MAGNIFICENT WORDS TO PRICK UP YOUR EARS
“I shall rise from the dead, from the prostration, from the prosternation of death, and never miss the sun, which shall be put out, for I shall see the Son of God, the Sun of Glory, and shine myself as that sun shines. I shall rise from the grave, and never miss this city, which shall be nowhere, for I shall see the city of God, the new Jerusalem. I shall look up and never wonder when it shall be day, for the angel will tell me that time shall be no more, and I shall see and see cheerfully that last day of judgment, which shall have no night, never end, and be united to the Ancient of Days, to God himself, who had no morning, never began.” These words of John Donne, as quoted by Frederick Buechner in The Sacred Journey, were among the magnificent words that began to plant the seeds that eventually drew…
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