These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
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When your memories speak to you in this Holy Season what do they tell you of Christmas’ past? Jolly old St. Nick on the mantle piece? Stockings hung with care? The Nutcracker Suite in the background? A tree sparkling with lights above a manger scene passed down from one generation to the next?
Or, do you remember family members all tired and short tempered? Frazzled from trying to do too much, having spent too much? Not bilingual. Not speaking Christmas at all. And it doesn’t really make any difference whether or not you speak English or Spanish or Portuguese in your household, but it does make a great deal of difference if you don’t speak Christmas.
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…(John 1:14)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
SEEDS OF OPPORTUNITY, PLANT RATHER THAN RANT
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Everyone thinks at one time or the other, “What will it be like when I stand before God and all my yesterdays are played out before me?”
Well, I prefer to update that thought and daily remind myself I am always standing before God.
That He is always with me and observing me and, if I give Him half a chance, leading me. The fact that I am, is His gift to me. And how I hone and sharpen this gift of me, is my gift to Him.
Which takes us right back to the seeds of opportunity God offers each of us
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Everyone thinks at one time or the other, “What will it be like when I stand before God and all my yesterdays are played out before me?”
Well, I prefer to update that thought and daily remind myself I am always standing before God.
That He is always with me and observing me and, if I give Him half a chance, leading me. The fact that I am, is His gift to me. And how I hone and sharpen this gift of me, is my gift to Him.
Which takes us right back to the seeds of opportunity God offers each of us
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
HAVE YOU GONE BLIND OR IT THAT YOU JUST HAVEN'T OPENED YOUR EYES?
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Back in the days before mechanism took over, mules were used to pull the coal cars through the mines.
On Sundays, the one day of the week that the miners did not work, the mules were brought up into the light. If they were left in darkness for too long they would go blind, their eyes no longer able to discern the light.
Some people are so afflicted.
They choose eternal darkness and eventually go completely blind.
Blind to the light of the Holy Spirit. Blind to the healing hand of the Master Physician. They do not believe as did David when he wrote, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.” (Psalm 27:1) And so they are terribly, miserably, overwhelmingly blind.
How does that old hymn go?
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh abide with me.
Who wrote these words?
An old preacher in the year 1847. For years he had ministered to sailors, many of whom sailed forth to be swallowed up in raging storms.
And now, old, tired and having preached his last sermon, he asked a final favor of his Jesus, “Give me one last blessing. Give me the ability to write a hymn that will provide comfort to the survivors of these men lost at sea.”
This is you and I, survivors on the sea of life. We all have felt losses; been swallowed up sometimes by evil; been unable to endure the storms of temptations; beat down by drugs or depression, or loss of dignity, or mean thoughts.
And so we pray to the God-sent Nazarene who journeyed down from heaven to benevolently save us from ourselves.
To help us gain empathy from our pain.
To help us realize that life is not always something to be enjoyed but a lesson to be learned.
In short, sometimes we must learn to hang by our fingertips till the Lord helps us find a place to put our feet.
Daniel Boone once said, “I never was lost, but I was once powerful confused for three whole days.” Do you want to cut down on your confusions? Then remember who you are and act like it. A child of God – glory in it! A little lower than the angels – believe it! Loved by Jesus who heals because we so often need His healing – depend upon it!
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Back in the days before mechanism took over, mules were used to pull the coal cars through the mines.
On Sundays, the one day of the week that the miners did not work, the mules were brought up into the light. If they were left in darkness for too long they would go blind, their eyes no longer able to discern the light.
Some people are so afflicted.
They choose eternal darkness and eventually go completely blind.
Blind to the light of the Holy Spirit. Blind to the healing hand of the Master Physician. They do not believe as did David when he wrote, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.” (Psalm 27:1) And so they are terribly, miserably, overwhelmingly blind.
How does that old hymn go?
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, oh abide with me.
Who wrote these words?
An old preacher in the year 1847. For years he had ministered to sailors, many of whom sailed forth to be swallowed up in raging storms.
And now, old, tired and having preached his last sermon, he asked a final favor of his Jesus, “Give me one last blessing. Give me the ability to write a hymn that will provide comfort to the survivors of these men lost at sea.”
This is you and I, survivors on the sea of life. We all have felt losses; been swallowed up sometimes by evil; been unable to endure the storms of temptations; beat down by drugs or depression, or loss of dignity, or mean thoughts.
And so we pray to the God-sent Nazarene who journeyed down from heaven to benevolently save us from ourselves.
To help us gain empathy from our pain.
To help us realize that life is not always something to be enjoyed but a lesson to be learned.
In short, sometimes we must learn to hang by our fingertips till the Lord helps us find a place to put our feet.
Daniel Boone once said, “I never was lost, but I was once powerful confused for three whole days.” Do you want to cut down on your confusions? Then remember who you are and act like it. A child of God – glory in it! A little lower than the angels – believe it! Loved by Jesus who heals because we so often need His healing – depend upon it!
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Friday, December 11, 2009
THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANCE
THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANCE
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Remember Roger Stauback, the great quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70’s?
You might think that he would consider those days of old were his glory days. But he doesn’t.
He has long believed that his future reached far beyond football. That Christianity is the most important thing in his life. That with God one can withstand anything life offers. Roger‘s football feats and awards were great and yet he has never been confused as to what awards really count - God’s awards.
Good old positive thinker Paul put it well, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Remember Roger Stauback, the great quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70’s?
You might think that he would consider those days of old were his glory days. But he doesn’t.
He has long believed that his future reached far beyond football. That Christianity is the most important thing in his life. That with God one can withstand anything life offers. Roger‘s football feats and awards were great and yet he has never been confused as to what awards really count - God’s awards.
Good old positive thinker Paul put it well, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 10 TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND PUNT
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
DON'T LOSE YOUR PRAYER WHILE PRAYING?
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
A mother and son were having lunch together in a restaurant. When the food had been served the mother said, “Let’s have a silent prayer.”
When finished she saw that her son’s head still was bowed - and remained that way for a long time.
Finally he opened his eyes and began to eat. “What were you praying about all that time?” asked the mother. “How do I know?” replied the son. “It was a silent prayer.”
When we pray, we must not do that – be so absentminded and apathetic that a few minutes later we don’t have a clue what we just prayed. Rather, be concerned with totally committed prayers, not mouthing,
Oops, I let my mind go wandering again.
Pray with an intensity that underlines every word that is heaven bound. Nor when we pray, be satisfied with a bunt. Go for a home run. Pray mountain prayers – not molehill mutterings.
“To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;…” Psalms 25:1 (NIV)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
A mother and son were having lunch together in a restaurant. When the food had been served the mother said, “Let’s have a silent prayer.”
When finished she saw that her son’s head still was bowed - and remained that way for a long time.
Finally he opened his eyes and began to eat. “What were you praying about all that time?” asked the mother. “How do I know?” replied the son. “It was a silent prayer.”
When we pray, we must not do that – be so absentminded and apathetic that a few minutes later we don’t have a clue what we just prayed. Rather, be concerned with totally committed prayers, not mouthing,
Oops, I let my mind go wandering again.
Pray with an intensity that underlines every word that is heaven bound. Nor when we pray, be satisfied with a bunt. Go for a home run. Pray mountain prayers – not molehill mutterings.
“To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;…” Psalms 25:1 (NIV)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov 1 …ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
DON'T PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN PUT OFF UNTIL THE DAY AFTER
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
One early morn a new army recruit had slept right through the bugle call so that when his drill sergeant found him, he was still fast asleep.
“Soldier! It’s 4:30 A.M.! What do you think you are doing? Rise and shine!”
“4:30?” moaned the half awake soldier, “Sergeant, you’d better go back to bed. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow.”
Is that how you face the promises you have made for we all have made and make them. Thinking something like, “Lord, not right now, it’s too soon. But tomorrow, Lord, we have a big day ahead of us.”
It is so easy to earn a spiritual Ph.D. in procrastination. Saving the biggest and best prayers for some unknown tomorrow when you are actually going to take this whole faith thing more seriously.
Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37: 5)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov…ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
One early morn a new army recruit had slept right through the bugle call so that when his drill sergeant found him, he was still fast asleep.
“Soldier! It’s 4:30 A.M.! What do you think you are doing? Rise and shine!”
“4:30?” moaned the half awake soldier, “Sergeant, you’d better go back to bed. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow.”
Is that how you face the promises you have made for we all have made and make them. Thinking something like, “Lord, not right now, it’s too soon. But tomorrow, Lord, we have a big day ahead of us.”
It is so easy to earn a spiritual Ph.D. in procrastination. Saving the biggest and best prayers for some unknown tomorrow when you are actually going to take this whole faith thing more seriously.
Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37: 5)
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov…ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
AN IDENTITY CRISIS?
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
When Charles Wesley came to America as a missionary he didn’t succeed too well.
Chief Tomo Chichi one day told him why.
The old Indian, after patiently listening to Charles, finally interrupted with these words, “Christians steal. Christians beat men. Christians keep slaves. Why me want to be Christian?”
One thing is for sure, the world is watching.
Which reminds me of a man who one day said to me, “I have never met a Christian. I have met Presbyterians and Methodists and Baptists, but I have never met a Christian.”
It can be argued he hadn’t tried very hard or that he suffered from spiritual blindness, but nevertheless, this was his conclusion. And his conclusion did not lead him to Christ.
If a runner says he is a runner and does not run, one begins to harbor doubts if he is seriously a runner.
If one claims to be an artist but paints no pictures one begins to doubt he or she is an artist.
If a Christian claims Christ but acts like the devil it does set the world to wondering.
Such a power we have to influence those around us. Such a responsibly. And when in the midst of our imperfection we manage a moment of inspiration, what a truly great moment that is.
. Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime "let out all the length of all the reins."--Mary Cholomondeley
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But--transcending both these limited aims--what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?--Evelyn Underhill (The Spiritual Life)
The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.--Max De Pree
I am still learning--how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.--Audre Lorde
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.--Booker T. Washington
I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.--Howard Arnold Walter ("I Would Be True")
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov…ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
Have you visited my “Life Is Not What It Is But What You Make It” site. Go to Google and where it says “Google Search” type in “Wyrick’s Writings”
Or type in the URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
Or type in the URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
When Charles Wesley came to America as a missionary he didn’t succeed too well.
Chief Tomo Chichi one day told him why.
The old Indian, after patiently listening to Charles, finally interrupted with these words, “Christians steal. Christians beat men. Christians keep slaves. Why me want to be Christian?”
One thing is for sure, the world is watching.
Which reminds me of a man who one day said to me, “I have never met a Christian. I have met Presbyterians and Methodists and Baptists, but I have never met a Christian.”
It can be argued he hadn’t tried very hard or that he suffered from spiritual blindness, but nevertheless, this was his conclusion. And his conclusion did not lead him to Christ.
If a runner says he is a runner and does not run, one begins to harbor doubts if he is seriously a runner.
If one claims to be an artist but paints no pictures one begins to doubt he or she is an artist.
If a Christian claims Christ but acts like the devil it does set the world to wondering.
Such a power we have to influence those around us. Such a responsibly. And when in the midst of our imperfection we manage a moment of inspiration, what a truly great moment that is.
. Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing, and which shirking pain, misses happiness as well. No one ever yet was the poorer in the long run for having once in a lifetime "let out all the length of all the reins."--Mary Cholomondeley
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But--transcending both these limited aims--what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?--Evelyn Underhill (The Spiritual Life)
The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.--Max De Pree
I am still learning--how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.--Audre Lorde
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.--Booker T. Washington
I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.--Howard Arnold Walter ("I Would Be True")
Recent Titles on “WYRICK’S WRITINGS SITE”…
Dec 3 GOD HAD A DREAM
Dec 1…THE SECRET POWER OF THE SECOND MILE
NOV 25…ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL ANOREXIC? ARE YOU READY WITH READINESS?
Nov 11 LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOREVER,
Nov 4…AN UNEXPECTED HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS
Nov…ARE YOU SNIFF AND SNUFF OR HEM AND HAW?
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