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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:06 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:24 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:27 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:40 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:43 pm
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I love the imagery in this selection:
"...and that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers; that is all pleasant, delightful and undisturbed; enjoying a sweet calm, and the gently vivifying beams of the sun. The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower, as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom, to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms, to drink in the light of the sun" (Edwards 390).
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:04 pm
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"...I see that serpent rising and putting forth its head, continually, everywhere, all around me" (Edwards 396).
I just of The Karate Kid and the scene of the lady at the temple and the snake; how the snake, unconsciously, was copying what the lady did.
I don't know if anyone else has thought of this in this form of context but...
As known to most everyone, the Snake is considered to be a symbol of the Devil. Well... what if a person - a Christian, if they need to be - was able to outsmart the snake-like Devil? The Devil may have tried to gain control of the person, but in the end, the person outsmarted them. *does the slow Snake hypnotism move* Nice try Devil! Me 1 You 0.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:09 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:44 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:56 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:11 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:22 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:59 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:34 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:14 pm
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