Sue Monk Kidd...he felt God the same way arthritic monks felt rain coming in their joints. He felt only a hint of him.
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...he felt God the same way arthritic monks felt rain coming in their joints. He felt only a hint of him. This is an interesting idea about the power of god. It’s like he’s there but not there, like God is like arthritic rain.
The monk who says this talks about how he feels the god of the universe, but it’s not enough to make him feel full of god. A lot of people know they are connected to something bigger than themselves, but they don’t feel him. They feel him like arthritic pain, like something that comes and goes.
Source: The Mermaid Chair
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