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Life is what we are alive to. For some, life is only shifty deals and a fast buck. It is all they are alive to.

For some, life is only backyard gossip, petty fights, and boredom in the suburbs. It is all they are alive to. For some life is an ongoing ego trip.


For some, life is accepting the challenge of betterment and working at making their selves just that. Not perfect but certainly better than they were yesterday. 

 
Which begs the question, what is your life alive to? In the private recesses of your mind and soul, what turns you on or turns you off?
 

It is one of my favorite quotes and I wish I knew who wrote it.
“Within my earthly temple there’s a crowd,
There’s one of us that’s humble, one that’s proud.
There’s one that’s broken-hearted for his sins,
There’s one who unrepentant sits and grins;
There’s one who loves his neighbor as he loves himself.
There’s one who cares for naught but fame and self.
From such corroding care I should be free,
If once I could determine which is me.

What was our scripture for this morning? “It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty.” (Isaiah 23:8)
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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM one SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.
“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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BECOME LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN (1ST IN SERIES)

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Matt 18:3 And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

As the train sped through the countryside and the little girl could not contain her excitement.


She bounced up and down and then ran from one side of the train to the other exclaiming about what she was seeing, “Look mother, there’s a cow.” “Look mother, there’s a river.” “Look mother, look at the sheep.”

Finally, her mother became so embarrassed she turned to the man seated across the aisle and said, “You know, she still thinks everything is wonderful.”


World War destroyed a great deal of London. Air raids and searchlights and bombs falling became a part of every day.


So one evening as a mother, father and their little boy and daughter sat on their porch on the outskirts of London they heard the roar of approaching aircraft.

They all bolted down the street toward an Air Raid shelter and just made it through the opening when the bombs began to burst all around them.


When the air raid siren announced that the raid was over they came back out to find almost total destruction all around them.


Indeed their own home was now nothing but blackened ruins. The parents sat down and wept. The little boy just stood and looked up into the sky.

Finally the father asked, “What are you do doing Johnny?” And the little boy simply replied, “I’m watching God hang out the stars.”

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A HEAVENLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM(1st in series) (on this Wyrck’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 the SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.


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

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RUST ON MY SOUL (47th in series)

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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.

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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 
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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 …

 

”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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LOVE AS A WAY OF LIVING (1st in new series)

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We all know people that we think the world might be better off without, or at least our own personal world.

 

They are experts in the art of making everyone around them unhappy. That is after they have succeeded in making themselves unhappy.

They hardly qualify as love objects.

Fact of the matter, they’re a pain.

And then along comes the Master Teacher from the Hallowed Teaching Halls of heaven and orders, “Love others like you love yourself.”

And you may sometimes feel like responding, “Can I please trade that commandment in for one that is easier to follow?”

But one of the over-riding themes of the Apostle Paul is that we should “Carry each others burdens.”

 

Some people, because they have experienced a lot of pain - mentally, physically, emotionally, find that being nasty comes easy and being nice comes hard.

They’ve been hurt so many times they have become past masters at hurting back.

 

So, when someone is giving you a hard time, remember that often it isn’t personal. You are just a substitute for the real thing. And if it is personal? Be nice anyway. You might just change their way of thinking.
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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM a SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.

 

“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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DEPRESSION…THE ALIEN WITHIN (3rd in series)

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I was a young seminary student on my way back to school from spending the weekend with my parents and seeing a car pulled awkwardly to the side of the road.

I had stopped to see if I could help.

I found out that the man had just had a heart attack and died behind the wheel.

 

It was over 50 years ago, but I still remember that as I drove the distraught widow to her home later that afternoon, I listened over and over again to her litany of regret.

 

Clasping and unclasping her hands she wept, “What if we just hadn’t gone out for a drive…” “What if…” she repeated, as if by saying it enough times it would make things better. Of course, it didn’t. It all only made things worse.

And she was playing the WHAT IF game? And many do…and it seems to come as second nature…and it the worst thing to do…unless you began to play a positive WHAT IF game…such as in this case…WHAT IF I HAD NEVER MET HIM OR HER…look at all the precious moments I would have lost…and yes…pain at such moments is the price we pay for the gift of love given many years before and during all those years together.

Time. It does slowly heal. Turns wounds into scars. Improves perspective. But, yes, sometimes we still need to be able to take Prozac, or Effexor or Paxil without a sense of guilt.

And why not?

Do not most people take insulin for diabetes, or aspirin for a headache, or anesthesia for an operation?

Certainly God can cure cancer, but does that mean one should not take chemotherapy? Sometimes a minister or psychiatrist needs to continue to be seen.

 

And again. why not? Don’t most people continue to see a doctor if physical hurts persist? Should emotions receive less concern and care?

 

And oh what foolishness we proclaim if we turn to someone who is down and say, “Stiff upper lip ole boy or ole gal. A stiff upper lip you know,” … not only stupid, it is thoughtless.

 

To the depressed person, part of that depression is a racing, tumbling time of broken-hearted thoughts bouncing off the soul, and trying to slow it all down immediately is like trying to stop a speeding car with tissue paper.

 

Therefore, 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.”
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the SERIES…A HEAVENLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM (on this Wyrck’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 the SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.

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

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RUST ON MY SOUL (46th in series)

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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)

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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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Afternoon

I grow breathless just lying still. My limbs are set in concrete and my mind in less than neutral. There is a limpness to my resolution but Dr. Conway assures me that my physical and mental recovery will take place, even though slowly. He can make no promises about the destination, however.

I write in past, present and future tenses, but of what use are tenses when time is a slow whirlwind trying to make sense of itself?First, I was afraid of death. Now I’m afraid I may go into permanent low gear. I’ve sprinted all my life. Full throttle and forward thrust. As long as I can remember, even my dreams have been action-filled additions to my waking hours. My heart attack is no prize to be won at the end of a race. The end? No, not yet!

I simply need to turn my one-hundred-yard-dash into a marathon. Not a stopping, just a slowing down, an easing off. There’s less blur that way and maybe I’ll see more clearly where I am. Maybe I’ll even take a second look at people and things instead of always rushing on.

 

“Where have you been, Thomas Kettering? I have hardly an answer for my inner voice. I never really paused to see.”

“How do you feel, dad?” My son. It was a pleasure to see him.

“You look so much better today,” Nancy said. I don’t know how much better I really looked but she seemed glad as she said it. Maybe our battered love is not yet completely smashed.

 

“ Where’s Connie?” But then I remembered. Nancy had explained about the school choir trip and I had said there was no reason for her not to go. “I’m getting along all right. She’s worked so hard to make it, don’t let her miss the opportunity.”

With a gentle smile Nancy had replied, “Thank you, Tom.”

 

To be continued
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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 Wyrck’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/

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BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM the SERIES on this Wyrick’s Writings site entitled ANGER IS A KILLER.

“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 Franklin, 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/
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V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book is THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is now available on amazon.com at some rather good discount prices (Also, available for your Kindle)
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