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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.
Have you ever stopped to think that
your worries are like your stomach? The more you feed them...the bigger they
get
ONE A DAY BELOW
ENVY, MURDER ONE
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In CANTERBURY TALES, envy is presented as either sorrow at other men’s goodness or joy at other men’s sorrow.
Envy is a windbag. It builds temples on other men’s dry bones. It is not content just to think envious thoughts; it feels driven to spread its own poisonous intent. It feels obligated to win other converts to its point of view.
Its favorite pnrases are “You’ll never believe what I am going to tell you” or “anyone can plainly see” or “I wouldn’t be saying this if they didn’t…”
Envy and gossip are close friends. They serve each other well.
Envy prays special envy prayers; “Lord, let people appreciate me more even if it means they must appreciate my neighbor less. Give me what I want even if you have to take it from someone else.”
In the novel THE BROTHERS KARAMANOV, the is an elderly monk named Zossima.
He is known throughout the land for his holiness and sainthood and hundreds journey to him for help and guidance.
Yet, for this he is not always loved. Lesser men resent his popularity and envy the adulation of the people towards this priest.
Therefore, they constantly ask as if it were not so, both in the monastery and out “Why do they think him so saintly?”
Take care what you pray for if it is propelled by envy.
Some cannot handle wealth. It ruins them.
Some cannot handle beauty. It makes them fools.
Envy is often loud in its desires and requests, it seldom wise.”
“Let us not be desirous of vainglory. Provoking one another; envying one another” (Galatians 5:26)
These words were written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Galatia, to the people of that ancient parish. It was a letter to a people in turmoil.
Christ had in their own generation, preached and lived a holy love. Now, the membership was tearing up in unholy pieces both the church and the teaching of this Christ.
Envy reigned and was not a picture on its throne.
The liberals and the conservatives were at each others throats. Both sides were blessed with love of liberty, but neither side was willing to give it to the other.
They treated non-essentials as a matter of life and death. One side argued for the spiritually irrelevant custom of fasting; the other side made long-winded debates about special dates and seasons.
They fought over Sabbath days and servants, old customs and new innovations. Instead of living together as Christians, they fought like pagans
When Envy got tired, Pride took over. When Pride grew angry, Envy stood ready to take up the cru gel, again.
Into the midst of all this foolishness, stepped the Apostle Paul, saying, “Hope, love, faith, these are what count. If you’ve got all that energy toi burn, don’t waste it arguing among yourselves. Go out and argue against the pagan. Go out and argue for God.”
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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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