RUST ON MY SOUL (55th in series)

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The Serialization of RUST ON MY SOUL is added to each WEEK. 
 

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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.

 Late night

Lord, please, may I build a new house? Not on  

Prestige Lane , but on an avenue leading to the Halls of Heaven.

A new house whose north wall is love, whose south wall is faith, whose west wall is tolerance, and whose

east wall is humility.  I've lived with hate, doubt, intolerance and vanity long enough.

Afternoon

I have seldom seen Nancy speechless. This morning she was. It is my half-century birthday and I gave myself a one-year college scholarship. It wasn't for me. It was for a ministerial student in Mexico. On my birthday card I wrote, "On the grave of an unknown missionary are written the following words: 'When he came there was no light, when he died there was no darkness.' "

Evening

The color of fall is like a brass band playing. Red is a bugle and yellow is a trombone. All the trees in their late-flung brightness march gaily to the beat of the wind' grown newly cool. Even the sun has a chill to it.

I'm alive and I don't just refer to my half-century old body, now stabilized and functioning.

I'm alive to the wide world about me and beyond me.

There is an adolescence to my existence just now. I delight more easily. I'm too old to giggle and too long with life to believe this exuberance will stay so wild. But as an overture to a new way of life and thinking, I have now such vivid days. I run out of wind sooner than I like, but who needs aerobic conquest to put a smile on their senses?

 I once had to hold in my anger; now sometimes I must force myself to hold back some of my joy. People look at me as if I 'm on something, and I am: a new order of progression. God first, me second.

No bolt of lightning struck down from Heaven. No deep voice from within or bright shining figure from without brought me to this refurbishing of my soul. I stand where I now am with a resolve born of having walked without God and walked with God. There is a difference.

To be continued 

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ALREADY STARTED Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING 

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief  that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.”  (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN THIS BOOK ARE GOOD FOR IMPROVING ONE’S LIFE AT ANY AGE

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full.  (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older.  There are no other options.  How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar.  Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it.  Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick

Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage.  If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young.  For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick.

 

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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.”

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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.

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

”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.”

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