the last para is really making me very interested in what u hav posted. am curious...
nice one
Thanks. The poem is based on my own experience and a recent reading of the Gospel of John. If you read from where Jesus prevents the stoning of the woman onward. I could relate to the need for Jesus to send the Holy Ghost/Comforter.
In brief, my personal experience was:
- Had previously attempted to repent and, in hindsight, hadn't really repented.
- One night I prayed to Jesus to help me understand the Old Testament. I thought something wasn't 'right', but couldn't make sense of it. It was nagging me for upwards of 30 years and I wanted to know the truth of it. The thing that I was misinterpreting was the big picture, meaning it wasn't the details.
- Soon after, I started reading Exodus again and it was crystal clear. It was meant to be clear when it was written. The stumbling block for me was what I was told to believe. Took decades to get passed it.
- I was immediately floored. Literally felt like a massive weight on my shoulders. I started repenting, not that I had planned to at all, it just happened. I hardly ever cry, but I was crying off and on for days. The huge weight was there the whole time. When I was repenting it wasn't just for my personal sins. It was for more than that, but it's hard to find the words.
- Then after a few days or so, it was all lifted off my shoulders and I recieved even more clarity and I was comforted.
I hope nobody thinks that I'm implying that if you haven't had a similar experience then you haven't repented. Maybe there is a reason I had to suffer for days and others don't have to. I don't know.
Hopefully my story is useful to you in some way
