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ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL" & ONE A DAY
Take these two seeds of thought
below and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.
A NATION CALLED GREED
In this nation called Greed, it is
brother against brother, house against house, labor against management and
management against labor. All actions and votes in its representative
bodies are governed by super imposed selfishness. It is mandatory that if
you are a butcher you weigh your thumb as well as the piece of meat. If
you are a student you must pledge not to study and learn. You must rather
cheat and stay stupid. When it is time to give, just don’t. It is
that simple.
BELOW IS...YOUR
'ONE A DAY' for Today
PEACE, AN ONGOING QUEST
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 until finished. Thursday and Sunday will continue to cover a variety of subjects.
Since 3600 B.C. there have been 14,150 wars and only 292 years of peace. They have been responsible for the slaughter of three and one-half billion people. It has cost enough to buy a band of gold large enough to span the globe, 100 miles wide, 30 feet thick.
But still men of faith have known and continue to know what a 23 year old wrote over sixty years ago. It was yet another war. He had been caught as a spy. The next morning he was to be executed.
Still he penned:
Dear Dad:
It is difficult to write this letter to you, but I have to tell you the Military Court has pronounced a very heavy sentence upon us. Read this letter alone and then tell Mother very carefully…In a little while it is going to happen and it is not so terrible. I do not fear. I have the firm conviction that I may look forward to a death in Christ.
It is after all, one moment and then I shall be with God. We must be courageous. Be the same. They can only take our bodies. Our souls are in God’s hands.
God bless you all. Have no hate. I die without hatred. God rules everything.
Your son
“…fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
—Isaiah 41:10
I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
—1 Timothy 2:8Have 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.
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.
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
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 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."
++++++++++++++++
"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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