I've been reading Manning's Abba's Child. I'm hoping to be able to sit in on his talks at Vanguard in October. We'll see if I can sneak get into the closed sessions with Karin. I found this article on Brennan. I hope to act on love with as much courage as he has.
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ello suz.
we updated on the very same day.
:)
brennan is a remarkable beautifully broken human becoming. i fell in love with his work after seeing him speak on the Rich Mullins tribute video which Jimmy Abegg put together, there he recounted a tale in memory of Rich
"There's a scene in Thornton Wilder's play 'The angel that trouble the waters' where a doctor suffering from meloncholy comes to the magic pool with healing powers to be healed of his troubles and his gloom and sadness but the angel guarding the water tells him he cannot enter. The man says, 'but how can I live this way?' the angel again says, 'I'm sorry this moment is not for you, this healing is not for you'. So the doctor again pleads 'but I have to get into the water, I can't live this way' And the angel then says...no this moment is not for you, and he says, but how can i live this way? And the angel says to him, doctor, without your wounds, where would your power be? it is your melancholy that makes your lower voice tremble into the hearts of men and women, the very angels in heaven cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children of this earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living...in loves service, only wounded soldiers can serve...."
wonderful story from a wonderful man
Thanks Paul, for more encouragement. I read this line five times to let it sink in...
it is your melancholy that makes your lower voice tremble into the hearts of men and women...
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