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Subject: Re: January 13 devotion
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:31:45 -0800
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Subject: Re: January 13 devotion
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Hallelujah!

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, David Bonde <pastorbonde@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!
>   Lord, hear my voice
> Let thy ears be attentive
>   to the voice of my supplication.
>
> I received a telephone call from the Sangamon County District
> Attorney=92s office Monday morning.  A woman with a wonderfully kind and
> tender voice called to let me know that Brandon Hurst is set to be
> released from Taylorville Correctional Center on February 3rd.
>
> Sangamon County is the location of Springfield Illinois.  Brandon
> Hurst is the young man who struck and killed my daughter and her
> friends while driving under the influence.
>
> We never escape our past.  When I heard the message on the answering
> machine from Sangamon County it took me a couple hours before I was
> ready to return that phone call.  There are rooms inside us we do not
> like to go, boxes of memories we would rather not open.
>
> Nothing terrifies me more than the word of Jesus that everything will
> be revealed.  This is my image of the great judgment: for one moment
> we will see the truth of our lives in all its stark and naked truth.
> No patina of self-deception.  No selective memory.  No kind forgetting
> of moments for which we are or should justly be ashamed.  Just one
> stunning moment of truth.  Heaven save us.
>
> When I spoke to this Diane I asked her if she knew anything about what
> awaited Brandon.  Where would he go?  What would he do?  Was there
> anyone to take him in?  Or do they just open the gate and dump him on
> the doorstep?
>
> It matters to me.  I cannot shake the thought of the burden he bears
> with the lives of five young people on his hands (Anna, Sally and
> Christopher who were killed; Nathan and Nick who =93survived=94 in lives
> forever changed) as well as the lives of all who knew and loved them =96
> and those who would never know and love them.  I cannot shake it
> because it is my own burden raised an infinite degree.  If I cannot
> shake the memory of ordinary brokenness and failure, if my mind
> rehearses my mistakes as I lie in bed, how will he face the silent
> darkness or stand in the light of morning?
>
> We cannot make our sins right.  We can apologize.  We can make amends.
> We can try to do it better next time.  We can seek to change.  But we
> cannot sweep them away.  We cannot dismiss them.  They are there in
> the record even when not in memory.  And they wait for moments of
> weariness and weakness to pounce upon us anew, their boney finger,
> like Nathan=92s, declaring =93You are the man.=94
>
> If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,
>   O Lord, who could stand.
> But there is forgiveness with thee,
>   that thou mayest be feared.
>
> What love is this so great that it dissolves our terrible moment of
> final truth into the warmth of pure light=92s embrace? And how else can
> we talk about it than with words like death and life? And with what
> other emotions than awe, terror and desperate hope?  We are in truth
> survivors clinging to a raft at sea.
>
> I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
>   and in his word I hope;
> my soul waits for the Lord
>   more than watchmen for the morning,
>   more than watchmen for the morning.
>
> Faith is nothing more than clinging to a promise.  And there in the
> water we find life=92s simple calling =96 share the raft.
>
> O Israel, hope in the Lord!
>   For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
>   and with him is plenteous redemption,
> And he will redeem Israel
>   from all his iniquities.  --Psalm 130
>
>
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Hallelujah!<br><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, David Bonde <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pastorbonde@gmail.com">pastorbonde@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Out of the depths I cry to thee,=
 O Lord!<br>=A0 Lord, hear my voice<br>Let thy ears be attentive<br>=A0 to =
the voice of my supplication.<br>
<br>I received a telephone call from the Sangamon County District<br>Attorn=
ey=92s office Monday morning. =A0A woman with a wonderfully kind and<br>ten=
der voice called to let me know that Brandon Hurst is set to be<br>released=
 from Taylorville Correctional Center on February 3rd.<br>
<br>Sangamon County is the location of Springfield Illinois. =A0Brandon<br>=
Hurst is the young man who struck and killed my daughter and her<br>friends=
 while driving under the influence.<br><br>We never escape our past. =A0Whe=
n I heard the message on the answering<br>
machine from Sangamon County it took me a couple hours before I was<br>read=
y to return that phone call. =A0There are rooms inside us we do not<br>like=
 to go, boxes of memories we would rather not open.<br><br>Nothing terrifie=
s me more than the word of Jesus that everything will<br>
be revealed. =A0This is my image of the great judgment: for one moment<br>w=
e will see the truth of our lives in all its stark and naked truth.<br>No p=
atina of self-deception. =A0No selective memory. =A0No kind forgetting<br>o=
f moments for which we are or should justly be ashamed. =A0Just one<br>
stunning moment of truth. =A0Heaven save us.<br><br>When I spoke to this Di=
ane I asked her if she knew anything about what<br>awaited Brandon. =A0Wher=
e would he go? =A0What would he do? =A0Was there<br>anyone to take him in? =
=A0Or do they just open the gate and dump him on<br>
the doorstep?<br><br>It matters to me. =A0I cannot shake the thought of the=
 burden he bears<br>with the lives of five young people on his hands (Anna,=
 Sally and<br>Christopher who were killed; Nathan and Nick who =93survived=
=94 in lives<br>
forever changed) as well as the lives of all who knew and loved them =96<br=
>and those who would never know and love them. =A0I cannot shake it<br>beca=
use it is my own burden raised an infinite degree. =A0If I cannot<br>shake =
the memory of ordinary brokenness and failure, if my mind<br>
rehearses my mistakes as I lie in bed, how will he face the silent<br>darkn=
ess or stand in the light of morning?<br><br>We cannot make our sins right.=
 =A0We can apologize. =A0We can make amends.<br>We can try to do it better =
next time. =A0We can seek to change. =A0But we<br>
cannot sweep them away. =A0We cannot dismiss them. =A0They are there in<br>=
the record even when not in memory. =A0And they wait for moments of<br>wear=
iness and weakness to pounce upon us anew, their boney finger,<br>like Nath=
an=92s, declaring =93You are the man.=94<br>
<br>If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,<br>=A0 O Lord, who could sta=
nd.<br>But there is forgiveness with thee,<br>=A0 that thou mayest be feare=
d.<br><br>What love is this so great that it dissolves our terrible moment =
of<br>
final truth into the warmth of pure light=92s embrace? And how else can<br>=
we talk about it than with words like death and life? And with what<br>othe=
r emotions than awe, terror and desperate hope? =A0We are in truth<br>survi=
vors clinging to a raft at sea.<br>
<br>I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,<br>=A0 and in his word I hope;<br>m=
y soul waits for the Lord<br>=A0 more than watchmen for the morning,<br>=A0=
 more than watchmen for the morning.<br><br>Faith is nothing more than clin=
ging to a promise. =A0And there in the<br>
water we find life=92s simple calling =96 share the raft.<br><br>O Israel, =
hope in the Lord!<br>=A0 For with the Lord there is steadfast love,<br>=A0 =
and with him is plenteous redemption,<br>And he will redeem Israel<br>=A0 f=
rom all his iniquities. =A0--Psalm 130<br>
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