September 28
Friday, September 28, 2012
Miracle we survive
Hospital Visit
September 27
God loves on us with light. You can’t see the beautiful colors in the dark.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Important Lessom
September 26
He turned to me and said, “Are you telling me how to do my
job? He grabbed the cover with both hands and was electrocuted on the spot.”
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Two Words
September 25
I whispered two words
in her ear.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
A neighbor in church
September 23
Her answer surprises me. She smiles saying, “Oh! I saw God’s love before the service even started when your pastor walked in and kissed that boy in the wheelchair by the door.”
Saturday, September 22, 2012
A way to read the Bible in a year
September 22
He was awakened at three and visualized finishing the Bible
in a year by reading two chapters from the old testament, a psalm, a proverb
and one chapter from the new testament everyday. The class ended for me a few weeks
later when I moved to Florida .
I have used Cliff’s outline daily for the past fifteen years.
Live Each Moment
September 21
(Psalm 118:24)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Share Your Hope
September
18
Our small group shares feelings ranging from depression and
fear to outrage.
“What can we be doing as individual Christians?” someone
asks. We are quiet.
A woman responds, “We can share why we have hope. I’m
calling my neighbors.”
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Is that you God?
September
17
When I ask the Lord for direction how do
I know the response is from God and not the great deceiver? These questions
remained until I was shown a simple way to test if the Spirit bringing the
thought is of God. I have found that this test works quite well.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Prayers of Faith
September 16
More prayer, several bottles of ginger ale and many pops,
God heals Joy. I didn't even get a mild version of what she had. Praise the
Healer!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Meeting a Porpoise
September 15
Parking Ticket
September 14
Less than an hour
later there is a ticket on my window. I parked in a no parking area and the
quarters I had put in the meter were for the parking space in front of me.
A friend says, " Don’t fuss over it, or it will you
cost more than the amount on the ticket."
That tip is 2,000 years old.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Special Blessing
I had completed all my credits at the university except four
years proficiency in one foreign language. I had two. I told the visiting
professor my situation.By mid summer I wasn't doing well. He advised a
tutor, one of his graduate students. The last week the tutor had me translate the same
four pages until I got it right.
The dreaded last day arrived. I opened the final exam and stared
in disbelief. The passages to be translated were the same two documents I had
worked on for the last week. It was a gift. It was a miracle.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
September 11 Remembered
September 11
This is the day eleven years ago that there was a deliberate attack on America . We were
shocked.
That evening I join others in church. The first prayer isn’t
for the victims or their families (although that would come later) it is for
repentance. Is this a wake up call for America to stop worshipping idols?
What about all the people killed? Then I read what Jesus said in Luke.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Remember Your First Love
September 10
1. No delight to be in God's presence,
2. No desire to be with other believers,
3. Decrease longing for God's word,
4. Less desire to give or serve God
5. Reluctant to tell others about God.
Born Again
September 9
Friday, September 7, 2012
Is you heart Soft or Hard?
September 8
I need to give up what I think I am and let God mold me into what He intends me to be.
The only Birthday that counts
September 7
This is a very special day for Joy and me. Pastor Pat baptizes us in our lake. We both
emerge from the water shivering but it is not from the coolness of the water.
We praise the Lord while we huddle together at the water’s edge draped in
towels. We are all trembling with excitement and for good reason. This our Spiritual Birthday.
"He who believes and is baptized will be saved."
(Mark 16:16)
"Indeed I baptize you with water unto repentance but He
who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to
carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 3:11)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
How do you explain this?
September 6
The next day the deadly hurricane of 1938 hit the R.I. coast. All the phone lines
were down so dad drove to Tiverton to find the bridge to Portsmouth gone. He rented a boat. On
Papa’s road all the houses were crushed or gone, except one. Papa had boarded up
the windows and he, his blind wife and daughter rode out the vicious storm safely.
What had urged for my grandfather to return home? He didn’t
ever try to explain it.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The Power of Prayer
September 5
A granddaughter in Connecticut ,
who has had diabetes since she was two, is rushed to the hospital. She doesn’t
respond to treatment and is listed as critical.
I call a niece in Spokane
for prayer. I pray and prepare to fly from Florida . The next day my son reports Jessica
is doing so well the doctors are talking about letting her go home. My niece
calls and before I can tell her the good news she says, “I have been praying
most of the night for Jessica to be healed and back home by the weekend.”
Monday, September 3, 2012
Enter the Kingdom
September 3
Joy leans over him and says, "Tommy calm down.” He
stiffens and shudders a couple of times, wiped the tears from his eyes and
softly repeats, "Tommy calm down." He takes Joy's hand and they
walk to our van. Later Joy says "I
have never seen a child get in touch with himself like that, the Spirit was
with him
“ I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means
enter it." (Luke 18:17)
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Wait on the Lord
September 2
For many years every
Sunday service began with the minister quoting Isaiah.
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.”
(Isaiah 40:31)
Saturday, September 1, 2012
When your world stops
September 1
For many nights after
the funeral, I tried to respond to the cards and notes. One night I threw down
my pen dropped to my knees and cried out to God. That was the night my Shepherd
took this broken lamb in His arms, coddled me and whispered in my ear, “Here I
am.”
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