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Experiencing God

4/21/2022

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“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12
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Anthony de Mello, author of The Song of the Bird, tells a parable called Searching in the Wrong Place: 
A neighbor found Nasruddin on hands and knees.
“What are you searching for, Mullah?”
“My key.”
Both men got on their knees to search. After a while the neighbor said, “Where did you lose it?”
“At home.”
“Good Lord! Then why are you searching here?”
“Because it’s brighter here.”


Some would say: “If you want to Experience God, look around and see where God is moving—the place where the light is brightest—and join God there.” Perhaps it would be better to embrace the shadows in our own souls, observe where darkness is looming in our neighborhoods, and then take the light of Christ into the darkness. 
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Judy
4/21/2022 12:59:58 pm

Gave me a physical thrill when I read this, Larry. Thanks.

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    ​Larry Stoess is an author, public speaker, and urban church planter. He loves telling stories about how dreaming with God will empower people to make old and broken things new again. Larry and a band of friends founded the Church of the Promise in Louisville's Portland neighborhood; The Table, a pay-what-you-can community café; and Promise Housing Plus, a non-profit construction company. He has written about their experience of dreaming with God in his new book: Think Red.

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