January 31
I ask my wife how her retreat went.
"Remember how you felt when you had a defining moment?" she said. "Just imagine feeling that for an entire weekend. I didn't want to go home. I didn't know how to leave."
"Were you afraid of leaving God behind?"
"Something like that," she whispers.
“Well you didn’t," I offer, "God is never far away. We just need to stay in touch."
"For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you." (Luke 17:21)
Monday, January 30, 2012
Wheelchair Story
January 30
A young lady tells me “ I need to tell you my wheelchair story.” After a few weeks in Florida she sits in an emergency room scared and alone. “Praying softly I hear God say, ‘I’m sending you an angel.”
She waits. She notices an older man in a wheelchair. They talk and after awhile her name is called to see a doctor. She realizes her fear is gone.. She thanks the man for talking with her and then adds; “I don’t even know your name. I’m Sherry.”
He says, “My name is Angel.”
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Matt (21:22)
A young lady tells me “ I need to tell you my wheelchair story.” After a few weeks in Florida she sits in an emergency room scared and alone. “Praying softly I hear God say, ‘I’m sending you an angel.”
She waits. She notices an older man in a wheelchair. They talk and after awhile her name is called to see a doctor. She realizes her fear is gone.. She thanks the man for talking with her and then adds; “I don’t even know your name. I’m Sherry.”
He says, “My name is Angel.”
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Matt (21:22)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
I Killed a Man
January 29
It’s true! I killed a man. A nice man some people thought. I knew differently. He appeared to be the ideal family man.
I knew differently
" He walked in lewdness, lust, drunkenness, revelry, drinking parties and abominable idolatry." (1 Peter 4:3) This man needed to be destroyed.
I killed him. I killed my old self. I'm a new person now. Alleluia! There is a second chance God. Praise the Lord. Now I really know differently.
“ I say to you, unless one is born again, he can not see the kingdom of God."
(John 3:3)
It’s true! I killed a man. A nice man some people thought. I knew differently. He appeared to be the ideal family man.
I knew differently
" He walked in lewdness, lust, drunkenness, revelry, drinking parties and abominable idolatry." (1 Peter 4:3) This man needed to be destroyed.
I killed him. I killed my old self. I'm a new person now. Alleluia! There is a second chance God. Praise the Lord. Now I really know differently.
“ I say to you, unless one is born again, he can not see the kingdom of God."
(John 3:3)
Ice Storm
January 27
Everything is glare ice," creek, crack crash. Branches are snapping off the trees like brittle spaghetti. It is still raining so
I retreat from the yard and stand under the overhang. There is a large crack and thud. A huge branch falls from the elm and is imbedded into the ground where I had been standing. I stare in disbelief.
Some would say 'thank your lucky stars.’ That is how I felt once, but now I say luck and stars has nothing to do with it.
“The very hairs of your head are numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."
(Matthew 10:30-31)
Everything is glare ice," creek, crack crash. Branches are snapping off the trees like brittle spaghetti. It is still raining so
I retreat from the yard and stand under the overhang. There is a large crack and thud. A huge branch falls from the elm and is imbedded into the ground where I had been standing. I stare in disbelief.
Some would say 'thank your lucky stars.’ That is how I felt once, but now I say luck and stars has nothing to do with it.
“The very hairs of your head are numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."
(Matthew 10:30-31)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Watch, Be Alert
January 25
My Nephew is driving alone along Route 20 in Charlton Ma. A tractor-trailer drifts over the centerline and hits his van behind the driver's seat pushing him off the road. The rig crashes head on into the car behind, killing the driver. My Nephew is unhurt. The truck driver is arrested.
In an instant, a life is taken, one spared.
"Watch therefore for you do not know when the master of the house is coming-in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, -lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. What I say to you I say to all, Watch!" (Mark 13:35-36)
My Nephew is driving alone along Route 20 in Charlton Ma. A tractor-trailer drifts over the centerline and hits his van behind the driver's seat pushing him off the road. The rig crashes head on into the car behind, killing the driver. My Nephew is unhurt. The truck driver is arrested.
In an instant, a life is taken, one spared.
"Watch therefore for you do not know when the master of the house is coming-in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, -lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. What I say to you I say to all, Watch!" (Mark 13:35-36)
Monday, January 23, 2012
God's Birds
God’s Birds
January 24
Dr. Jerry Kirk, a preacher from Cincinnati said, "God's love for us is unlimited but our ability to receive that love is limited because our receiving mechanisms have been damaged by the world around us.” He asked Dora, twice a widow, what made her upbeat. "Every cardinal, I see I hear Jesus say I love you.”
The notion of damaged receptors speaks to me. The solution shared by Dora and Jerry has changed how I look at all birds.
"Consider the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap… yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" (Matthew 6:26)
January 24
Dr. Jerry Kirk, a preacher from Cincinnati said, "God's love for us is unlimited but our ability to receive that love is limited because our receiving mechanisms have been damaged by the world around us.” He asked Dora, twice a widow, what made her upbeat. "Every cardinal, I see I hear Jesus say I love you.”
The notion of damaged receptors speaks to me. The solution shared by Dora and Jerry has changed how I look at all birds.
"Consider the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap… yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" (Matthew 6:26)
City Slicker
January 23
I was a teenager from the city and had never ridden a horse. We walked the horses across a divided roadway onto a trail. After a gentle ride in the woods we turned toward home. My horse took off. I was hanging on for dear life. She bolted across Route 1A, horns blasted, breaks squealed and I screamed.
God's angel directed traffic that day and even provided some mud for a soft landing when I fell off in front of the barn.
"He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways."
(Psalm 91:11)
I was a teenager from the city and had never ridden a horse. We walked the horses across a divided roadway onto a trail. After a gentle ride in the woods we turned toward home. My horse took off. I was hanging on for dear life. She bolted across Route 1A, horns blasted, breaks squealed and I screamed.
God's angel directed traffic that day and even provided some mud for a soft landing when I fell off in front of the barn.
"He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways."
(Psalm 91:11)
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