RUST ON MY SOUL (48th 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.

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Late evening

Naked we come into this world. Then clothed with time, we live, until the garment, all used up, send us from this world as naked as when we entered.

 

Is that why it is sometimes referred to as the thread of life. 

 

How is your garment of tenure, Tom? And your relationship with the garment maker? 

You only get one garment, Tom. One to see you to the end. Is yours wrinkled with regrets?

 

Morning

 

I took a close look at Jesus today. I haven’t done that in so long I can’t remember when. Jesus of the open road. Jesus of the seamless garment and the single goal. Jesus who understands the rich man, the poor man, the sick man, the dying man, all men and women. The Jesus who does not condemn.

I have come so far. I have so far to go.

 

Evening

 

I like sunsets. No, I need sunsets. I need that flood of color that, soon muted, fades to black. I need that evening star bright and strong and alone. I need that far-away beyond to meld with now, for I am “a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”

 

And I need everything and anything that helps me to remember that I was made by choice and not by chance. 

Morning

 

I have neither the ability nor inclination for perfection, but I admit it is time to stop playing King of the Mountain and accept you, God, as King of the Universe. Am I ready to pray for change? I want no set of wings, no halo even slightly off-center. That would make people nervous. What I want is just a theological swerve and a commitment to that new direction.

 

I have not been happy hiding from heaven but am I really ready for a new address for my soul?

 

Afternoon

God opened His jewelry store last night and set the content out to sparkle in the morning sun. I know the snow will grow dirty and dismal, but now, pristine and pure, unsullied ty bire tracks and shovels, not yet a footprint to be seen, it glistens.

 

Heaven must be like this, and more. All light and crispness and wonder.

 

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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http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/

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

 

”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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