who could have a permanent place in Santaland if there were such a place
You can't be
among these loving caring folk for very long before their sanguine spirits
began to rub off on you.
That smile they
offer the homeless bouncing around the room.
That hospital candy stripers.
Wearing compassion that is well worn and shines from so much consistent
benevelonce.
Their purpose
not to get all they can but to give all they can...of time and money...bereft
of excuses for doing otherwise.
There
is such a vitality about such people...it is contagious.
There is
something about being around people who help other people that is
uplifting...even just reading about it.
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
PEOPLE WHO CONSISTENTLY VOLUNTEER TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE SELDOM ARE LONELY
AND DEPRESSED.
In short, it is a psychological principal that while some
problems can't be solved they can be outgrown.
So try it...that walk to where those volunteers are
gathered...today or this week...or in a month?
Of course...Put off doing something for a month..anything...is most
likely putting it off permanently.
BEWARE! If you are lonely
and depressed the best way to stay that way is to say, "What you just
wrote and I just read won't work for me."
It's called a self fulfilling prophecy.
You may be
suffering from the sugar blues. The
average American consumes 5 to 10 times as much sugar as is healthy and
consequently often suffers from what can be called sugar crashing.
Check with your crash expert...your doctor...he'll tell
you the same thing.
Is the closest you get to physical exercise talking about
it? Well now...a pattern of physical
inactivity is just asking for trouble.
Institute
a release program for endorphins which is what exercise does. Do it yesterday. Don't wait for tomorrow.
It is
unlikely...on it's own... to make a call.
Search out emotional
and actual sunlight. It does all kind of good things for your insides. Vitamin (Vitamin D) wise and emotion
wise.
Yes...The
sunshine vitamin awaits you.
"As man thinketh so is he." Proverbs 23:7. Think a positive thought, seek out on the
Internet a positive story (input "positive story")...do the same with
"funny jokes."
Call them vitamins for the mind.
Yawn even if
you're not sleepy. Research shows that
it cools and relaxes the brain.
Loneliness is no fun so it does make sense to follow some
of the following thoughts on how to combat and conquer the problem.
Don't seek
friends. Be one. There is a difference. Think about it.
Would
you do damage to the possibility of loneliness?
Then do not look for the perfect friend. Two friends...you and that other guy or gal
or human...allow each other the gift of accepting that
fact.
And do not kill off a friendship by wearing it out...even
the best of friends usually need some time away from each other. The old phrase "Don't wear out your
welcome" applies in most cases.
Are you a grouch?
I didn't ask if you have a reason to be one. I ask if you are one. If you are...it is little wonder you are
lonely...who wants a grouch around?
So wear a smile
even if there is some fake in it...it eventually could eventually become the
real thing.
And there lies the
ultimate prescription for help with loneliness.
"What a friend
you have in Jesus."
Yes, that's right....there is no better antidote for loneliness than to realize with zest that
you imminently important in the eyes of God.
"My
father who art in heaven..." and you personalize the Lord's Prayer...and
the family of God is all around you...and you feel it...and are gblessed by it.
Or
you mouth "I am the Master of my fate.
I am the Captain of my soul."
And
the heavens weep when they see you weeping for a spiritual loneliness.
The early
church father, Augustine, said “God created man for Himself and hearts are
restless until they find rest in Him.”
Be an active member of
the earthly family of God...find a church that sings to your soul...there is
nothing wrong with shopping...(contrary to some contrary opinions)...it is not
a matter of changing your faith...
it is just finding a
group of folk compatible with your form and approach to worship.
(I
don't mean moving around so much your church going becomes no better than the
flavor of the month)
QUOTE ON a Cure for LONELINESS
“Lord,
grant that I may not so much seek to be loved as to love.” - Saint Francis of
Assisi
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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book
THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN. (Available on Amazon.com)
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 Cuard
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"Voice" on the home page and then on the list of authors click
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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
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