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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:21:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Joseph Leon <jleon1968@sbcglobal.net>
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Thanks David,
For your share.
Hope your feeling better.

paz
joseph

--- On Tue, 1/12/10, David Bonde <pastorbonde@gmail.com> wrote:

From: David Bonde <pastorbonde@gmail.com>
Subject: January 13 devotion
To: "SCVLP" <scvlp@googlegroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 11:57 PM

Out of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord!
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Lord, hear my voice
Let thy ears be attentive
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0to the voice of my supplication.

I received a telephone call from the Sangamon County District
Attorney=E2=80=99s office Monday morning.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 No selective memory.=C2=A0 No kind forge=
tting
of moments for which we are or should justly be ashamed.=C2=A0 Just one
stunning moment of truth.=C2=A0 Heaven save us.

When I spoke to this Diane I asked her if she knew anything about what
awaited Brandon.=C2=A0 Where would he go?=C2=A0 What would he do?=C2=A0 Was=
 there
anyone to take him in?=C2=A0 Or do they just open the gate and dump him on
the doorstep?

It matters to me.=C2=A0 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 =E2=80=9Csurvived=E2=80=9D=
 in lives
forever changed) as well as the lives of all who knew and loved them =E2=80=
=93
and those who would never know and love them.=C2=A0 I cannot shake it
because it is my own burden raised an infinite degree.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 We can apologize.=C2=A0 We can make am=
ends.
We can try to do it better next time.=C2=A0 We can seek to change.=C2=A0 Bu=
t we
cannot sweep them away.=C2=A0 We cannot dismiss them.=C2=A0 They are there =
in
the record even when not in memory.=C2=A0 And they wait for moments of
weariness and weakness to pounce upon us anew, their boney finger,
like Nathan=E2=80=99s, declaring =E2=80=9CYou are the man.=E2=80=9D

If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0O Lord, who could stand.
But there is forgiveness with thee,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0that 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=E2=80=99s embrace? And how else c=
an
we talk about it than with words like death and life? And with what
other emotions than awe, terror and desperate hope?=C2=A0 We are in truth
survivors clinging to a raft at sea.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0more than watchmen for the morning,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0more than watchmen for the morning.

Faith is nothing more than clinging to a promise.=C2=A0 And there in the
water we find life=E2=80=99s simple calling =E2=80=93 share the raft.

O Israel, hope in the Lord!
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0and with him is plenteous redemption,
And he will redeem Israel
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0from all his iniquities.=C2=A0 --Psalm 130

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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"=
top" style=3D"font: inherit;">Thanks David,<br>For your share.<br>Hope your=
 feeling better.<br><br>paz<br>joseph<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 1/12/10, David =
Bonde <i>&lt;pastorbonde@gmail.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style=
=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left=
: 5px;"><br>From: David Bonde &lt;pastorbonde@gmail.com&gt;<br>Subject: Jan=
uary 13 devotion<br>To: "SCVLP" &lt;scvlp@googlegroups.com&gt;<br>Date: Tue=
sday, January 12, 2010, 11:57 PM<br><br><div class=3D"plainMail">Out of the=
 depths I cry to thee, O Lord!<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lord, hear my voice<br>=
Let thy ears be attentive<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to the voice of my supplicat=
ion.<br><br>I received a telephone call from the Sangamon County District<b=
r>Attorney=E2=80=99s office Monday morning.&nbsp; A woman with a wonderfull=
y kind and<br>tender voice called to let me know that Brandon Hurst is set =
to
 be<br>released from Taylorville Correctional Center on February 3rd.<br><b=
r>Sangamon County is the location of Springfield Illinois.&nbsp; Brandon<br=
>Hurst is the young man who struck and killed my daughter and her<br>friend=
s while driving under the influence.<br><br>We never escape our past.&nbsp;=
 When I heard the message on the answering<br>machine from Sangamon County =
it took me a couple hours before I was<br>ready to return that phone call.&=
nbsp; There are rooms inside us we do not<br>like to go, boxes of memories =
we would rather not open.<br><br>Nothing terrifies me more than the word of=
 Jesus that everything will<br>be revealed.&nbsp; This is my image of the g=
reat judgment: for one moment<br>we will see the truth of our lives in all =
its stark and naked truth.<br>No patina of self-deception.&nbsp; No selecti=
ve memory.&nbsp; No kind forgetting<br>of moments for which we are or shoul=
d justly be ashamed.&nbsp; Just one<br>stunning moment of
 truth.&nbsp; Heaven save us.<br><br>When I spoke to this Diane I asked her=
 if she knew anything about what<br>awaited Brandon.&nbsp; Where would he g=
o?&nbsp; What would he do?&nbsp; Was there<br>anyone to take him in?&nbsp; =
Or do they just open the gate and dump him on<br>the doorstep?<br><br>It ma=
tters to me.&nbsp; I cannot shake the thought of the burden he bears<br>wit=
h the lives of five young people on his hands (Anna, Sally and<br>Christoph=
er who were killed; Nathan and Nick who =E2=80=9Csurvived=E2=80=9D in lives=
<br>forever changed) as well as the lives of all who knew and loved them =
=E2=80=93<br>and those who would never know and love them.&nbsp; I cannot s=
hake it<br>because it is my own burden raised an infinite degree.&nbsp; If =
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>d=
arkness or stand in the light of morning?<br><br>We cannot make our sins ri=
ght.&nbsp; We
 can apologize.&nbsp; We can make amends.<br>We can try to do it better nex=
t time.&nbsp; We can seek to change.&nbsp; But we<br>cannot sweep them away=
.&nbsp; We cannot dismiss them.&nbsp; They are there in<br>the record even =
when not in memory.&nbsp; And they wait for moments of<br>weariness and wea=
kness to pounce upon us anew, their boney finger,<br>like Nathan=E2=80=99s,=
 declaring =E2=80=9CYou are the man.=E2=80=9D<br><br>If thou, O Lord, shoul=
dst mark iniquities,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;O Lord, who could stand.<br>But t=
here is forgiveness with thee,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that thou mayest be fea=
red.<br><br>What love is this so great that it dissolves our terrible momen=
t of<br>final truth into the warmth of pure light=E2=80=99s embrace? And ho=
w else can<br>we talk about it than with words like death and life? And wit=
h what<br>other emotions than awe, terror and desperate hope?&nbsp; We are =
in truth<br>survivors clinging to a raft at sea.<br><br>I wait for the Lord=
, my soul
 waits,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and in his word I hope;<br>my soul waits for t=
he Lord<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;more than watchmen for the morning,<br>&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;more than watchmen for the morning.<br><br>Faith is nothing more=
 than clinging to a promise.&nbsp; And there in the<br>water we find life=
=E2=80=99s simple calling =E2=80=93 share the raft.<br><br>O Israel, hope i=
n the Lord!<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For with the Lord there is steadfast love,=
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and with him is plenteous redemption,<br>And he will =
redeem Israel<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from all his iniquities.&nbsp; --Psalm 1=
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