{"id":10733,"date":"2012-03-11T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2012-03-11T16:01:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T20:01:20","slug":"sophia-suspended-between-life-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/03\/sophia-suspended-between-life-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophia Suspended between Life and Death"},"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\/03\/suspended.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/suspended.jpg\" alt=\"Sophia suspended between life and death.\" width=\"522\" height=\"639\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10734\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am definitely here right now. Like Sophia, I am suspended between life and death. Between death and life. But aren\u2019t we all? <\/p>\n<p>About 6 months ago I thought I was alive. Then all hell broke loose! Looking back now I see that I was very numb. I was dead. But I was brought to life again. But not yet. Not quite. I\u2019m still somehow suspended between death and life. Again. The endless cycle of death and resurrection. The suspense is incredible.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow Sophia is able to rest in this suspense. I find it very, very difficult to do so. I know I am called to find rest here. Poise. Peace. Tranquility. Composure. Calm.<\/p>\n<p>The fullness of life I long for will come. Trust that it is so.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: red\">All my art\u2026 originals and prints (including very affordable Sophia originals!), are drastically reduced PLUS 50% off! 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