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I know, I said I would get back to the seven part series on the Perfected Marriage, but once again that intention is stalled by lack of free time at the moment and a compelling rush of intentional adrenalin to write on, The Stilling of Desire. This seems to be the proverbial moment of a clear eruptive understanding in my mind after weeks of fragmented dialogues with God on the subject of personal accreditation…

I must say, that it has been awhile since I posted. A truckload of writing and creative necessities overwhelmed me with the starting of the Edinburgh project. I still do not have a clear path, but I am working on it. I do intend to continue with my series on the perfected marriage. However, with a request at my door to write the story of ‘comfort’ in my life, I am diverting from that goal a little here to tell this story. I hope it will bring a hope and warmth to your hearts…

A parable on pain from the marriage of Daniel and Chloe. Daniel and I (Chloe) had been married almost two years. We were very much in love and spent almost all of our free time together. We were not accustomed to conflict between us and thus, were completely unprepared for the event which follows. Even now, I shutter to think of the damage this event could have brought in our marriage, if I had not realized something extraordinary about dealing with pain…

During the last 18 months since ‘the visit’, described in the last post, my private journal of encounters with God has been recorded. It details the paradigm of marriage as it is used by God in the Bible to picture our relationship with Christ, and our being presented holy and without blemish for union with God through Jesus. (Ephesians 1:4 GNB). It is from this journal, that I want to share seven major parables which have instructed me so completely in the major issues which bond married people into one or cause the inevitable separation or divorce…

Well, this has certainly been a space of time. If anyone is really there reading this, my apologies. The fall has seen more travel and work than I anticipated and so blogging has been lowered on the ladder of essential activities. I am finishing this trilogy here on intimacy and will start with a series called; Seven Parables of a Perfected Marriage on the next blog…

All right, I’m back, having changed continents.  Now that I am on the other side of the big pond, California, to be exact, I am aware that although geography,culture, weather, law and a host of other things change from nation to nation and continent to continent, the spiritual world remains ever constant in its ways.  Love is love in its essential elements and design in all cultures.  Two defining characteristics are dominant for me in experiencing and observing love at work in my life.  The first is the element of self-denial – its not about me, my needs, wishes, or desires; its about the other and the act of giving rather than getting…

Its has taken me almost three years to take this step to make public parts of my own spiritual journey and invite an open sourced conversation with all of you. My guess is that you really are out there and that there are many of you, just like me, who would like to – talk. Our world is changing so fast and so much seems confusing and contradictory. We need to hear each other so we can round out our perceptions – check our evaluations and know, as C.S. Lewis said concerning reading, that we are not alone…