dar334

I’m currently reading the controversial book mentioned in the title of this post and while doing so I’m keeping the words of the Instruction Book close at hand.  I often run across things in my Christian journey that inspire me stop and read them again, slowly, and often times I end up “pondering” them.  (So if you ever see me blindly gazing in one direction, not moving, and breathing lightly, you’ll know I must be lost in a ponder and my eyes are not really focused on any one thing.  As with a sleepwalker, approach me gently, suddenly bringing me back to reality may be hazardous to our health.)

I’m also involved in a womens study by Priscilla Shirer called “Discerning the Voice of God” which makes me now think that my ponderings may be Holy Spirit induced.  So as I’m sitting here trying to calm the pinball action going on in my head, I’ve now added yet another bumper post to bounce off of.

I took a short break to inhale deeply and distract myself for a moment in chapter 9 when my attention was drawn to this sentence spoken by the Holy Spirit to the main character in the novel, Mack:

“The choice to eat of that tree ^ tore the universe apart, ^ divorcing the spiritual from the physical. ^ They died, ^ expelling in the breath of their choice ^ the very breath of God.”  (I added the BOLD highlights)

Entering stage right – we have disobedience.  Sin.

I suggest you read it again, pausing for a moment where I’ve inserted a ^, allowing the Holy Spirit in your soul to induce you to gaze blindly at something not seen.  I’m not guaranteeing it will happen with you as it did with me, we most likely are not at the same place in our journey.

Now my pondering must come to an end for the time being.

Thank you for reading,

-dar