" ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL" & ONE A DAY
Take these seeds of thought below and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.
For
too many, anxiety Velcro’s itself to their emotions and serves up exhaustion, A. J. Cronin, wrote:
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow.
It only saps today of its strength.”
...BELOW
is YOUR 'ONE A DAY' for Today
LOST? FOUND?........
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During
the Civil War, a Yankee Commodore was put in charge of a blockade on
the Mississippi with strict orders to allow no cotton to pass down the
river. In a very short time the inevitable took place. Speculators were
in hot pursuit of a weak or non-operating conscience.
The bribe machine was soon in full working order.
Which is why on a rainy afternoon three men stood before the Yankee commodore and offered a large sum of money to allow cotton to pass down the river.
What happened next is worth relating.
Three barges were still unmoving as the afternoon hours faded away. The men kept raising their offer and the Commodore kept saying “No!”
After yet another offer he rose from his chair and shouted “Get out of here. All of you get out. You are getting to close to my price.
Judas had his price. It was thirty pieces of silver.
A modern day Judas may sell his soul for money or power or some title to affix before his name. The temptations are many and they are relentless.
There are those who would argue that conscience is a jail cell that restricts and restrains to a degree that life is no longer pleasant. There are others who declare that conscience is old fashion and that a better guideline is to ask “Does it make me feel good?” Or “There is no right nor wrong, only what I say is right on wrong.”
Martin Luther King, as he did so well with so many subjects, spoke the following “…When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy.”
Acts 24:16 “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.”
The bribe machine was soon in full working order.
Which is why on a rainy afternoon three men stood before the Yankee commodore and offered a large sum of money to allow cotton to pass down the river.
What happened next is worth relating.
Three barges were still unmoving as the afternoon hours faded away. The men kept raising their offer and the Commodore kept saying “No!”
After yet another offer he rose from his chair and shouted “Get out of here. All of you get out. You are getting to close to my price.
Judas had his price. It was thirty pieces of silver.
A modern day Judas may sell his soul for money or power or some title to affix before his name. The temptations are many and they are relentless.
There are those who would argue that conscience is a jail cell that restricts and restrains to a degree that life is no longer pleasant. There are others who declare that conscience is old fashion and that a better guideline is to ask “Does it make me feel good?” Or “There is no right nor wrong, only what I say is right on wrong.”
Martin Luther King, as he did so well with so many subjects, spoke the following “…When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy.”
Acts 24:16 “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.”
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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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