RUST ON MY SOUL (45th in series)

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The Serialization of RUST ON MY SOUL is added to each TUESDAY Go back to April 13th and start the Series.

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RUST ON MY SOUL (A Novel) (Published by Bridge Press in 1985 & Distributed Internationally) (A new Series that began on Tues April 13th and will continue every Tuesday thereafter until finished) (Thursday & Sunday will continue to cover a variety of subjects as in the past)

INTRODUCTION (Repeated for those new to the series)

In an old loose leaf notebook, Thomas Kettering wrote when there was a cry from his heart. He wrote when his inner longing spilled over into the reality of his days. He did not write every day, only when he felt he must. How often he wrote or when is not important. The journey is what counts, for it is a diary about all of us, to all of us. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” and even a stumble is a step.

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Morning

These laborings will be my link with the outside world. A world where men write, read, work, live

“How do you feel, Tom?” Were they afraid that my body would grow stale? Why else would they wrap me in cellophane?

Nancy was looking down at me through the cloudy world beyond my oxygen tent. It was the first time I had been aware of her presence.

I have no solid recollections of the time between, except of pain and floating and disjointed scenes. A white mist moving quietly around the room, a male voice breaking through my rattled consciousness for a fleeting moment, the sharp sting of a needle…

“Don’t pity me, Nancy. You haven’t given me love for too long a time. Don’t give me pity!”

The mental image of a physical cripple scared these fighting, angry thoughts into my senses. But I was too weak to reply with more than a faint excuse of a smile.

Nausea. It pushed in. It pulsed out. Oh, God, I was afraid. Had I watered the wrong fields? Harvested the wrong crops? Was nothing facing me now but a perpetual winter called death?

I was all sag and sedative, courtesy of the little white cop and Pandora-offering of pills. Life became a wet mop, all heavy and shapeless and lumpy.

The only clear-cut corners were the meals and hypodermic needles and the tubes – the portable plumbing. My mental capacities had all the decisiveness of slush.

To be continued next Tuesday

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Below is a quote from Thursday Jan 20th Wyrick’s writings blog entitled ANGER VS. PATIENCE

“After the old man had departed, God called out to Abraham and asked where the stranger was. Abraham replied, “I sent him on his way because he did not worship you.”

God answered “I have suffered him all his eighty years although he dishonors me. Could you not endure for just one night?”

God suffers us, endures us! And forgives us and loves us and sets such a perfect example for us.”

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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A NEW SERIES…quoted from Sunday Jan 2 2011
A HEAVENLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM(1st in series) (on this Wyrck’s Writing blog)

It began Sunday Dec 26, 2010

“I have always been intrigued by a question God put to Adam, “Where are you?” Why did He ask that? What is the meaning behind this? It wasn’t a geographical question, for certainly God knew the answer to that one.

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To view an abundance of unusual stories and comments by Neil Wyrick go to Neil’s other blog ONE A DAY, YOUR SPIRITUAL VITAMINS

Click on the following URL http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/

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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A NEW SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER. It began Thursday January 6, 2010.

“Do you enjoy visiting friends? More than likely you’re thinking, Preacher, of course, I do.
Now let me ask the other side of the coin - Do you enjoy visiting enemies? No?

Well, I know you must enjoy visiting at least one enemy because, like myself, you probably visit this one quite often. Unfortunately, we all …visit this enemy…whose name is anger.

Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew.”

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