Tag: C.S. Lewis

Quotes and Notes

On By vickleaIn Quotation and Citations1 Comment

Unless you follow me on Facebook, you don’t see the scriptures or the quotations that I post there. I try to post things that are encouraging or humorous. Here is a sampling of what I have posted recently.

I love this quotation from C.S. Lewis, one of my favorite men to quote since he was definitely wise and worth listening to. I was feeling my age this morning, so when this quotation was in my daily devotional from Nicky Gumbel on the YouVersion, I created this graphic on Canva to illustrate it.

This is a scripture quotation that I found online. I need to add this one to my memory verses because it seems that I am always in a waiting room. But I have hope there. I am pleased to say that I was discharged from the orthopedist yesterday. He told me that 18-20 year-olds do not heal as well as I am healing. So, I repeated to him that the Great Physician was working on me, and the doctor told me he believes for sure that He did this healing because it is miraculous given my bone condition and other health problems. So, while I wait, God is already answering. It just takes me a while to figure it out.

Some of my favorite quotations are from Corrie ten Boom. She is a giant among faith-filled women in my book and she is one of the saints that I look forward to seeing in heaven.

I hope that you enjoyed today’s quotes and notes. Do you have a favorite quotation to share, one that has spoken to your heart and reverberated in your spirit? Please take a moment and share with me. Thank you and have a blessed day and a better week than you can imagine!

Excuses or Forgiveness

On By vickleaIn Scripture, YouVersion App2 Comments

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This is one of the devotionals that I am reading as we approach Easter and I want to share today’s with you along with the insight I received from it. Each devotional starts with an infographic that clearly explains what C. S. Lewis’s theme was. Today’s topic was about making excuses.

I am one who really hates it when someone I confront makes an excuse. They come up with things like, “Well, this other person was already doing that, so I just joined in.” Or, “Before I knew it, I was part of it.” Or the best one, “No harm, no foul. Yes, it was wrong, but no one got hurt, so it’s all good.”

Now imagine, if you will, standing before the Father and saying these things. You don’t think it really happens? Yes, it does! I have even found myself justifying my action to the Father instead of just simply approaching His throne and asking for forgiveness. It seems like a simple thing to do but in actuality it is hard to humble yourself and honestly admit that you were wrong, that what you did was a sin against God. We can justify things by saying that the end result was not what we had planned to happen, but it’s the start of sin where we have to say “no” and turn away. God wants a heart change, not excuses that show that we are not taking responsibility for our actions.

Think about Jesus on the cross. He bore our sins; He took responsibility for our choices, choices He would never make because although He was tempted, He never sinned. God knows our humanity, so He provided Jesus to save us from our sins. God also knows that we will face temptation, so He provided the Holy Spirit to remind us of what is wrong and what is right, according to God’s Word. Once again, it is a case of making choices and really listening to what the Spirit is saying to us. If we are making excuses for our actions, then we weren’t paying attention when the Spirit tried to warn us away from that wrong decision. Once we have made that wrong choice, if we then make excuses, then we are not listening the heart of the Father who desires true repentance, a true turning away from sin, not a flippant, “But it’s all good now” attitude. I need to take today’s devotional and ponder it some more, but it really spoke to me and I hope that it speaks to you.

Real Peace

On By vickleaIn promises, Scripture, Song, testimony1 Comment

I never really understood what God’s peace means in my life until I started having one health problem after another. My natural tendency would be to rail against the unfairness of life and to give God a stern talking to about the fact that my life was not being blessed as He promised and I expected. The problem was that I was blessed, He kept His promises, but it was my expectations that were wrong.

This quotation from C.S. Lewis explains what I discovered is absolute truth. No matter how many problems I faced, I still had God on my side, in my corner, watching my back. All of those things and more! The circumstances didn’t change, but my attitude toward them did. What could be so wrong, you may ask? I was born with asthma, a single kidney that started failing about fifteen years ago and I had a massive stroke in 2015. So, in short, I have had and still have a lot of health problems, but there has not been a single problem that I have had that God has not helped me through it. He didn’t leave me floundering after the doctors pronounced their words of wisdom over me about my conditions. Rather, God comforted me and kept whispering to me that He was right there with me.

How do I find God’s peace in the middle of my tumultuous life? I spend time in God’s Word, daily, consistently and faithfully. His promises are there, including the ones about peace. I say them over and over until they go from my mind to my heart. Then, I accept that God is in control and move on to the next thing that I have to do, with my hand in His and my life submitted to Him.

Could I choose to be bitter and angry? Of course, because we all have that choice. Instead, I choose to be thankful for each day God gives me and each new thing He shows me in His Word. Some people look at the silver lining and proclaim loudly that they see a cloud. Rather, I look at the silver lining and I am thankful for it, no matter what may follow.

Yield means to let go, to slow down and be aware but you don’t just stop living. I have peace because I have chosen to yield to God. My number of days is in His hands. He is the One who gives me peace and He hasn’t let me down, even when I have disappointed Him with my initial reaction of rebellious demands.

I leave you with this old hymn that means a lot to me and I hope that you will listen and enjoy the lyrics and the meaning behind the words.

Peace Like a River-Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Have a blessed and peace-filled day!

Shining

On By vickleaIn Quotation and Citations, Scripture6 Comments

Today’s post is all about being the light. Here is a Scripture verse and quotations that I hope will speak to your hearts.

Once we are saved, we are just the beginning of reflecting His light on others.

Good advice for all of us. We don’t shine for ourselves; we should always shine for His glory.

When we trust Christ, we show others how to do so and in that way the message of peace is spread. It’s all about how we shine His light.

May your day be blessed with His peace and His light shining through you to a dark and troubled world.

Christian singer announces, ‘I no longer believe in God’: How you can experience Jesus more personally than ever before – Denison Forum

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Christian singer announces, ‘I no longer believe in God’: How you can experience Jesus more personally than ever before – Denison Forum
— Read on www.denisonforum.org/columns/daily-article/christian-singer-announces-i-no-longer-believe-in-god-how-you-can-experience-jesus-more-personally-than-ever-before/

This article will make you think for sure. We have a relationship with God or we don’t. Where do you stand?