Tuesday, August 29, 2017

DON’T TRY TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE CONQUERED A HILL

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE.

There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog. It is added to daily.

Visit Neil’s other blog Wyrick’s Writings

Click below to go to the blog



 The Galilee Gallery
and other· NEW TESTAMENT                 
       CHARACTERS
You OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER
          Series (Starting on Wyrick’s    Writings)
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
DON’T TRY TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN UNTIL YOU HAVE CONQUERED A HILL

John Ruskin, an 19th century English author and art critic, would sometimes agree to take a new art student, but before he ever had him paint a scene or even draw a line, he would have him take an opal and study its coloring from every possible angle until he knew it by heart.

At another school for modern art, the student is closed up in a room containing nothing but paintings of a certain style.  In this isolation with and concentration, the student learns more about this method than through a dozen lectures.


Would you learn how to pray?  Then, in the manner of these art students, take some time to think on it and about it, to concentrate and focus and then, do it.  “For as a man thinketh, so is he.” reads a portion of the book of Proverbs.

And some of you may at this moment be thinking, “But I can’t concentrate on anything for very long, let alone God.”  And I would reply, “Don’t try to climb a mountain until you have learned how to conquer a
hill.” 

        THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM  LINCOLN
“A book superior in style and content)

A  Quote FROM Rev. Wyrick’s 9TH BOOK “THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN”

Purchase from the author an autographed copy.

Would it have made any difference if the man who was President of the United States during the Civil War had not been a Christian? 
It took the lives of over six hundred thousand young men, one in every five of the country’s best, so it is no small question to ask.  Is there always the danger that a Christian leader will still be arrogant, angry and more than willing to shape pruning hooks into spears?7 
Unfortunately, yes.  But not Abe.  His words spell out clearly how he felt about solutions by the sword.  “The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am.  None who would do more to preserve it.”

If you would like a short PERSONALIZED comment before the signature such as “To Mary”…or “happy birthday Mark” …or “Hope you enjoy reading this”…just enclose your wish along with a check for $10 (free shipping and handling) to:
Pageantry Inc., The Church Without Walls”
7430 SW 59th Street

 Miami, Florida 33143
QUOTES FROM
SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING
(Serialization of One of Neil’s book that can be found on his other blog Wyrick’s Writings)

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.

----- ------ ---------- A 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.

 
Click below to go to the blog

Christianity by Reflex…new series began
Wyrick’S Writings..and will continue each week until finished.
CLICK BELOW TO GO TO NEIL’S OTHER BLOG


Some recent topic titles on his other blog, Wyrick’s Writings are:ONE LOG ON A FIRE, TWO JOLLY GREEN GIANTS; LOVE AND FORGIVENESS, WISDOM IS.WHAT IS HAPPY,60 PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

No comments:

Post a Comment