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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...AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM AND ON KINDLE
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I just read where a company from Italy is going to start importing
bullet proof vest for children...and it got me to thinking what could be the
unbrave new world of tomorrow.
A
parent calling out to a departing child, "Do you have your backpack? Do
you have your lunch money? Did you
remember to put on your bulletproof vest...?"
I wear a seatbelt but I haven't purchased a tank recently. I try to eat a balanced diet but I don't want
to become unbalanced about it. There is
a risk in being born but I am glad my parents didn't decide the risk was too
great.
There are
articles galore on how to improve one's health by getting rid of a certain
collection of named and numbered stress factors.
And
to a point it makes sense...but there does come a time when we just have to
settle down and learn to live with life.
To trust in
the Lord who has gotten us this far despite rather than because of all we have
done. Most of us have had more than one
semi-miraculous recovery or narrowly missed catastrophe in our lives...so keep
giving thanks for those moments...they deserve it...but don't began every day
overwhelmed with a quiver and a shiver. A philosopher named Kierkegaard suggested three ways to deal
with our mortality and finitude.
The first was not so much to deal with a problem as to
inoculate against it. Surround ourselves
with material possessions to the degree anxiety is muted by pleasure. Whether it is something as small as a banana split or as large as a new car the
idea is to build bigger better layers of insulation.
Because,
just the act of acquisition does ease anxiety...TEMPORAILY!
The second panacea is an escape into the anxieties of
others through drama; written to be read or acted in a film to be watched. It engages anxiety but then one can walk away
from it...or even discuss it...but the point is that in this world of unreality
we are basically in control.
The final option is faith. The world cannot be controlled but God is in
control. And at that moment of
commitment to God and the ultimate goodness of the universe a purpose to life
arises...and that turns horizons into sunrises rather than sunsets.
To
wrap ourselves in COPIOUS AMOUNTS of cocoons of varies shapes, sizes and
concoctions is to wed cynicism and debase the truth that the world is composed
more of great chunks of love and beauty and deserves something better than 24
hours a day worry-warting.
I know there are bad
people but I refuse to see them in every shadow and around every corner. I know there are garbage dumps but I am not about
to turn my life into a garbage dump life by constantly being on the overly alert
for every possibility of a stink...be it real or imagined.
I cannot protect
myself from every ill wherever it may come from. I can protect myself from the
foolishness of constantly courting fear.
Just remember that
as the book of Ecclesiastes says
“For everything there is a season,
A time to weep, and a time to laugh
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to break down, and a time to build up. (Ecc. 3:2-7
rearranged)
So take the precious minutes of which your
life is made...and run toward it even if you know you may trip and sometimes
fall...or hid and don't seek beause storms may follow sunshine...or seek not
intelletual chalenge because your wisdom may sometimes fall victim to
stupidity...OR...
Life is such a glorious trip for all its
uncertainties, this magnificent three score years and ten and maybe more.
It really is.
QUOTES ON
LIVING LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Mother Teresa
Opportunity is missed by most
people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ~Thomas Edison
To
succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
Anonymous
Every
man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace
William Wallace
"Life
isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the
rain."
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Joe Lewis
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."
Anonymous
AND THEN here are some quotes on viewing your life.
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me."
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching."
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me."
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching."
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COLUMNS WRITTEN ON go60.us BY NEIL...CLICK ON THE URL BELOW
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THEN CLICK ON "VOICE" AT THE
TOP OF THE PAGE...THEN CLICK ON "MEET OUR WRITERS."
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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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Neil also writes for go60.us to check out his writings...
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)
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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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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
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Neil's 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
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