Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 4

           Iwouldnothaveacceptedanyotheranswer.Iwouldnothavetrustedagreatboomingvoicethatsaideither:YouMustDivorceYourHusband!orYouMustNotDivorceYourHusband!Becausethat’snottruewisdom.Truewisdomgivestheonlypossibleansweratanygivenmoment,andthatnight,goingbacktobedwastheonlypossibleanswer.Gobacktobed,saidthisomniscientinteriorvoice,becauseyoudon’tneedtoknowthefinalanswerrightnow,atthreeo’clockinthemorningonaThursdayinNovember.Gobacktobed,becauseIloveyou.Gobacktobed,becausetheonlythingyouneedtodofornowisgetsomerestandtakegoodcareofyourselfuntilyoudoknowtheanswer.Gobacktobedsothat,whenthetempestcomes,you’llbestrongenoughtodealwithit.Andthetempestiscoming,dearone.Verysoon.Butnottonight.Therefore:

           Gobacktobed,Liz.

           Inaway,thislittleepisodehadallthehallmarksofatypicalChristianconversionexperience-thedarknightofthesoul,thecallforhelp,therespondingvoice,thesenseoftransformation.ButIwouldnotsaythatthiswasareligiousconversionforme,notinthattraditionalmannerofbeingbornagainorsaved.Instead,Iwouldcallwhathappenedthatnightthebeginningofareligiousconversation.Thefirstwordsofanopenandexploratorydialoguethatwould,ultimately,bringmeveryclosetoGod,indeed.

           

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