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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 like to earn
a PhD in worry?
Well, start off your
thesis with the following quote..."
Worry is the darkroom in which "negatives" are developed
...BELOW is YOUR 'ONE A DAY' for Today
CONFLICTED CONSCIENCE(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Wyrick’s Writings.
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http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
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A certain
governor of Texas one day visited a state penitentiary; it was his
plan, unknown to the prisoners, to grant a special pardon that day.
As he talked with man after man they all vehemently declared their innocence.
It was societies fault; they were framed; no one understood, they’d never been given a chance.
Finally, just as he was about to leave, he noticed one forlorn little man hovering in the shadows.
When he questioned him as to his crime and his built, the little man replied, “I’m guilty. They let me off light for what I did.”
The governor knew immediately what he must do. It was this man to whom he gave the pardon.
“He was the only one worthy of a pardon. He was the only one willing to admit his guilt.” he always answered when asked “Why this man?”
There is an old Arab proverb that speaks to why so many are unable to admit they are wrong and instead just make excuses.
In this parable one Arab asks of another Arab if he can borrow his rope.
“I am sorry,” replies the other Arab, “but I have need of it to tie up my milk.”
“Tie up your milk?” puzzled the first shiek. “But surely you do not use a rope to tie up your milk.”
“Well,” came back a classic reply, “when you don’t want to do something, one reason is as good as another.”
When anyone does not want to give up his or her sins and take in God’s forgiveness, when Christ stands on the hill-top and a person prefers to hide in the shadows, it might well be said that one reason is as good as another.
Except that no reason that is really just an excuse and hat takes one away from God and God’s forgiveness is reasonable.
Your conscience may bother you and sometimes you may weary of its bothering, but be glad of this moral whisper of God within you. For when it dies you die.
The poet Kipling once wrote, “Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, where there ain’t no Ten Commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.”
But can anyone truly recommend this kind of a journey?
Psalm 19:7 “The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
LORD is sure, making wise the simple-"
As he talked with man after man they all vehemently declared their innocence.
It was societies fault; they were framed; no one understood, they’d never been given a chance.
Finally, just as he was about to leave, he noticed one forlorn little man hovering in the shadows.
When he questioned him as to his crime and his built, the little man replied, “I’m guilty. They let me off light for what I did.”
The governor knew immediately what he must do. It was this man to whom he gave the pardon.
“He was the only one worthy of a pardon. He was the only one willing to admit his guilt.” he always answered when asked “Why this man?”
There is an old Arab proverb that speaks to why so many are unable to admit they are wrong and instead just make excuses.
In this parable one Arab asks of another Arab if he can borrow his rope.
“I am sorry,” replies the other Arab, “but I have need of it to tie up my milk.”
“Tie up your milk?” puzzled the first shiek. “But surely you do not use a rope to tie up your milk.”
“Well,” came back a classic reply, “when you don’t want to do something, one reason is as good as another.”
When anyone does not want to give up his or her sins and take in God’s forgiveness, when Christ stands on the hill-top and a person prefers to hide in the shadows, it might well be said that one reason is as good as another.
Except that no reason that is really just an excuse and hat takes one away from God and God’s forgiveness is reasonable.
Your conscience may bother you and sometimes you may weary of its bothering, but be glad of this moral whisper of God within you. For when it dies you die.
The poet Kipling once wrote, “Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, where there ain’t no Ten Commandments, and a man can raise a thirst.”
But can anyone truly recommend this kind of a journey?
Psalm 19:7 “The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the
LORD is sure, making wise the simple-"
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OR HAVE THEM CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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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."
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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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