The meeting about the building just took place and Bob returned. The favor of the Lord was all over the meeting, and Voice is now going to be moving out into the Marketplace! We are more than excited about this, to say the least! God is good. More to come…
This is exciting for you guys! I can’t wait to see the building… 🙂 Eric, I’m on my way to your site.
Thanks Liz. To say the least is right Josh.
Hey, did you get any chance to pick up that book yet? Just wondering.
Okay, sorry. Had to share something.
Here is a small quote: “Justice moved my supreme maker: I was shaped by divine power, by highest wisdom, and by primal love.”
This can be found at the beginning of the third chapter. I have it highlighted in my copy. There is something in my spirit that has always been drawn to the works of former artists, albeit it has always been to the more “morbid” side of things. However, God has given me a gift that I am just now learning how to embrace, so I’m going to run with it.
Dante and Poe are such artists that I believe were a men a lot like Jacob, who wrestled with God. Now, it’s easy to shrug and take this lightly, but the restlessness inside of me clings to this, and I wonder about it often. To wrestle with God, to question, to admit the deepest barrenness of the soul, to look up from the darkest pit, weak, angry, vulnerable, messy, and to call out to a God, to a Savior who is above… it is a constant struggle of the flesh, to willingly bare all before the Ancient of Days… It is a brutal, violent reality — one I don’t think many like to acknowledge, but I don’t think it’s any secret that I delight in dwelling in those nitty gritty places… God shows up powerfully and reveals more of his beauty and kindness. It’s -awesome-.
Wow, now I’m really rambling. My point is, that I believe there are very significant things that we can learn from the great literaries (I made that word up) of the past, because there is something so real, so deeply profound in their works of “fiction”. That quote touched my heart, moved me to explore the primality (yes, I made up that word too) of our being before God. To explore what causes us to exist, purpose, love…
It’s a good book. Have I sold you on it yet?
Yeah. This comment has nothing to do with your post. Sorry. =\