Waking the Dead
I just started Waking the Dead by John Eldredge. The book is subtitled The Glory of Heart Fully Alive. Sounds exciting. I really enjoy reading Eldredge because of how his words speak right to my heart. I’m sure you have had similar experiences when it seems like the author is writing specifically to you. I am often amazed at how Eldredge can put into words emotions and situations that I have never been able to describe. I will share some of those passages as I read Waking the Dead…..starting with this one….
Has God abandoned us? Did we not pray enough? Is this just something that we accept as “part of life”, suck it up, even though it breaks our hearts? After a while, the accumulation of event after event that we do not like or do not understand erodes our confidence that we are part of something grand and good, and reduces us to a survivalist mind-set. I know, I know - we’ve been told that we matter to God. And part of us partly believes it. But life has a way of chipping away at that conviction, undermining our settled belief that he means us well.
Don’t think that this is too simple for you. Don’t move on thinking that you already “know” this….instead, let it sit with you as you think about the battle that we call everday life.
