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ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL" & ONE A DAY
Take these seeds of thought below
and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.
Would you have a worthless child? Then remind him or her often that is what you think they are.
...BELOW is YOUR 'ONE A DAY' for Today
THE EASY WAY OUT...
These thoughts are added to each day.
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We have economic problems in America these days and the reasons are many and the answers are of a lesser number. Still…let me just make some comments that seem relevant in these hard times and times less hard. Call it responsibility. Call it each one carrying their own load. Call it anything you want or give it no name but think on the below.
This happened to a relative. Two men delivered a heavy trunk and were supposed to deliver it to a room on the second floor. One of the men looked at the long steep stairs and said “I’m not going to work this hard for what I’m being paid” and promptly walked off the job.
If Moses had sought the easy way out his people would have remained in slavery.
If Christ had taken the easy out there would have been no cross.
What I am talking about are those who sharpen their soul with sacrifice and walking that extra mile and not looking for the easy way out.
Man was made for climbing…for doing. When he becomes content with compromise. When he loses his desire to do his best no matter the payment then the easy way out is not really easy at all.
“God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NCV)
“A man without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls” (Proverbs 25:28)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
To view this blog CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
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We have economic problems in America these days and the reasons are many and the answers are of a lesser number. Still…let me just make some comments that seem relevant in these hard times and times less hard. Call it responsibility. Call it each one carrying their own load. Call it anything you want or give it no name but think on the below.
This happened to a relative. Two men delivered a heavy trunk and were supposed to deliver it to a room on the second floor. One of the men looked at the long steep stairs and said “I’m not going to work this hard for what I’m being paid” and promptly walked off the job.
If Moses had sought the easy way out his people would have remained in slavery.
If Christ had taken the easy out there would have been no cross.
What I am talking about are those who sharpen their soul with sacrifice and walking that extra mile and not looking for the easy way out.
Man was made for climbing…for doing. When he becomes content with compromise. When he loses his desire to do his best no matter the payment then the easy way out is not really easy at all.
“God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love and self-control.” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NCV)
“A man without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls” (Proverbs 25:28)
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"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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