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Need some Ginkgo biloba in the Upper Room #XL
15 years ago
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40 devotions....8 weeks sense I started this, and I have yet to get anymore then a few on my page to comment on them. I need a hit counter for them journals.
*sigh*
~Rev. Wally Bear
A Lifelong Tradition
Read Deuteronomy 11:18-21 (NLT)
Teach [the Lord's words] to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
-Deuteronomy 11:19 (NRSV)
FOR most of our 60-year marriage, my husband and I have read The Upper Room and our Bible together. Often, we have empathized with a writer's experience and included them in our prayers that day. Each message has enriched our lives.
However, advancing age is taking its toll, and we can't always recall what we read an hour earlier! This upsets us because these devotions are too meaningful to simply allow ourselves to forget. We want to retain what we've read so that we can continue growing closer to God.
We have discovered a solution that is helping us retain the content of the message. Before we begin reading the present day's message, we review the message from the day before. Our sluggish memories begin to "click in" as we recall the details. This procedure has become important to us. It's based on a principle that we learned in school: constant repetition helps us to retain information. We want to continue to grow mentally and spiritually as long as we have physical life so that we can always be useful to God.
June Megill (North Carolina, USA)
Prayer
God of all our days, we trust you to be with us as we age. Help us and guide us to take care of ourselves so we can keep alert and serve you as long as we are able. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Thought for the Day
Listen to The Upper Room on cassette to reinforce the day's message.
Prayer Focus
Those with memory problems
*sigh*
~Rev. Wally Bear
A Lifelong Tradition
Read Deuteronomy 11:18-21 (NLT)
Teach [the Lord's words] to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
-Deuteronomy 11:19 (NRSV)
FOR most of our 60-year marriage, my husband and I have read The Upper Room and our Bible together. Often, we have empathized with a writer's experience and included them in our prayers that day. Each message has enriched our lives.
However, advancing age is taking its toll, and we can't always recall what we read an hour earlier! This upsets us because these devotions are too meaningful to simply allow ourselves to forget. We want to retain what we've read so that we can continue growing closer to God.
We have discovered a solution that is helping us retain the content of the message. Before we begin reading the present day's message, we review the message from the day before. Our sluggish memories begin to "click in" as we recall the details. This procedure has become important to us. It's based on a principle that we learned in school: constant repetition helps us to retain information. We want to continue to grow mentally and spiritually as long as we have physical life so that we can always be useful to God.
June Megill (North Carolina, USA)
Prayer
God of all our days, we trust you to be with us as we age. Help us and guide us to take care of ourselves so we can keep alert and serve you as long as we are able. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Thought for the Day
Listen to The Upper Room on cassette to reinforce the day's message.
Prayer Focus
Those with memory problems
BTW Rev. Wally, just because not a lot comment on the journals, doesn't mean that it isn't read. Those that don't comment didn't feel lead to add anything more to the journal.
If i have no problem with it or i just am not interested i don't say anything. So take comfort that you are not pissing people off.
You seem to have pleased some people with your sermons and for those that don't comment out of disinterest there could be just as many if not more who are touched positively but remain silent.
Oh and forty in Roman Numerals is XL, not XXXX. ^^; Just saying.
~Rev. Wally Bear