Thursday, March 29, 2007

Siezed by a Great Affection

Well, here goes blogspot 101. I've been toying with the idea of a blog, but was afraid I might not be able to follow through. I then realized you'll never know if you follow through until you start. Kind-of-like a golf swing or tennis swing. So here goes my first volley. I've entitled this blogspot "Siezed by a great affection". It comes from a phrase I read in a Brennan Manning book "The relentless, tenderness of Jesus". The term born-again was coined in the early part of the 20th century, but others before that described their salvation experience as being siezed by a great affection. I like that, it reminds me that it was Jesus loving me, even in my mess.

But while we were yet sinners, Christ died
Such were some of you...

For more on Brennan check out his web-site www.brennanmanning.com

MG