To See a Glimpse of God, a Journal by E. C.

By Eugene St. Martin JR.

This book is a journal of the ideas, reflections, prayers, and wishes by E. C. the old groundskeeper as he makes his rounds in life going to church, going to work, teaching tennis, playing tennis, and visiting his friends. He is a secretary recording the ideas that come through his life. Interwoven in all this is where E. C. continues to explore how tennis is played and how people learn to play tennis.
A wise man named Eknath Easwarn once said that life was a game of hide and seek. God hides and we seek. And God leaves us little footprints…little glimpses of His beauty. This book is about where we stop and see a little glimpse of God in our lives and we reflect on that…we reflect on God’s beauty. And it is about how we can possibly quieten the coaching tips inside so we can see those little glimpses of God and how we in return can set the the stage so the good shots inside us can come out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Aug 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781532080821

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-8077-7 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019912410

iUniverse rev. date:   08/21/2019

Contents

Dedication

Overview

Chapter 1    One’s Own Song to God

Chapter 2    Faith in God

Chapter 3    To Give One’s Hands in Service

Chapter 4    Changing Our Hearts

Chapter 5    To Start with Gratefulness

Chapter 6    See the Beauty

Chapter 7    A Way of Living

A Way of Living

References

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my family, friends, my students, and the people I go to church with. It is particularly dedicated to Dennis Van der Meer, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Minnis, Denver Loupe, Father Pat Mascarella, and Father Than Vu. There is a special thanks to the workers at iUniverse and Fed-Ex.

Overview

E.C., the old groundskeeper, continues his journey about his life going to church, to work, to teaching tennis, to playing tennis, to enjoying nature, and to visiting friends. This book is a journal of E.C.’s observations, reflections, wishes, prayers as he goes about his rounds in life. He is a secretary recording the ideas that come through his life. Interwoven in the book are ideas about playing tennis and learning tennis.

Mainly though E.C. wishes to stop and see little glimpses of God … little glimpses of God in nature, in others, and in himself… little glimpses of the Beauty of God as E.C. goes about his journey.

Chapter 1

One’s own song to God

and to others.

Friendly to all that is the only way for me.

Playing today at Highland…

1.) Start and play with gratitude… with gratitude and humility.

2.) A basic serve.

3.) Looking for openings.

4.) My mind present.

8/18

It may be that our crosses are our ego, our self-will.

And this may be the secret of playing tennis.

8/18

An idea I had after receiving Holy Communion today … and that idea