“And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly; and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:43-44)
What must it have been like for the angel? Here is your God who you have seen in glory. You know His glory, you know who He is and what the flesh is. You are ministering to Him in His time of agony. God is not supposed to experience agony. God is not supposed to take on the sins of man. God is not supposed to be in the form of man. But God has chosen to do this and you have been sent by the Father to minister to the Son. (They must “understand” the Trinity, right?)
The paradox is of the creature strengthening its Creator; giving strength to the One who has chosen to give it life.
And yet, Jesus was still in agony.
Would that have affected the angel? Was the angel sorrowful about this – that He could do nothing to relieve his God? Does it matter? Eh, probably not. Perhaps it helps my mind with the correct mind of worship. The angels (do they love?) worship. The angels glorify Him always. The angels long to look into salvation. The angels must think we are ridiculous and yet they would not because of the position given to us by the Father.
Jesus was still in agony. What was His response to His agony? Continued prayer. More EARNEST prayer. What is the point of prayer? To bring our requests before God, but to change our will to His. Is that why Jesus prayed more earnestly? Was He pressing to have His will conform to the Father? “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but Yours, be done.” (Luke 22:42) Do I earnestly pray in order to have my will conformed to His? I don’t think Jesus was earnestly praying for the Father to change His (the Father's) mind. He could have been earnestly praying for strength, but the angel was there to do that. Was He in agony over the earthly pain? Probably not agony. Discomfort, but (as I am repeating from teachers) the pain of sin and separation from God was the agony. He – the God of all the universe, the Word, the Alpha and the Omega – knows the depths and depravity of sin. He knew what He was about to undertake. He knew the Father’s will. Taking the cup away would have prevented Him from needing to experience the agony. But He pursued the will of the Father. I am going to conjecture that He was earnestly praying for His will to be conformed to the Father’s.
Have I ever done that?
What would I have wanted to do? Thinking about all the walking and the scourging and the carrying…I would have wanted to sleep. How tired Jesus must have been from the previous weeks, days, activities, debates, sorrow, teaching, rebuking, but He does not have an earthly focus. He does not look to sleep (as do His disciples) for rest or comfort. He looks to the Father. He prays more earnestly, He chooses to give up sleep to make sure that He is clinging to the Father. He is not even comforted by the angel. He is strengthened by the angel. What does that mean? “Strengethened” as opposed to “comforted”? (I do not have a dictionary close by…oh wait! There is one near.)
Then look at His words and actions after praying. He is in control of Himself and brings glory to the Father. We never hear of Him being in agony again – not even when He is hanging on the cross. Perhaps on the cross He is the most in control of His words and actions; knowing this is the fulfillment of His Father’s will.
I have never pondered these things before. Where did His strength come from? I have always “subconsciously” assumed it didn’t come – He is God. This is why He came to earth, so He was just continuing on. But that can’t be fully so when you look at the picture in the garden. The angel came to strengthen Him, but He was still in agony. Did the angel give Him the strength He needed? Was the angel not there to help with the agony? That strength was from God. That strength was Jesus choosing to be conformed and allowing Himself to be conformed to God’s will – to be obedient to death even death on the cross. What amazing self-control and purpose He had. Would sleep have given Him that? No. His will was conformed to the will of His Father. He was humbly obedient. He was submissive.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Quality Splinters from Cedars of Lebanon
His voice turns the cedars of Lebanon to splinters. I endeavored to imagine this. Even though imagining God is frustrating for me because it seems to be pointless (He tells us He is beyond our imaginings); I wanted to focus on one part of Him.
I began creating a visual in my mind. While driving to work I began looking at the trees I was passing and started to image them exploding into so many different pieces. That was pretty awe-inspiring because I began thinking that the trees I was passing are like twigs in comparison to the cedars of Lebanon.
My imaginings continued as I began to visualize huge lips blowing on the trees and then the trees exploding as the lips breathed on them.
That continued until I suddenly realized (no, not that He doesn’t have lips, I know that), but that it says, “His voice” turns the cedars of Lebanon to splinters. He does not require the movement of air to disassemble the trees. He doesn’t require the use of a voice box. If He would but speak from His eternal throne, they would break into splinters.
That then caused me (after some days) to think about the explode part. Would they explode or would they implode? Imploding, to me, implies more of a liquefying, an internal break down. Exploding would send the tree pieces flying. The tree is reacting to God. Humans bow. We fall before Him, we collapse. Bowing for a tree wouldn’t be chucking all parts through all of creation, but would be falling to pieces before His splendor.
Falling to pieces before His splendor. The mountains melt before Him. The MOUNTAINS. I tried to imagine those melting as I drove to school.
I then began pondering why He chooses to “hide” Himself. He must. In our sinful state He must reveal Himself in little pieces in order to protect us. All creation seeks to fall at His feet in reverential-awe, in fear, in knowing that He is worthy of anything and everything and we are nothing expect what He has chosen to make us. Our atoms would seek to fall before Him (I would assume so – if the mountains melt and the trees splinter up.)
It is His lovingkindness that chooses to take away from HIS glory and HIS name in order to ...Philippians 2. That He would lower Himself to flesh so that we COULD know Him and see Him. That He would enter flesh to defeat sin on its own territory in the flesh!! That He could manifest Himself to us. That He would be glorified.
“I will extol you, my God and King, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of Your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, and all Your saints will bless You! They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and tell of Your power, to make known to the children of man Your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and kind in all His works. The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand; You satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145
(I then tried to imagine a huge pile of splinters. How many feet of splinters would a cedar of Lebanon make? I do not know. Another frustrating thing to imagine.)
I began creating a visual in my mind. While driving to work I began looking at the trees I was passing and started to image them exploding into so many different pieces. That was pretty awe-inspiring because I began thinking that the trees I was passing are like twigs in comparison to the cedars of Lebanon.
My imaginings continued as I began to visualize huge lips blowing on the trees and then the trees exploding as the lips breathed on them.
That continued until I suddenly realized (no, not that He doesn’t have lips, I know that), but that it says, “His voice” turns the cedars of Lebanon to splinters. He does not require the movement of air to disassemble the trees. He doesn’t require the use of a voice box. If He would but speak from His eternal throne, they would break into splinters.
That then caused me (after some days) to think about the explode part. Would they explode or would they implode? Imploding, to me, implies more of a liquefying, an internal break down. Exploding would send the tree pieces flying. The tree is reacting to God. Humans bow. We fall before Him, we collapse. Bowing for a tree wouldn’t be chucking all parts through all of creation, but would be falling to pieces before His splendor.
Falling to pieces before His splendor. The mountains melt before Him. The MOUNTAINS. I tried to imagine those melting as I drove to school.
I then began pondering why He chooses to “hide” Himself. He must. In our sinful state He must reveal Himself in little pieces in order to protect us. All creation seeks to fall at His feet in reverential-awe, in fear, in knowing that He is worthy of anything and everything and we are nothing expect what He has chosen to make us. Our atoms would seek to fall before Him (I would assume so – if the mountains melt and the trees splinter up.)
It is His lovingkindness that chooses to take away from HIS glory and HIS name in order to ...Philippians 2. That He would lower Himself to flesh so that we COULD know Him and see Him. That He would enter flesh to defeat sin on its own territory in the flesh!! That He could manifest Himself to us. That He would be glorified.
“I will extol you, my God and King, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of Your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, and all Your saints will bless You! They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and tell of Your power, to make known to the children of man Your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and kind in all His works. The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand; You satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145
(I then tried to imagine a huge pile of splinters. How many feet of splinters would a cedar of Lebanon make? I do not know. Another frustrating thing to imagine.)
Oh Peter --
“And he went out and wept bitterly.” (Luke 22:62)
I cannot say that I know Peter’s bitterness, but I feel as though I could, possibly know it. How can I, at one moment, be so fired up for and about Jesus and His glory and living for Him and through Him and moments later, I choose to provoke my dad, or hit the dog in anger, or yell at a sister, or think mean thoughts about students, or to be a glutton and stuff myself with delightful delicacies?
I have wept in these weeks. It has been that bitter weeping; weeping while you realize your absolute failure in being able to live for Him. But that’s the whole point. The Spirit is our helper. The Spirit is our comfort. The Spirit knows our weaknesses and prays for us according to those weaknesses. Jesus is praying for us in our weaknesses. It is HIS working in us that will bring us to perfection. Only as I depend on Him.
And then there comes that confounded paradox!!! He is working in me and I am working out my salvation. I must choose to kill the old man, but I cannot do it all by myself. I must choose to live righteously and to abide in Him, but I cannot abide in Him if He will not work in me.
Perhaps that is trust.
hah! Eureka!
Trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey.
How true. As I obey I will trust. I will trust that He is working my obedience through me. I will trust that He has supplied me with all His riches through Jesus. I will trust that He will bring me to completion. I will trust that He will kill me whenever and not until He has deemed it to be my needed time on this earth (through all the processes of refining and growing). I will trust that I will then see the results and ultimate revealing of reality in eternity. HALLELUJAH!!! (May that day come so quickly and may I not want it for lazy reasons.)
…Trust is another one of my struggles…How can I trust what I cannot understand?
(My reply to myself): You just do. In that reasoning you want to trust in your own understanding. Don’t do it – Proverbs 3:5-6. Exert faith and trust in Him knowing that there is no shadow or turning in Him. Take courage in the cloud of witnesses.
I cannot say that I know Peter’s bitterness, but I feel as though I could, possibly know it. How can I, at one moment, be so fired up for and about Jesus and His glory and living for Him and through Him and moments later, I choose to provoke my dad, or hit the dog in anger, or yell at a sister, or think mean thoughts about students, or to be a glutton and stuff myself with delightful delicacies?
I have wept in these weeks. It has been that bitter weeping; weeping while you realize your absolute failure in being able to live for Him. But that’s the whole point. The Spirit is our helper. The Spirit is our comfort. The Spirit knows our weaknesses and prays for us according to those weaknesses. Jesus is praying for us in our weaknesses. It is HIS working in us that will bring us to perfection. Only as I depend on Him.
And then there comes that confounded paradox!!! He is working in me and I am working out my salvation. I must choose to kill the old man, but I cannot do it all by myself. I must choose to live righteously and to abide in Him, but I cannot abide in Him if He will not work in me.
Perhaps that is trust.
hah! Eureka!
Trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey.
How true. As I obey I will trust. I will trust that He is working my obedience through me. I will trust that He has supplied me with all His riches through Jesus. I will trust that He will bring me to completion. I will trust that He will kill me whenever and not until He has deemed it to be my needed time on this earth (through all the processes of refining and growing). I will trust that I will then see the results and ultimate revealing of reality in eternity. HALLELUJAH!!! (May that day come so quickly and may I not want it for lazy reasons.)
…Trust is another one of my struggles…How can I trust what I cannot understand?
(My reply to myself): You just do. In that reasoning you want to trust in your own understanding. Don’t do it – Proverbs 3:5-6. Exert faith and trust in Him knowing that there is no shadow or turning in Him. Take courage in the cloud of witnesses.
What I have Learned
I need to praise the Lord for my current delight in salvation and sanctification now. I will have more instances of entering that depressed and melancholy mode. That is my struggle. That is my battle. But praise Him for being able to rejoice now! May I continue to fight against my earthly focus (that is, my self-focus).
Again I see that I cannot comprehend all, but I know I must cling to and trust. If I try to understand all puzzles – that is when I look away from Jesus and look to a deformed version of “Him.” (That results in frustration and bitterness.)
I am no one else. I will never be John Calvin, or Charles Spurgeon, or Jonathon Edwards, or Jim Elliot, or Katherine Martin, or Cherilyn Martin, or Sean Higgins, or Grace Mark, or Andrew Mark, or even their helper named Grace who came from Canada. Never.
First, for the men in that list, I cannot be a man. Second, God has made me Alicia Martin for some purpose and I must trust Him in that. He has given me my strengths and weaknesses for His glory and my good – knitting me in my inmost being, knowing me better than I know myself, continuing the process for my good, dying for me that I might know Him who is true and be IN Him who is true. Looking forward to the day when I will see Him as He truly IS and know Him as I am known and I will be like Him.
I am lazy and do not want to struggle. I don’t have much endurance and I don’t like trying to persevere. But praise be to God who has NOT given me over to my fleshly desires, but continues to sharpen and mold me – even when I would prefer that He would just end me.
I have asked to be put into His refining fire repeatedly.
I hadn’t noticed any fire before. I had noticed refining, some little bits of fire here and there last year, but most refining for (especially) three years has been gentle and illuminating (in terms of drawing me closer to Him and seeing our relationship as it should be.) But now, I believe I can say that I have experienced (for me in my race) a fire. Compared to others, it is nothing. It’s like cooling ashes. But I am seeing more sin as never before. PRAISE HIM for being willing to take away my dross. Praise Him for His patience with my stubborn-headed rebellion. (Didn’t He have enough stiff-necked people with Israel? And yet He still chose me. Maybe I remind Him of Israel.)
My failure never surprises the Lord, but He uses it to refine me. He uses it to humble me. He uses it to teach me. He uses it to cleanse me and to make me His spotless and blameless bride.
I have learned that seeing my sin in light of His glory and my salvation draws me closer to His word, and gives me a better understanding of how to fear Him in reverential awe rather than in slave-ish mode of duty.
I have learned that I can not be crushed and overwhelmed when He reveals necessary sin to me because He does not do it to condemn me. There is no longer condemnation for me. He does it to continue the purifying process with me. I can praise Him for it because it is His faithfulness and my way to serve Him. That is His will for my life.
I cannot dwell on my sin and be pre-salvation-Martin-Luther. I need to rest in the reality of:
A) He is not surprised
B) He has already given me His righteousness
C) He is ready to cleanse me from all unrighteousness when I confess
D) He is ready to work
E) He is my kind Master who loves me and cares for me
Again I see that I cannot comprehend all, but I know I must cling to and trust. If I try to understand all puzzles – that is when I look away from Jesus and look to a deformed version of “Him.” (That results in frustration and bitterness.)
I am no one else. I will never be John Calvin, or Charles Spurgeon, or Jonathon Edwards, or Jim Elliot, or Katherine Martin, or Cherilyn Martin, or Sean Higgins, or Grace Mark, or Andrew Mark, or even their helper named Grace who came from Canada. Never.
First, for the men in that list, I cannot be a man. Second, God has made me Alicia Martin for some purpose and I must trust Him in that. He has given me my strengths and weaknesses for His glory and my good – knitting me in my inmost being, knowing me better than I know myself, continuing the process for my good, dying for me that I might know Him who is true and be IN Him who is true. Looking forward to the day when I will see Him as He truly IS and know Him as I am known and I will be like Him.
I am lazy and do not want to struggle. I don’t have much endurance and I don’t like trying to persevere. But praise be to God who has NOT given me over to my fleshly desires, but continues to sharpen and mold me – even when I would prefer that He would just end me.
I have asked to be put into His refining fire repeatedly.
I hadn’t noticed any fire before. I had noticed refining, some little bits of fire here and there last year, but most refining for (especially) three years has been gentle and illuminating (in terms of drawing me closer to Him and seeing our relationship as it should be.) But now, I believe I can say that I have experienced (for me in my race) a fire. Compared to others, it is nothing. It’s like cooling ashes. But I am seeing more sin as never before. PRAISE HIM for being willing to take away my dross. Praise Him for His patience with my stubborn-headed rebellion. (Didn’t He have enough stiff-necked people with Israel? And yet He still chose me. Maybe I remind Him of Israel.)
My failure never surprises the Lord, but He uses it to refine me. He uses it to humble me. He uses it to teach me. He uses it to cleanse me and to make me His spotless and blameless bride.
I have learned that seeing my sin in light of His glory and my salvation draws me closer to His word, and gives me a better understanding of how to fear Him in reverential awe rather than in slave-ish mode of duty.
I have learned that I can not be crushed and overwhelmed when He reveals necessary sin to me because He does not do it to condemn me. There is no longer condemnation for me. He does it to continue the purifying process with me. I can praise Him for it because it is His faithfulness and my way to serve Him. That is His will for my life.
I cannot dwell on my sin and be pre-salvation-Martin-Luther. I need to rest in the reality of:
A) He is not surprised
B) He has already given me His righteousness
C) He is ready to cleanse me from all unrighteousness when I confess
D) He is ready to work
E) He is my kind Master who loves me and cares for me
Enter Fear's Second Mode
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places!!! That He has chosen us in order to conform us to the image of His Son. That He will complete the work He has started in us. That we walk, jog, run, strain in this life not to be the “bestest” saint out of the ones that have gone before, (I was also comparing my lack of righteousness to others), but because we look forward to Him who has ALREADY given us the victory. The strength of death is sin and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God who HAS given us the victory in our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
We don’t abound in works in order to make God pleased with us. Could we please God in the law? NO! Can we then please God (in our own strength) now? NO!
But THANKS BE TO GOD who has GIVEN US THE VICTORY through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
We have the victory! We are perfect in standing. We wear His righteousness. Yay!! Hallelujah! I can confidently stand in His presence because there is now NO condemnation for me.
But, I do sin. I sin often. I sin in myriads of ways. Why continue on in this (earthly terms) everlasting battle?
--To glorify His name.
--Because He has prepared good works for us to walk in
--To lay hold of the PRIZE of eternal life
--To assure our hearts before Him
--To be a faithful servant
--To give our lives as sacrifices
--To minister to others
--To know Him more
--To let go of ourselves
--Because our labor is not in vain in the Lord!! YAYAYAYAY!!!!!
Knowing that this is NOT an everlasting battle. (We are but a vapor.)
Knowing that He has already given us the victory.
Knowing that we have the power of the Holy Spirit living and working inside us. (YAHOO!!!)
Knowing that He is working in and through us.
Knowing that He will not give us beyond what we are able to handle.
We don’t abound in works in order to make God pleased with us. Could we please God in the law? NO! Can we then please God (in our own strength) now? NO!
But THANKS BE TO GOD who has GIVEN US THE VICTORY through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
We have the victory! We are perfect in standing. We wear His righteousness. Yay!! Hallelujah! I can confidently stand in His presence because there is now NO condemnation for me.
But, I do sin. I sin often. I sin in myriads of ways. Why continue on in this (earthly terms) everlasting battle?
--To glorify His name.
--Because He has prepared good works for us to walk in
--To lay hold of the PRIZE of eternal life
--To assure our hearts before Him
--To be a faithful servant
--To give our lives as sacrifices
--To minister to others
--To know Him more
--To let go of ourselves
--Because our labor is not in vain in the Lord!! YAYAYAYAY!!!!!
Knowing that this is NOT an everlasting battle. (We are but a vapor.)
Knowing that He has already given us the victory.
Knowing that we have the power of the Holy Spirit living and working inside us. (YAHOO!!!)
Knowing that He is working in and through us.
Knowing that He will not give us beyond what we are able to handle.
Fear's First Mode
This is the mode of fearing a harsh master. I work because I fear. I work out of fear of failure and disappointing the master. I suddenly came to realize that I was back to the legalist mode! I don’t think I have realized a re-entrance into that state of living since being at Capernwray. I lived a great chunk of my Christian life in the legalist, trying-to-please Him mode. In this recent stint, I felt anger against His requirements and frustration that I will never be perfect on this earth and I can never do anything from pure and holy motives. My sisters recently went to snow retreat where they were speaking of repentance and being a hot cup of zeal. I wanted to repent, I wanted to live for the Lord, but I was SO frustrated about that zeal part. I can’t keep the cup hot!!!!
There is the point.
While reading in Luke, I came across the parable of the talents. The application of that parable came upon me as never before. I realized that I was the man burying the one talent. My thoughts toward God were the same thoughts the man had toward the master. I knew that God is God and controller of all things. He has sown everything and so He CAN take what He wants and demand wherever He prefers to demand it.
Knowing this and seeing the impossibility of fulfilling His desires, I wanted to just stop. I wanted to bury my little talent because I was fearing out of a wrong perspective – sinful, self-focused, not understanding and accepting and realizing the love that God has poured out on us. I was choosing to forget the reality of salvation and I was choosing to not think right, true, and pure thoughts of His true character.
There is the point.
While reading in Luke, I came across the parable of the talents. The application of that parable came upon me as never before. I realized that I was the man burying the one talent. My thoughts toward God were the same thoughts the man had toward the master. I knew that God is God and controller of all things. He has sown everything and so He CAN take what He wants and demand wherever He prefers to demand it.
Knowing this and seeing the impossibility of fulfilling His desires, I wanted to just stop. I wanted to bury my little talent because I was fearing out of a wrong perspective – sinful, self-focused, not understanding and accepting and realizing the love that God has poured out on us. I was choosing to forget the reality of salvation and I was choosing to not think right, true, and pure thoughts of His true character.
A Closer Look at His Glory -- continuing the process
I have been trying to understand how to fear the Lord for ages now. I have been trying to separate myself from the need I have for humanity’s wisdom and replace it with the (far superior) wisdom of God. As I studied, contemplated, meditated on these ideas through the reading of Proverbs and Jerry Bridges’, The Joy of Fearing God, I found that I couldn’t change because I couldn’t try to imagine His greatness that I should be in awe of. I kept and keep praying that I would fear Him – as our relationship should make me fear. In the last month or so I have gone through some modes of fear. The first mode, I have seen before in my life and is a prison.
How Holy is His Name -- the process
And there I have to stop because I do NOT know the extent of His holiness. I cannot fathom who He is. That troubles me so much. When I know that there is no way I can imagine His greatness and it will even be CLOSE to His actual greatness, I tend to not make any efforts to imagine. I can’t do it, so why try? What can we say but He is holy.
We can put definitions with the word: perfect, separated, undefiled, all that is right and true and pure.
But those words have limitations.
Oh to be able to SEE.
(Selfish, selfish!! How can I be so self-centered when talking about HIS HOLINESS?!)
We can put definitions with the word: perfect, separated, undefiled, all that is right and true and pure.
But those words have limitations.
Oh to be able to SEE.
(Selfish, selfish!! How can I be so self-centered when talking about HIS HOLINESS?!)
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