I appreciate people who can turn words and put them in shapes and fittings that cause us to see things differently, perhaps clearer, than before. I heard this line about a "gypsy heart" near the end of "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" by U2. That seems a very fitting description of the human condition, wandering away from its "home" in the Lord. Wandering from place to place, trying to find a peace of mind that comes wherever it may physically be in the stillness and solid, secure "resting place" of God's presence.
When I got to work today, I soon realized that "I've got troubles, bud," as my computer refuses to turn on. I think perhaps my power supply has gone out. I might need to spend most of the day chasing this problem down. Oh well, I trust the Lord that all the information on this computer is not lost.
I read in Rees Howells, Intercessor about the first year of this new Bible College or Training Center that they opened. It did not go well, something happened, and it was reduced to a couple workers and five students. It seemed as if God wanted to test and prove to the people there and future participants that they couldn't rest and trust in their own laurels and strength, but His. Some blowout occured and the author said that it didn't make much sense to go into it so many years later, but that Howells prayed severely that God would bless those that left as much as he prayed that He'd bless those who stayed. They truly let tresspasses and sins and greivances be bygones, forgiven and forgotten.
Howells made reference in an earlier chapter about a type of spiritual forgiveness that was much deeper, more powerful and real than a simple and perhaps superficial prayer of forgiveness. This is one that practically sees and tastes calvary and washes deep into the soul. That's a lasting kind of forgiveness that might just allow the both offended parties to truly "let go" of it forever.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at June 22, 2006 09:06 AM