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灵之旅：
谁是我？
谁是最真的我？

Margaret Silf talked about
"Journeying to Ground Zero" through death and resurrection!

Geting to the heart of the matter: The Russian Dolls


The image of the Russian Dolls tells of the agonising breaking of the one layer after another of "securities". As we move more deeply into the darkness, we accompanying Jesus into the breaking of all those layers, acknowledging our part in this breaking, but also sharing of the experience of being broken. Both these things are asked of us:



* To recognise the tendencies in ourselves that lead us to betray, deny, abandon, compromise and destroy the True Life in the core of our being, and in each other. But to affirm and strengthen those tendencies in us to remain faithful, patient, and trusting, bringing the True Life to new birth in every generation.

* To expose, for healing those parts of ourselves that have experienced what it
feels like to be betrayed, deserted, accused and condemned.

We come into this experience both as perpetractors and victims, yet neither of these roles is the final word. The final word lies right at teh centre of the set dolls, and as we shall discover, that centre is unbreakable.

The Breaking of the outer layers of security:
* Trust: Jesus is betrayed by one of His closest friends.

* Loyalty: Jesus is denied by one of His closest friends.

* Self respect and dignity: Jesus is stripped and humiliated, and mocked.

* Reliance on "justice" and the integrity of the "System".
Jesus can do nothing to defend Himself.

* Certainty about God and God's protection:
Jesus feels that God has abandoned Him.

* Finally: life itself

But the innermost doll is intact.
The core of our being is unbreakable!!

Reading about Jesus' final moments, in Matthew 27: 45 - 46
Bring to this prayer your own worst moments, your worst fears, your most destructive memories.
Sit there, in your own ZERO HOUR, with the Lord in His. Scream your own: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" if you need to.