{"id":10310,"date":"2012-01-21T07:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10310"},"modified":"2012-01-21T07:05:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T11:05:18","slug":"sophia-saturday-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/01\/sophia-saturday-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Saturday: Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/sophia-hills.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10311\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/01\/sophia-hills.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia looks to the hills.\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had no idea that when I drew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/2010\/05\/07\/freebie-friday-planted\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this drawing<\/a> back in March of 2010, that it would be the beginning of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/category\/sophia-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sophia series<\/a>. That was actually the very month I left the ministry and left the church. I just realized that this morning.<\/p>\n<p>It amazes me how prophetic these drawings have been. Prophetic in both senses:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>they have <strong>preached<\/strong> into my situation and challenged me; and<\/li>\n<li>they have <strong>predicted<\/strong> what I was about to experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The journey has been, like Sophia\u2019s, treacherous but necessary. Most people don\u2019t understand the urgency of this task I have been compelled to undertake. It has, mysteriously, <em>happened<\/em> to me. To resist the call would have meant certain death to my spirit. But to accept it meant to risk everything as well. I have never been so afraid in all my life.\u00a0I nearly lost everything.<\/p>\n<p>The journey is not over. I\u2019m not out of the woods yet. But my hope for transformation is strong. Sophia guides me there.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much for your interest in Sophia and her journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To buy a print of the above image click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/91070528\/sophia-hills-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To see all my Sophia originals and prints, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/nakedpastor?section_id=10031313\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had no idea that when I drew this drawing back in March of 2010, that it would be the beginning of my Sophia series. That was actually the very month I left the ministry and left the church. I just realized that this morning. It amazes me how prophetic these drawings have been. 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