RUST ON MY SOUL (47th in series)

*********************************

TO SEND THIS DAYS BLOG TO A FRIEND 

JUST CLICK AT THE BOTTOM

 

OF THIS BLOG ON “TELL A FRIeND”

For Neil's "One a Day Your Spiritual Vitamins"

Click on the following URL

http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins

*********************************


RUST ON MY SOUL (A Novel) (Published by Bridge Press in 1985 & Distributed Internationally)

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.

***************************************
Morning

 

I have been challenged. While I have survived , the thin line between death and survival is now very real. It does something to one’s thinking. My list of priorities is like a house of blocks, all fallen down and opened out in disarray. Not that I mind very much. The old order was not so great, just comfortable. It was a long time building and sacrosanct with age.

 

“I don’t know how much I can change,” I said to the doctor.

“Write that statement on the blackboard one hundred and fifty times and stay after school an hour, “Dr. Conway replied. (He has quickly learned I enjoy a sense of humor.) But seriously, Tom, you will have to change.”

 

“I’m not being stubborn. I’m being me, and I’m afraid.”

 

“I can certainly understand that. But your recovery, to whatever extent, now depends more on your ability to change than on any medication I can prescribe.”

Once again my life is back in my hands. I’m almost in control – and in comes the nurse again with the same little cup and the same little pills and the same inane questions.

 

“How are we feeling today? Relax, Mr. Kettering, we can’t get well if we stay tense, can we?”

 

We? I had the heart attack. But I don’t say it. I don’t want to antagonize her. She has a love affair with efficiency and I need that efficiency. We have the tightest sheets in the hospital. We take our pills and bath and meals on the strictest schedule. With her considerable help and my considerable complaints we are recovering.

 

To be continued 
****************************************

Below is a quote from 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.”

*******************************************
BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM THE SERIES “A HEAVENLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM” …

 

 

(1st in series) (on this Wyrick’s Writing blog)

 

“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.
**************************************
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/

************************************
BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A NEW SERIES “Depression…the Alien Within” on this Wyrick’s Writings …

 

”Sometimes the best thing do, if depression descends on you, is for a little while to try to wipe clean the slate of your worried mind. To give such thoughts some muted silence. Seek an emotional whiteout. Just let the soft breeze of nothingness blow for a while. And then, read John 14:27 and hear Jesus saying, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

“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.”

**************************************
TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

 

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING

http://www.speakerneil.com/
***************************************

V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at
Magnus Press along with many other books by this innovative press.

Click below to go to their Web Site

http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html

25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping
***********************************