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From: Mike_Wise
Date: Mon Jan 30 22:52:02 EST 2012
Subject: I wish

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rodhugen: reconciliation (1/31/12)

Mike_Wise: No Subject (1/31/12)
russ: both and (2/1/12)

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russ: both and (2/1/12)
Mike_Wise: No Subject (1/31/12)
rodhugen: reconciliation (1/31/12)

I wish
I wish that God spoke to me in a voice I could hear
I wish that I never had to guess at whether or not I was following him
I wish I was 23 again, before he died. I wish we would have never bought that stupid car
I wish there was a way that I could somehow extract the good things that have happened and remove the bad.
I wish I would have met Corrie sooner.
I wish losing weight were easy
I wish that I didn't feel like I screwed up at everything I tried.
I wish I could get Corrie pregnant.
I wish I didn't always feel like the people I loved the most were secretly ashamed to know me
I wish I was someone that mattered, and if I am someone that matters I wish I could know it without having those I loved reinforce that.
I wish I knew how and when I would die so I could prepare myself for it.
I wish for this and so many more things
But mostly I wish that Jesus would just come back, get it over with and come back. Restore this hell hole we live in. Mend broken hearts and broken relationships.
I wish I had more faith in the promise that he WILL do these things, even if I don't know when.

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From: rodhugen
Date: Tue Jan 31 13:11:52 EST 2012
Subject: reconciliation

Interesting that you wish Jesus would come back and "Restore this hell hole we live in. Mend broken hearts and broken relationships." That is something he has empowered us to begin to do here and now. We can begin to love our neighbor and feed the hungry and visit the fatherless and make our relationships with family and friends right. It means we have to give up some of our demand to be noticed and loved and appreciated and cared for and instead notice, and love, and appreciate, and care for others. I think that it is hard to see ourselves as those who can bring about the reconciliation that we want for ourselves. I always tell people to be the friend they long to have or to give what they long to receive. I think that is the path to restoration and renewal. We always find that it is in the laying down of our lives that we actually find real life.
Thanks for your wish list. It got me thinking about my own longings.
Rod

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From: Mike_Wise
Date: Tue Jan 31 15:02:52 EST 2012
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Rod,
Thanks for responding. I don't write much poetry that isn't lyrical in nature anymore but that one just kind of wrote itself and I figured I would share. Just kind of showed where my mind was last night and I am not even sure as to why. But it was honest and real so I wrote it.
You are very right of course, Jesus came, lived died and rose again so that he could begin the work of restoring this world through us. It is good to reflect and remember that especially when I am dealing with a wave of depression.

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From: russ
Date: Wed Feb  1 09:48:43 EST 2012
Subject: both and

Rod, both are true and valid. Even Jesus moaned for escape from this fallen world: "How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?" (Matt 17:17). We must start to create Heaven here on Earth...but we will only have limited success until God comes.

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