Awaken Your Senses by Bill J. Brent;Booram Beth A.;

Author:Bill, J. Brent;Booram, Beth A.; [Bill, J. Brent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2011-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Touching Absence

by Brent

Will the Lord reject us forever?

Will he show us his favor no more?

Has his love vanished forever?

Has his promise come to an end?

Psalm 77:7-8

No car key. That’s what I discovered one frigid winter morning at Meeting. I arrived early, jumped out and hit the lock button on the car. Andy (my car) made a funny bleat that I chalked up to the extreme cold. Once indoors, I took off my winter togs and hat and headed to worship. As I sat in Meeting, I put my hands in my pants pockets and felt, um, nothing. No car key. Though I doubt my visage displayed any alarm, my inner eyes flew open wide, and I wondered where it could have gotten to and how in the world I’d get home if I didn’t find it. I tried to let those worries go and settle into worship, but I couldn’t. I felt, literally, the key’s absence. Something that was always present in my pocket was not there. And I knew it wasn’t because I kept touching the space where it wasn’t.

Have you ever discovered something’s absence by reaching for it and finding it not there? What did that feel like, both physically and emotionally? How did your body tell you it wasn’t there? What didn’t you feel?

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