For about the first 20 years of my ministry, Monday was quite often a day I felt like giving up! It could have been a very blessed Sunday the day before but guess what I remembered? The one scowling face or negative comment! That is what I woke up thinking about on Monday Morning! Eventually I got over that sort of thing but it can still threaten like a storm cloud. Maybe Mondays are hard for you for one reason or another…
When that sort of storm cloud of a bad day is hovering, I have found it is good to return now and then on a regular basis to what brings me life and health. This is the guy I listen to more often than to anyone else in order to reconnect with what in particular brings me life! I needed to remember this sort of thing these last couple of days. It is just a short clip and will take no longer to watch than a blog takes to read.
I hope it encourages you to perhaps get hold of some of his books and read them.
I have had to get rid of so many books because of the danger of mould spores affecting my lungs. What I keep needs to be new or newish. I don’t know what it means or says about me but many of the books in my new bookshelves will be by Henri Nouwen, Jean Vanier and this guy Brennan Manning. They have together taught more more about the grace of God and how to find God in vulnerability than anyone else. I thank God for them. They are all Roman Catholics, but sometimes I find that Roman Catholic writers are good at allowing mystery which leads to the awe of God whereas Protestant writers have everything to do with God neatly formulated and I generally come away knowing I have understood something more impressively. Awe is more life-giving. I like anyone that seems to have humbled themselves before the greatness of God but who are completely at home in His eternal love. I like it when I meet such people face to face or encounter them in their books or some form of media.
Awe and Assurance are not a bad comination. May they bless your path this day and every day.
Kenny
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God bless Kenny. Time we went to sleep I think. Tomorrow is another day, with the One who says, “Behold, I make all things new”
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Indeed… wise words Anne!
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Just as I am.
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Bless you Kenny,
Thank you for sharing this with all of us!
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Have you thought of a dehumidifier?
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The congregation very kindly bought is one as soon as it was worked out what was causing my lung condition. They have been immensely kind and thoughtful to Morag and I. Thanks for thinking of us!
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Ah I have just came across Jean varnier this month! Such a beautiful writer, he oozes humility. His writing leads us closer to the mystery of God but never far from Christ and our responsibility as his followers to love and dwell in his peace. His book on gospel of John is excellent!
I am not surprised by the books on your shelf Kenny. How tragic you had to part with all the old ones. Easier to dump some friends than part with some books I should imagine 😳
I cannot express how grateful I am for the years I spent at clan. I loved your honesty and humility, it came across so strongly from the platform. So I am grateful you have taken up blogging:) Enjoying your thoughts in the blogs very much. Liked the Hugh black references as have enjoyed his books over the years. You both make me smile 😏 But also poke and challenge!
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Thanks Adrienne
I just wish I had come across all these writers years ago – but maybe I would not have appreciated their beauty then…
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Yes wish I read and mulled sooner although at the time rt Kendall jack deer jp Jackson and yourself kind of provided some answers for where I was at .. So maybe it requires age to fully appreciate humanity the way varnier so insightfully portrays it. Or maybe by time we hit 40 the bubble has burst and we require deeper answers for the pain we see around us and the roller coaster that turned out to be life 😊
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Maybe not so much age as Gods grace.
Kenny I have not introduced myself.
I am the sister of Lynn Randalll who has Lorna She goes to the church you preached at. I live in Devon.
She will known for her expression ,dancing and appreciation of Jesus in her life. Do you remember?Lorna is autistic.
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Yes, indeed. Lynn and Lorna are much loved!
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