Posted by Kat on June 26, 2001 at 20:34:14:
In Reply to: Re: Way Marks posted by john on June 26, 2001 at 07:30:56:
: Think of the implications then of saying the "prayer of salvation". If you actually said, "Jesus come into my life..." you just invited him to be beside you. Imagine what this implies... He is never going away! Ever! He is constant beside you. You don't have to 'find him', you can't get 'further away' or 'closer'. All of these common words present a paradigm of distance. All you can do is get to know him better or ignore him. As David said, "If I make my bed in the depths of sheol, you are there."
: Also as a corrollary, we often speak of "wilderness experiences" Well, I think that MORE often we have sent ourselves into the desert rather than actually experiencing a time where God hides his face.
Boy-o Boy did you hit the nail right on the head there. You know lately I have been remembering a time when I felt so close to the lord and I have been wanting desperately to get that feeling back.
I think to myself "why do I fell so far away from Him?" I realize that he never left me. If that is true, what happened? Did I turn my back on Him? I didn't lose faith otherwise I probably wouldn't even be didcussing this right now however that is the nature of faith isn't it? Regardless of how I feel, He is there-right there with me. Maybe I just ignored Him for a while but my faith hasn't moved one bit. I still knoe He is god and Jesus is my Savior. I may never understand it. Praise god I don't have to.
Kind of as a side note, but I was listening to the local christian radio station this morning and an old song from back in my volunteer DJ days came on darnit if that song doesn't yank the tears out of my eyes without my permission, anyway I was so embarrassed I thought, "that song is corny and sentimental what's the matter with you, why do you have to cry everytime you hear it?"
Then I thought better of it and I decided that maybe I need that song to provoke a certain emotion in me and maybe it's a gift not a curse. So there. Maybe it's a reminder of something more important, a little tiny revelation.