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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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Afternoon
I just don’t believe man has it in him to be even close to perfect. Some of my Christian friends look askance at me when I count my victories over sin in terms of yards not miles.
“Pieces of heavenly joy for me are a heady experience.” I told one Christian pilgrim who kept telling me how great it as when he set out each day on a path of unbroken joy.
No anxiety? No anger? Always perfect peace? I’m one thousand percent better than where I was, but perfection? I think I’ll pass it by. It would make me and other people nervous.
“But what would Christ have you do?” my pilgrim argued. “He would have me weep with Him on the cross. He would remind me that even saints have suffered. He
would let me exalt in the glory of that Resurrection and in the
Transfiguration but then come back down to earth to live out my
frustrations no longer alone.
No longer alone. If there is solace for my soul it is that. Wounds will continue but the Balm of Gilead is now always near.
Evening
“The Lord is my shepherd.” At last my ears regard it as a shout rather than a whisper, and my soul comes alive at the revelation. It’s nothing new, but it’s new to me. I am one of His sheep. His responsibility. His vocation. His avocation.
I never thought being a sheep would excite me but I have been satisfied with being a jackass long enough.
I can still hear the irritated anxiety in his voice. He was in the next bed over in the emergency room. That was five months ago.
“Excuse me, but I’m Reverend Smithers, and I’ve got a church fill of people expecting me tonight.” The implication was clear. He needed a nice, clean antiseptic miracle and he needed it quickly. He hadn’t planned the accident which had reshaped his body and several of his limbs. His face was white with shock. Three minutes later he gave a deep sigh followed by a brief, bewildered look and expired.
My own monologue was much the same, I, too, let it be known that I had things to do. They were important to me. I
thought I had registered them all with destiny so that, though bumping
and bungling along, everything would be somehow in the proper order.
A minister dies. A businessman lives. A beautiful little girl is scarred for life. A letter accepting an engagement proposal is never delivered, and the shower stall really does look better cleaned with the new product. The mundane, the majestic, and the murderous unknown moments crash and clash around us.
Every evening twenty five million people swallow sleeping pills. Every thirty minutes thirty-eight people attempt suicide. Life has more sharp edges than any soap opera.
To be continued next week
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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
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“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.”
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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.”
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.
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.
BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM A 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.”
Some visit anger seldom . Some on a regular basis. And during those visits, some spew and others stew.”
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