{"id":19,"date":"2016-03-29T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulkyleblog.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2016-03-29T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:11:40","slug":"just-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulkyleblog.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Just getting started"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I woke thinking about this new blog……..Be LOnGINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the words \u201cI’M JUST GETTING STARTED\u201d came to mind I knew Father was speaking to me beyond the blog……. about the purpose of my existence.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in my sixty third year and statistically that means I\u2019ve likely lived at least three quarters of my life on earth, but in my spirit I knew that growing in knowing God in these years has been preparation for what is ahead.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I \u2018stumbled\u2019 across a Dylan Thomas poem that as a favorite of mine as a young man.<\/p>\n

Do not go gentle into that good night,
\nOld age should burn and rave at close of day;
\nRage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
\nBecause their words had forked no lightning they
\nDo not go gentle into that good night.<\/p>\n

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
\nTheir frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
\nRage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
\nAnd learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
\nDo not go gentle into that good night.<\/p>\n

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
\nBlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
\nRage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
\nCurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
\nDo not go gentle into that good night.
\nRage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p>\n

The year Dylan Thomas died I was born.<\/p>\n

Over these last 62 years I have discovered that the purpose of this life is not to rage as it comes to an end but to engage throughout in such a way that we go joyfully into that bright light that is the next step.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat time is it?\u201d Hilary asked as I scribbled these thoughts down on the scrap of paper beside our bed.<\/p>\n

\u201c8.22\u201d I said<\/p>\n

Romans 8:22 says, \u201cWe know that The Whole Of Creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

The number 8 represents \u201cnew beginnings\u201d and 22 represents \u201clight\u201d<\/p>\n

BE<\/strong>-ing present to hear these whispers from the one our hearts are LONGING<\/strong> for in each moment of time, is our preparation for that moment in time when we are finally revealed as the \u2018sons of light\u2019 \u00a0as we pass from this age to the next. (1 Cor.15:52, Rom. 8:19)<\/p>\n

P.S. Watch out for our new CD to be released shortly called, \u201cThe Whole Of Creation\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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