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Dear Lord,
May we not walk in darkness and then foolishly refuse to turn on the light of Christ to guide us. May we not praise our own arrogance to the point we are worshiping our own ignorance. Save us executing our intelligence by our sometimes immaturity. May
we not make friends of those who most certainly will lead us astray
unless we are willing to lead the both of us in proper directions. May we be wise enough to discern good advice from bad and the strength to follow good advice to its end. Help us to make our lives a sunlit garden rather than a sunless garden…a garden lit by the advice of the Holy Spirit.
When
all is said and done, may we have laughed often and loved with great
compassion. And when we leave this planet earth, may it be a better
place because we have lived and walked upon it.
A Quote FROM Rev. Wyrick’s 9TH BOOK “THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN”
This
book is more than just a march down memory lane. It is certainly not a
search-and-destroy mission as are some historical efforts. It is
really a questing for an understanding of the man able to write, “He has
the right to criticize who has the heart to help.” “Am I not
destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” “It is the duty of
all nations as well as of men to owe their dependence upon the over
ruling power of God.”1 “With malice toward none; with charity toward all; right, as God gives us to see the right…”2
When
a president continues to think and speak this way, often commenting on
sin and mercy more like a preacher than a politician it is worth taking a
second look. When he called out for, “with firmness in the right as
God gives us to see the right,” 2 he did not just show
humility. Rather he asked for a national self-examination and that God
might be at the center of such evaluation.
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I almost drowned once. It is
a terrifying experience. One gets very used to breathing. I had taught
swimming in summer camp. Passed the Red Cross Life Saving course.
Water-skied 50 miles an hour. Now I found I could not even stand to have the water flow over my face when I took a shower.
So I had two choices. Give in to my fear or fight it.
I
fought it. Stuck my head in a few inches of water in a basin for five
seconds, then ten and finally a minute. I kept working on my private
demon until one day, six month later, I was behind a ski boat with ski
rope in hand. I was filled with panic, not just fear. I skied anyway. I
fell and did not drown. I began to overcome the anxiety.
I
refused to have a love affair with fear that could have become a
permanent downer. Did I completely conquer my fear? No. Was I better off
than if I had given in? Definitely.
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number of years ago two scientists conducted an experiment with a
sheep. They tied a piece of wire around the leg of a normal sheep in the
midst of other sheep. Then at regular intervals they would send an
electric shock through the wire making the leg twitch. The sheep’s
behavior remained normal. He ate well, slept well, acted quite nicely,
twitching appendage and all. Then the scientists added another factor.
They
began to ring a bell ten seconds before they administered the shock.
Within a very short period of time the sheep began to demonstrate all
the symptoms of severe anxiety neurosis. His eating habits went from bad
to worse. He couldn't sleep. He took to avoiding the other sheep. He
became highly nervous and agitated.
It is
the same with all the people who every day promise themselves it is
going to be a bad day, and then work very hard at making their prophecy
come true.
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