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Thread: Purgatory: A "personal" relationship with Jesus
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Mudfrog
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What about this:
Jesus, the very thought of thee
with sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far thy face to see
And in thy presence rest.
(Bernard of Clairvaux)
It's personal, it's a relationship, and it's with Jesus.
But it doesn't have to be so 'intimate'. It can be a brotherly thing.
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Pine Marten
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Yes indeed, Mudfrog, good example.
I have hesitated to join in the discussion, but have read through this thread with some sadness, as I didn’t realise how much baggage the phrase had for some Christians. I would tend not to use such a phrase these days (mostly because it sounds naff) although it reflects jargon which was used in my con-evo days.
I can say that my own ‘conversion experience’ (whatever you want to call it) meant that before it I did not know God; after it I was absolutely convinced that God knew me, in a caring, loving and personal way. This was the start of the journey for me – but everyone experiences their own journey, not mine.
As others have shown, the idea (if not the language) of a PRWJ has existed from the very beginning. As I Peter 5:7 says, ‘cast all your anxieties upon him, for he cares for you.’ Sounds pretty personal to me.
Perhaps andreas1984’s phrase was best: a personal relationship with God, through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit.
By the way, Leetle Masha, thanks for that link – the nuns certainly do sing beautifully.
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. - Oscar Wilde
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