Comments on: The Wounded Soul http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/the-wounded-soul/ The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mike Bradley http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/the-wounded-soul/#comment-15 Mike Bradley Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:11:47 +0000 http://blog.shatteringstone.com/?p=791#comment-15 Hi Gaye Lynne, it's good to hear from you! I've started to edit this article several times but it never seems quite right to change it—when I'm close to God there is a brokenness that this doesn't quite describe but all of the edits only soften it without making it any more accurate to the experience. Perhaps you have the same feeling with your art sometimes? Regarding the battles with ill thoughts, hurtful neighbors, Psalm 51, and so on—I love the picture of a great ship with full sails in a mighty wind, but what you don't see is that beneath the waters a very heavy ballast is needed to keep the ship from overturning. I hope God is loading you with deep and heavy ballasts of humility and contrition so that you will be able to withstand an extra-ordinary wind of glory in your sails. If that imagery fits at all, I can't take any credit. I got it from a sermon by John Piper. If your interested, you can find it here: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1460_Brothers_We_Must_Not_Mind_a_Little_Suffering/ God bless :) Hi Gaye Lynne, it’s good to hear from you! I’ve started to edit this article several times but it never seems quite right to change it—when I’m close to God there is a brokenness that this doesn’t quite describe but all of the edits only soften it without making it any more accurate to the experience. Perhaps you have the same feeling with your art sometimes?

Regarding the battles with ill thoughts, hurtful neighbors, Psalm 51, and so on—I love the picture of a great ship with full sails in a mighty wind, but what you don’t see is that beneath the waters a very heavy ballast is needed to keep the ship from overturning. I hope God is loading you with deep and heavy ballasts of humility and contrition so that you will be able to withstand an extra-ordinary wind of glory in your sails.

If that imagery fits at all, I can’t take any credit. I got it from a sermon by John Piper. If your interested, you can find it here:
http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1460_Brothers_We_Must_Not_Mind_a_Little_Suffering/

God bless :)

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]]> By: Gaye Lynne La Guire http://blog.shatteringstone.com/archive/the-wounded-soul/#comment-13 Gaye Lynne La Guire Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:43:08 +0000 http://blog.shatteringstone.com/?p=791#comment-13 Mike: I am particularly touched by "Wounded Soul" section of your website. God has had to thrash me good many times. Right now I am fighting harboring ill thoughts against a neighbor, and am praying on Psalms 28 and 51. I guess it doesn't become really good until we are with Him. In the meantime, fight the good fight. You preach a tough gospel. I always thought the paintings of Jesus done in the 1920's were too sweet - but maybe they struck a cord with the folks of those days. My "Good Shepherd" was an attempt at making him more realistic to folks in the 80's and 90's. Someday I hope he will allow me to paint him with fire and radiance undeniable. So far the paints to do this haven't been invented yet. Gaye Lynne Mike: I am particularly touched by “Wounded Soul” section of your website. God has had to thrash me good many times. Right now I am fighting harboring ill thoughts against a neighbor, and am praying on Psalms 28 and 51. I guess it doesn’t become really good until we are with Him. In the meantime, fight the good fight. You preach a tough gospel. I always thought the paintings of Jesus done in the 1920′s were too sweet – but maybe they struck a cord with the folks of those days. My “Good Shepherd” was an attempt at making him more realistic to folks in the 80′s and 90′s. Someday I hope he will allow me to paint him with fire and radiance undeniable. So far the paints to do this haven’t been invented yet. Gaye Lynne

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