Something really beautiful
So in our Adult Bible Fellowship class at church we have been learning about great theologians of the church. It is really cool. But last week we went over a guy named Jonathan Edwards. He is considered to be the greatest philosopher to come out of America, as well as the greatest theologian. Guys like that are usually considered to be pretty dry, but listen to what he said about his wife, before he even started to date her:They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Almighty Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight, and that she hardly cares for anything, except to meditate on him - that she expects after a while to be receiced up where he is, to be raised up out of the world and caught oup into heaven; being assured that he loves her too well to let her remain at a distance from him always. There she is to dwell with him, and to be reavished with his love and delight forever. Therefore, if you present all the world before her with the richest of its treasures, she disregards it and cares not for it, and is unmindful of any pain of affliction. Whe has a strange sweetness in her mind, and singular purity in her affections; is most just and lest she should offend this great Being. She is of wonderful sweetness, calmness and universal benevolence of mind; especially after those seasons in which this great God has manifested himself to her mind. She will sometimes go on about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always of joy and pleasure; and no one knows for what. She loves to be alone, and to wander in the fields and on the mountains, and seems to have someone invisible always conversing with her"
Wow...
posted by That Canadian Guy @ 10:17 a.m.
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