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ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL"
Take these two seeds of thought
below and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.
ALL OUT
In your spiritual investment program are you willing to take not
just a sip of love, or even an oversized gulp, but a flood
I’m not talking about a few additional
good deeds, or a few extra Christian courtesies. I am talking about being consistently - more
patient, more kind, less a braggart. I’m
talking about taking no more over-inflated ego trips. I’m talking about making our mouths smaller
so we’ll have trouble fitting our foot in it.
BELOW IS...YOUR
'ONE A DAY' for Today
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Serialization of Neil’s Internationally Distributed Novel (Rust On My Soul) (Published by Bridge Press(1985) starts on his blog Wyrick’s Writings. Thursday and Sunday will continue to cover a variety of subjects.
This is a true story.
Leonardo Da Vinci, the noted Italian artist who took seven years to paint the Last Supper was searching for a model to use for the face of Christ. A face free from the scars of sin or signs of dissipation caused by sin.
Finally, after weeks of searching he chose a young man of 19.
The figure of Christ was painted first. Now for the rest of all those years he searched out and painted the figures of the Apostles.
Finally the time came to find a face that would represent Judas Iscariot. The face must mirror deceit, hypocrisy and the ability to betray. Weeks passed and he could not find such a man.
Finally, word reached hi that there was a man in a dungeon in Rome, sentenced to die for a life of crime and murder, whose face showed all that he was searching for.
When the man was brought into the room at the prison where Da Vinci was waiting, immediately he knew he had found his man. It was a vicious face ruined by the inner man.
By special permission from the king, this prisoner was carried to Milan where the picture was being painted. For months the prisoner sat before Da Vinci until one day the painter sighed and said, “Take him away. I have finished.”
As the guard prepared to take him away the man began to weep. “You did not recognize me” he cried out “You do not know who I am.”
“I have never seen you before in my entire life,” replied Da Vinci.
“Oh God,” and the man collapsed to the floor. Trembling, his voice shaking with remorse the prisoner explained, “I am the same man you painted just seven years ago as the figure of Christ.”
It is an old quote that speaks to a timeless truth.
"If you live close to God
And His infinite grace,
You don't have to tell;
It shows on your face."Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends?
Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Have
you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to
Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
OR HAVE THEM CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
OR HAVE THEM CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
click on the FOLLOWING URL
to go to Rev. Wyrick's other blog Wyrick's
Wyrick's Writings
Check out Neil's 2 still available books
on amazon.com.
THERE ARE OTHER USED COPIES OF HIS 7
OTHER USED BOOKS AT MANY SITES
THE SPIRITUAL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AVAILLABLE
ON KINDLE) &
BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANACK FOR THE 20TH CENTURY
TO VIEW REV. WYRICK'S AWARD WINNING ONE
MAN DRAMAS Click on the following http://www.speakerneil.com/
BELOW
ARE SOME OF THE RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT "THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN."
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"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 Lincolnshould 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 fullmeasure 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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