{"id":1628,"date":"2019-04-13T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:33:41","slug":"becoming-intimately-acquainted-with-jesus-christ-the-restorer-of-our-soul-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispreciousgift.com\/wordpress\/becoming-intimately-acquainted-with-jesus-christ-the-restorer-of-our-soul-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BECOMING INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH JESUS CHRIST The Restorer of Our Soul Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n



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In our last blog if you recall, Restore<\/strong> means, to bring back\nto its original purpose or plan, to set back in order or into its former\ncondition, place, or position. It also means to repair or renovate like a\nbuilding to its former condition.<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Once there was an orphan who lived on the streets of Timbuktu, begging and scrounging for food every day to survive. Her parents died when she was five years old; she had no relatives to care for her. The little girl once lived the life of royalty, her father was King of New Trasser, a country outside of Timbuktu but the kingdom fell to ruins and the little princess was left all alone.


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WE WERE LOST LIVING IN DARKNESS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now age eight, living in the streets and sleeping in a dark tunnel at night to keep her warm was all she knew. One day as the little princess walked in her dark tunnel, with her dirty hands opened wide waiting for someone to pass through to put money or a morsel of bread in them, a bright light came into her dark world.


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THE LIGHT OF CHRIST HAS COME INTO OUR DARKNESS<\/strong>

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A tall man came into her darkness dressed in a shimmering white robe with a golden crown upon his head. Sunlight glistened in his eyes as he gazed into hers. He was not deterred by her matted hair, dirty clothes, and the odor she exuded. All he wanted was to reach out and help her. But when the princess saw the face of the kind man, she looked away and held her head down because of the shame she felt living and looking as she did. The kind man reached out to her anyway and took her soiled hands, kissed them, then lifted her up from the ground. He took the little princess to his royal carriage outside of the tunnel. He put her in it and shared with her the most luscious fruit, bread, and cheese she had ever tasted. The man asked her, \u201cMy little one, there is so much more I have for you, would you like to join me in my home up on the hill?\u201d The little princess was so afraid; the streets was what she became accustomed to. She thought about the things she learned to survive as her mind raced on and on for a few minutes. The patient gentleman didn\u2019t rush or pressure her, he just sat eating and awaiting her final response. The little princess finally responded, she asked him, \u201cWhat will it be like for me to live in your house?\u201d These are the things he told her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n