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Friday, September 13, 2013
WHAT DID GOD DO?
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I have long been a fan of the mind of Leslie Weatherhead. There is
such clarity and lack of confusion in his writing.
I love the following analogy. It is his and I now relate it to you.
Imagine, if you will, that there is a nursery where two little boys are playing on the floor with some blocks.
Their father has suggested they build a tower and has told them how. But instead, they quarrel and try a different way from how they were told.
Things go from bad to worse and it seems the tower will never be built.
Now suddenly the father enters the nursery. He sees the problem, the suffering, the pain. What shall he do?
1. He can turn the little boys out of the nursery and build the tower himself. (God did this in the beginning when He created the earth).
2. He can referee the moment. Make the boys behave. Ride herd on their lesser instincts. Even beat them into submission if need be.
3. He can intervene to protect them from all accidents, allow no mishaps, allow them no misfortunes.
4. He can watch from afar as they slowly learn by trial and error. ***********************************************************
I love the following analogy. It is his and I now relate it to you.
Imagine, if you will, that there is a nursery where two little boys are playing on the floor with some blocks.
Their father has suggested they build a tower and has told them how. But instead, they quarrel and try a different way from how they were told.
Things go from bad to worse and it seems the tower will never be built.
Now suddenly the father enters the nursery. He sees the problem, the suffering, the pain. What shall he do?
1. He can turn the little boys out of the nursery and build the tower himself. (God did this in the beginning when He created the earth).
2. He can referee the moment. Make the boys behave. Ride herd on their lesser instincts. Even beat them into submission if need be.
3. He can intervene to protect them from all accidents, allow no mishaps, allow them no misfortunes.
4. He can watch from afar as they slowly learn by trial and error. ***********************************************************
“We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God
ordained before the world unto our glory" (1 Cor. 2:7).
“God is "the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise" (Wisdom of Solomon 7:15).
“With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding” (Job 12:13).
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.” (Isaiah 40:28).
“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” (Romans 11:33
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” (Psalms 147:5).
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“God is "the guide even of wisdom and the corrector of the wise" (Wisdom of Solomon 7:15).
“With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding” (Job 12:13).
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.” (Isaiah 40:28).
“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” (Romans 11:33
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” (Psalms 147:5).
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
AND IT IS CALLED GOOD FRIDAY
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Have you ever thought why the day of Christ’s crucifixion was called Good Friday?
If it was not the deed, then it must have been the attitude.
If it was not the suffering, it must have been how Christ accepted the suffering.
It was what Leslie Weatherhead calls a “frozen asset.”
At the moment of the cross, it seemed as if evil had won going away, but time would change the ledger.
The brief victory of evil would fall before the eternal victory of God.
Have you ever thought why the day of Christ’s crucifixion was called Good Friday?
If it was not the deed, then it must have been the attitude.
If it was not the suffering, it must have been how Christ accepted the suffering.
It was what Leslie Weatherhead calls a “frozen asset.”
At the moment of the cross, it seemed as if evil had won going away, but time would change the ledger.
The brief victory of evil would fall before the eternal victory of God.
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To view the blog that has the serialization OF HIS NOVEL “RUST ON MY SOUL” and innovative thoughts on a variety of subjects CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URLhttp://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/ *****************************************************************
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
WHO WAS HE?
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He was born in a small out of the way village.
He learned a simple trade and spent the first 30 years of his life making benches, tables and various and sundry articles of the carpenters’ trade.
He never got a degree or a Doctorate (honorary or otherwise).
He was never approved by a secular or sacred board or sat in on any important committees.
He was never elected Chief Priest among the Pharisees and Sanhedrin.
He was never made Governor of his state or even elected to some board of commissioners.
He was never a member of a Diaconate or made an Elder or chosen as President of a Men’s Group.
He could not claim a Reverend before his name or point to a listing in Dunn and Bradstreet.
He was not a member of Rotary or Lions or selected as the outstanding Young Man of the Year by the J.C’s.
He did not own a closet full of the best suits from Macy’s nor did he drive the classiest chariot in the city.
All he did was preach the love of God and man for less than three years.
And wear a simple seamless garment while he preached.
His only invitation from the leaders of his day was for a trial.
His only soldier escort was to a cross.
Yet the world is a different place because of Him.
And men do not walk with sins heavy on their hearts or fear of death because He lived and died and rose again.
His success was in the tender combination of humanity and the divine.
His success was in the life He lived as well as in the miraculous way He rose from the dead.
What really made this Jesus stand out in history was not just the resurrection but the man.
Humble, kind and full of love.
A man who counted every other man by his need and not by the cut of his cloth or the color of his skin or the title before his name.
What made Jesus great was not what He had for He had nothing, not even what men said about Him, for many cursed His name.
What made Jesus great was what and who He was.
He was born in a small out of the way village.
He learned a simple trade and spent the first 30 years of his life making benches, tables and various and sundry articles of the carpenters’ trade.
He never got a degree or a Doctorate (honorary or otherwise).
He was never approved by a secular or sacred board or sat in on any important committees.
He was never elected Chief Priest among the Pharisees and Sanhedrin.
He was never made Governor of his state or even elected to some board of commissioners.
He was never a member of a Diaconate or made an Elder or chosen as President of a Men’s Group.
He could not claim a Reverend before his name or point to a listing in Dunn and Bradstreet.
He was not a member of Rotary or Lions or selected as the outstanding Young Man of the Year by the J.C’s.
He did not own a closet full of the best suits from Macy’s nor did he drive the classiest chariot in the city.
All he did was preach the love of God and man for less than three years.
And wear a simple seamless garment while he preached.
His only invitation from the leaders of his day was for a trial.
His only soldier escort was to a cross.
Yet the world is a different place because of Him.
And men do not walk with sins heavy on their hearts or fear of death because He lived and died and rose again.
His success was in the tender combination of humanity and the divine.
His success was in the life He lived as well as in the miraculous way He rose from the dead.
What really made this Jesus stand out in history was not just the resurrection but the man.
Humble, kind and full of love.
A man who counted every other man by his need and not by the cut of his cloth or the color of his skin or the title before his name.
What made Jesus great was not what He had for He had nothing, not even what men said about Him, for many cursed His name.
What made Jesus great was what and who He was.
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And in reply to the great question…*****************************************************************
"John 14:9
“Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?”
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To view the blog that has the serialization of HIS NOVEL “RUST ON MY SOUL” and innovative thoughts on a variety of subjects CLICK ON
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URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/ ******************************************************************
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
LET GO…LET GOD
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The
old man had never ridden in a plane before. It was ten years after World War I
and this relic from those warrior years had seen better days.
It was held together with glue, tape prayer.
When he got down after his first ride someone asked him how he liked it, and his reply was classic, “It might have been alright, cept’ it was so rickety I neer could let go my whole weight on it.”
And that’s how it is with some folk…when it comes to God and their faith they just never let to their whole weight on it.
How does that old hymn go, “"And He walks with me and He talks with me; and He tells me I am his own. And the joy we share as we tarry there; None other has ever known."
It’s all about the clarity of closeness, a daily walk with our Lord, a persistent prayer life that becomes an ongoing lifeline.
It was held together with glue, tape prayer.
When he got down after his first ride someone asked him how he liked it, and his reply was classic, “It might have been alright, cept’ it was so rickety I neer could let go my whole weight on it.”
And that’s how it is with some folk…when it comes to God and their faith they just never let to their whole weight on it.
How does that old hymn go, “"And He walks with me and He talks with me; and He tells me I am his own. And the joy we share as we tarry there; None other has ever known."
It’s all about the clarity of closeness, a daily walk with our Lord, a persistent prayer life that becomes an ongoing lifeline.
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"Jesus said to them: 'I am the bread of life. He that comes to me will not get hungry at all, and he that exercises faith in me will never get thirsty at all.' " - John 6:35
"Jesus said to them: 'I am the bread of life. He that comes to me will not get hungry at all, and he that exercises faith in me will never get thirsty at all.' " - John 6:35
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To view his other blog that approaches many different subjects in innovative ways as well as a serialization of his novel
RUST ON MY SOUL
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING
URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
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Monday, September 9, 2013
AND YOU CAN
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William
Gladstone was one of Great Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers. He served his
country for 62 years.
At eighty eight years of age he was asked by a younger colleague,” How do you remain so calm and think so clearly?” Gladstone said, “For sixty years I have kept a prayer of David close in my mind, and this is it, “Oh Lord, keep me as the apple of Thine eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”
Gladstone went on to say, “Never in my life have I been too busy for God. And never in my life has God been too busy for me.”
A woman examining a sunset painting by the great artist Turner exclaimed, “I never so sunset like that.” Turner’s apt reply was, “Don’t you wish you could?
And he could and you can…as Gladstone did…and anyone who REALLY wants to sharpen their ability to see beauty and goodness and feel the tug of God at their soul.
By prayer…by wanting to see and feel the presence of God…and doing this day after day after day until the last day on earth and the beginning of eternity. ***************************************
“On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Galatians 5:22,23
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To view an abundance of unusual stories & unique comments by Neil Wyrick go to his other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS
Click on the following URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
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At eighty eight years of age he was asked by a younger colleague,” How do you remain so calm and think so clearly?” Gladstone said, “For sixty years I have kept a prayer of David close in my mind, and this is it, “Oh Lord, keep me as the apple of Thine eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”
Gladstone went on to say, “Never in my life have I been too busy for God. And never in my life has God been too busy for me.”
A woman examining a sunset painting by the great artist Turner exclaimed, “I never so sunset like that.” Turner’s apt reply was, “Don’t you wish you could?
And he could and you can…as Gladstone did…and anyone who REALLY wants to sharpen their ability to see beauty and goodness and feel the tug of God at their soul.
By prayer…by wanting to see and feel the presence of God…and doing this day after day after day until the last day on earth and the beginning of eternity. ***************************************
“On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Galatians 5:22,23
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To view an abundance of unusual stories & unique comments by Neil Wyrick go to his other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS
Click on the following URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
THE PICTURES ARE NO LONGER ON TRIAL…BUT THE SPECTATORS ARE.
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He was a businessman and he was in a hurry. He raced through the Louvre in Paris at a pace that made almost a blur of everything he was seeing.
As he exited the museum he said to a guard, “Not a picture in there worth seeing.”
The guards reply was a classic, “The pictures are no longer on trial…but the spectators are.”
Every day the sensitivity of your soul is on trial…certainly not God.
Every day, if you do not rush by the truth of God you come closer to the presence of God. How? By prayer being number one in your life’s goals and follow through because as Shakespeare once wrote, “Don’t you know that the water which comes down as rain must have first gone up as mist>.”
A great preacher John Redhead once wrote, “The trouble with some good people is that their faith is intellectually valid, but has not yet become emotionally vivid.”
Man is an interesting paradox of intelligence and stupidity. He will shine his shoes, comb his hair, shave his face, seek in everyway he can to look neat and civilized.
Then he will clutter his mind with dirt and let his soul go to pot.
He will be sure he looks respectable on the outside while inside he may be a tramp and it doesn’t bother some people enough to do anything about it.
And it doesn’t have to be this way.
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“He who is of God hears God's words;” (John 8:47)
To view an abundance of unusual stories & unique comments by Neil Wyrick go to his other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS
Click on the following URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/ ********************************************************************
He was a businessman and he was in a hurry. He raced through the Louvre in Paris at a pace that made almost a blur of everything he was seeing.
As he exited the museum he said to a guard, “Not a picture in there worth seeing.”
The guards reply was a classic, “The pictures are no longer on trial…but the spectators are.”
Every day the sensitivity of your soul is on trial…certainly not God.
Every day, if you do not rush by the truth of God you come closer to the presence of God. How? By prayer being number one in your life’s goals and follow through because as Shakespeare once wrote, “Don’t you know that the water which comes down as rain must have first gone up as mist>.”
A great preacher John Redhead once wrote, “The trouble with some good people is that their faith is intellectually valid, but has not yet become emotionally vivid.”
Man is an interesting paradox of intelligence and stupidity. He will shine his shoes, comb his hair, shave his face, seek in everyway he can to look neat and civilized.
Then he will clutter his mind with dirt and let his soul go to pot.
He will be sure he looks respectable on the outside while inside he may be a tramp and it doesn’t bother some people enough to do anything about it.
And it doesn’t have to be this way.
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“He who is of God hears God's words;” (John 8:47)
To view an abundance of unusual stories & unique comments by Neil Wyrick go to his other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS
Click on the following URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/ ********************************************************************
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