tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post999317266487129262..comments2023-05-11T02:25:00.451-07:00Comments on Chronicles of a Christian Heretic: On Suffering I: If Not I, Then Who?Sandra Keehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-53316638884924016842010-12-02T11:40:00.512-08:002010-12-02T11:40:00.512-08:00I love you! SSI love you! SSshadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-9313921643321440002010-11-30T04:42:23.276-08:002010-11-30T04:42:23.276-08:00Life is a mystery, a blessed beautiful mystery. So...Life is a mystery, a blessed beautiful mystery. Sometimes painful, lonely, confusing, scary and yet as Michelle wrote, when in the midst of these moments we find the Presence of Divine Love, it is a sweetness that is ours alone: amazing, poignant, soul-deep comforting- that priceless treasure, pearl of great price, the One thing a man would give all he has to experience and hold on to forever.<br /><br />All who have experienced this are being welcomed into the fellowship that the apostle John spoke of in his first letter- <br /><br />"3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete...But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another"<br /><br />I am in good company in this fellowship. Eating dinner in the church hall after a service is NOT this fellowship. Shaking hands with well-dressed people at the preacher's cue is NOT this fellowship. Sitting in a "women's ministry" meeting and obediently making small talk at the appropriate moments is NOT this fellowship. <br /><br /><br />This fellowship, with God and those who likewise have stared into the Abyss, it is soul deep and goes way beyond superficialities. For me it is an instant connection, I just know this person has been there and touched the heart of God, or should I say has been touched in the heart by God. I enter into this fellowship by the annointing of the Holy Spirit, and it often surprises me where I find these fellow disciples. We hardly ever agree on everything, yet on the most important thing our hearts beat in unison.<br /><br />God is Love. He is the Great Love. He is the Great Lover of our innermost person. And we, we are the beloved.<br /><br />Rest in his love, fellow beloveds. SSshadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-47262923345560940652010-11-30T03:18:17.578-08:002010-11-30T03:18:17.578-08:00I am grateful for the darkness inside me -my addic...I am grateful for the darkness inside me -my addictions, the abuse, the medical issues, the loneliness and anxiety -because they make me hungry for healing. I seek the light and surrender to God in ways that others will never experience.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.com