"In the constellation of cygnus
There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
The black hole
Of Cygnusx-1
Six stars of the northern cross
In the mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night..."
Rush Lyric
The Christian mystic arrives, against all odds and dangers....
"Discovering spirituality is like discovering you are in a boat. Mysticism is like pushing off from the deck. Since many leave safe mooring and perish in the waves, this is
not done in a cavalier fahion---even though it can be exciting to push off into the deep. The issue is not whether we should push off, for Christians must do so if they intend to get anywhere ( and that is what boats are for ), but rather where you are going...The Christian casts off from this world as well, but with a clear intent to where he is headed, with the best of maps, circumspectly, deliberately.
The Christian Mystic arrives, against all odds and dangers.
Thus we launch out with fear and trembling, but trust that He who commanded us to do so, can calm the waves, and see us through to his real safe port."
C.S. Lewis
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Legacy 22" Thomas Brooks
"Record all special favors, mercies, providences, and experiences. It is true, a man should do nothing else, should he record all the favours and experiences of God towards him; and therefore my legacy is, record all special favours, peculiar experiences. Little do you know the advantage that will increase to your soul upon this account, by recording all the experiences of the Shining of His Face, and of the leading of His Spirit.
Many a Christian loseth much by neglecting this duty."