Positive Daily Inspiration – August 19, 2023 – Saturday Inspiration

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“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the person who trusts in God!”
Psalm 34:8

I was told a story about a lady in the hospital who was near death when an area Chaplain came to visit her. This Chaplain was a very young female with long blond hair. She listened to the lady who was ill and left her a small gift for comfort. It was a tiny ceramic frog.

The next day, one of the people from the lady’s church came to visit. The lady told her friend about the beautiful young Chaplain who had come to visit her. The friend was so impressed with the way the lady had improved and felt the need to talk to the young Chaplain. In her search to find the young gal, she was repeatedly reassured that the chaplains are never very young and that there was never a woman who fit the description given. Upon returning to the lady in the hospital, a visiting nurse entered the room and noticed the ceramic frog. The nurse made the comment “I see you have a guardian angel with you,” as she held the little frog. We asked why she made the comment and we were informed that the frog stood for: (F) Fully (R) Rely (O) On (G) God

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THE DOCTOR AND THE APPLE

It is said that at the University of Chicago Divinity School, each year, they have what is called “Baptist Day.” On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every Baptist Day, the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center.

The story is that one year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and a half hours, “proving” that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book.

He concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection, the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen Jesus, who, in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense.

He then asked if there were any questions. After about 30 seconds, an old, dark-skinned preacher with a head of short-cropped, woolly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium.

“Docta Tillich, I got one question,” he said as all eyes turned toward him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it.

“Docta Tillich” … CRUNCH, MUNCH … “My question is a simple question,” CRUNCH, MUNCH.

“Now, I ain’t never read them books you read … ” CRUNCH, MUNCH ” … and I can’t recite the Scriptures in the original Greek” … CRUNCH, MUNCH … “

I don’t know nothin’ about Niebuhr and Heidegger” … CRUNCH, MUNCH … He finished the apple.

“All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate – was it bitter or sweet?”

Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: “I cannot possibly answer that question, for I haven’t tasted your apple.”

The white-haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, “Neither have you tasted my Jesus.”

The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the platform.

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

Dear God, I pray that you will enlighten my path and show me a glimpse of the greatness that can be accomplished through my life.

In Jesus Christ name … Amen

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

Today is a day that I feel fully alive, one with God, one with my good.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.”
Darci Escandon

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