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Out of the depths,
the darkness of sin,
the darkness of being separated,
the darkness of doubt,
of chosing self over God,
the depths of hubris,
I have cried to thee,
O Lord,
the last anchor I know of,
the first truth that I learned of,
the light I long for,
the truth I hunger for
he who I have slighted,
he who knows my every move,
he who knows,
he.
Lord, hear my voice,
you who hear all,
you who weep in the garden
for the weight of all our sin,
you, who offer your wrists up to the nails,
your back to the scourge,
your face to the mocking,
you hear me,
crying in the darkness,
when I think it is only me,
and it is always two,
you and I.
In the bitterness of my tears,
you awaken my heart,
change me!
In the sorrow of my shortcomings
when you show me my reality,
heal me!
In the darkness of my grieving,
when you let me know that I am but dust,
and you are reality,
hold me,
mold me,
and let me be
as you would have me to be,
transformed
by your love
a love big enough
to transform the whole world,
tear by tear.
Amen
Good morning all.
True.. The changing of the mind is not the changing of the heart.. The intellect is not the spirit.. and spirit is not the body.. Jesus was a spirit before he came to this planet, and still is a spirit.. If Jesus taught anything, he taught that we are spirits too.. God, Jesus, and ourselves are spirits.. That is what At-one-ness is all about.. The Father is one with Jesus and Jesus is one with the Father and We hopefully are one with both of them.. Its completely a spiritual thing.. What about the body, our human bodies.?.. Well; they are transportation.. on this planet..
What is the mystery ugh revelation of the Body of Christ?.. Its that Jesus human body on earth was merely transportation a vehicle.. He has another body at-ONENESS.. with each other and Jesus and the Father too.. Are You in this body?.. Well if so you have oneness with each other with Jesus and with the Father.. you are, its a spiritual thing.. Oneness is spiritual.. Both for the Evil and for the Good..
Conversion is not regeneration.. both must be present to be in the Body of Christ.. Converted from carnal thinking and regenerated spiritually.. Is your spirit regenerated?.. Well, are you one with each other, with Jesus, and with the Father.. Then I would say YES.. Who is "each other"?.. That is spiritually discerned.. If your spirit is regenerated you can recognize others that are too.. and can be "one" with them.. and can receive(in the process) "another portion" of Jesus and the Father as well..
Life in the spirit is different from life in the flesh.. Fleshy life is lonely, spiritual life is not.. Spiritual life is a life of oneness and at-one-ness.. with other spirits, the spirit of Jesus, and the spirit of the Father.. There is another spirit that facilitates all this happening.. That spirit is the Holy Spirit.. Who is the Holy Spirit?..
Ask him... He is present and available right where you stand, sit, or are reading.. He'll tell you.. The Holy Spirit is REAL... If he doesn't answer you THEN, ask him for conversion with a path to regeneration.. then it WILL happen, for he is REAL..