ARISE, my love, and come away from here the winter’s done, the rains are past and gone leave off this dirge, and take up a new song the morning stars begin to disappear quit the court of night, cast off chains of fear the rafters of this room are warped and wrong
Interesting! it feels familiar to me as well. I thought I had heard this before. You must be tapping into something so archetypal that we are self remembering. It does feel like a classic conversation between a male and female, or a soul and her Angel.
My understanding of this has been substantially deepened through the relationship that I was in that just ended for me.
I have a sort of theory that whenever we feel ourselves to playing a one-sided role in a given situation, we should scour our experience for the complementary situation in which we are playing the reverse role to the one we had consciously identified.
In the days leading up to the ending for us, I perceived, in light of the aforementioned theory, the infinite love and compassion of Jesus Christ for me that I was inadvertently hardening my heart against.
Then I wept inwardly with compassion for all of us because I understood how I should be the bride of Christ, while instead I spurn him in a thousand ways. He reaches out his hand, and I hide and turn my face away under the pretext of one thing or another. And yet he forgives me again and again because "they no not what they do."
I wished it would have been possible to have done better by this other person, but I could also see that sometimes even when we give our whole hearts, it's not enough because otherwise Christ's reign would have long since established itself in this world.
We have a long way to go, and progress is slow. He made Himself into bread for us. Now in His second coming He teaches how to become bread for others. And He is the wine press, pressing new wine from the suffering of our errors. ❤️
On the Election of Grace can be a powerful experience. This has been an extraordinary discourse. Very sensitive and touching. Now, we turn and look back at what might, and maybe should have been. Instant karma exists for our use. It is uncomfortable, but better than waiting for the eternal review after crossing the threshold. Spiritual Economy has set this up for our use. Today, we live with certain super-parameters, like this kind of communication between folks.
So, when I was young, I met a woman who seemed to care about me when I thought I was a loser. This was an opinion instigated by my "great generation" heritage, wherein my own father saw his first-born son as worthless, and yet glorified his birth on his very first birthday, c. 1951. Go figure.
Thus, in 1972, on the verge of suicide, and having no regard for myself, I shook myself up and saw the crisis in the making. Either suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage, or find a new meaning in life. So, I met my Eve through fortuitous destiny right then, because I did not want to die. She loved me, and I asked: "Will you marry me"? She said, yes,, and my life truly began. So, for me, I never waited a moment.
For you, this hurts me because now you know what it means to wait when you should have married her without reservation. We are here for you, and I had no alternative but to marry the one who loved me. 37 years, and three kids. She saved my life.
I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, but only feeling your pain. Life is a complex set of decisions with many factors to consider. At my time, it was as simple as it gets. Live or die. I see you as very confident and enterprising.
Got it, thank you. What I didn't understand before these events was that all of our pain is also Christ's pain, and that he is infinitely patient with us.
Interesting! it feels familiar to me as well. I thought I had heard this before. You must be tapping into something so archetypal that we are self remembering. It does feel like a classic conversation between a male and female, or a soul and her Angel.
My understanding of this has been substantially deepened through the relationship that I was in that just ended for me.
I have a sort of theory that whenever we feel ourselves to playing a one-sided role in a given situation, we should scour our experience for the complementary situation in which we are playing the reverse role to the one we had consciously identified.
In the days leading up to the ending for us, I perceived, in light of the aforementioned theory, the infinite love and compassion of Jesus Christ for me that I was inadvertently hardening my heart against.
Then I wept inwardly with compassion for all of us because I understood how I should be the bride of Christ, while instead I spurn him in a thousand ways. He reaches out his hand, and I hide and turn my face away under the pretext of one thing or another. And yet he forgives me again and again because "they no not what they do."
I wished it would have been possible to have done better by this other person, but I could also see that sometimes even when we give our whole hearts, it's not enough because otherwise Christ's reign would have long since established itself in this world.
We have a long way to go, and progress is slow. He made Himself into bread for us. Now in His second coming He teaches how to become bread for others. And He is the wine press, pressing new wine from the suffering of our errors. ❤️
sorry to interject… this popped up on my timeline. but wow. very potent! “as a man is, so he sees” 🔥
“7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…”
I think I may have read something with an almost similar message!
maybe you read the Psalms, and Job, and the Song of Solomon, and the Gospels...
;-)
Did I read this before ..?
can you say more? I just wrote it a couple days ago and I don't think I accidentally published it twice...
On the Election of Grace can be a powerful experience. This has been an extraordinary discourse. Very sensitive and touching. Now, we turn and look back at what might, and maybe should have been. Instant karma exists for our use. It is uncomfortable, but better than waiting for the eternal review after crossing the threshold. Spiritual Economy has set this up for our use. Today, we live with certain super-parameters, like this kind of communication between folks.
So, when I was young, I met a woman who seemed to care about me when I thought I was a loser. This was an opinion instigated by my "great generation" heritage, wherein my own father saw his first-born son as worthless, and yet glorified his birth on his very first birthday, c. 1951. Go figure.
Thus, in 1972, on the verge of suicide, and having no regard for myself, I shook myself up and saw the crisis in the making. Either suffer carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage, or find a new meaning in life. So, I met my Eve through fortuitous destiny right then, because I did not want to die. She loved me, and I asked: "Will you marry me"? She said, yes,, and my life truly began. So, for me, I never waited a moment.
For you, this hurts me because now you know what it means to wait when you should have married her without reservation. We are here for you, and I had no alternative but to marry the one who loved me. 37 years, and three kids. She saved my life.
Thanks for sharing this, Steve. It’s very moving. I’m not sure I understand the beginning of last paragraph so maybe you could explain what you mean.
I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, but only feeling your pain. Life is a complex set of decisions with many factors to consider. At my time, it was as simple as it gets. Live or die. I see you as very confident and enterprising.
Got it, thank you. What I didn't understand before these events was that all of our pain is also Christ's pain, and that he is infinitely patient with us.