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    A Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy
    A Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy
    A Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy
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    A Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy

    By G. Alton Adams

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    Each of us is brought into this world with an insatiable, often misunderstood longing, a haunting of desire for something that is beyond us. Mysteriously sensing our fractured incompleteness, A Souls Romancing: Experience the Holy exposes the source of our shared inner desperation as the souls expressive search for unparalleled and consuming intimacy. A Souls Romancing: Experience the Holy offers insight into the mannerisms of the soul and offers a much-needed language for the restless heart of humanity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateFeb 4, 2014
    ISBN9781490823966
    A Soul's Romancing: Experience the Holy
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    G. Alton Adams

    G. Alton Adams is a Maine native, originally from Aroostook County. After earning a BA from Ricker College in Houlton, Maine, Alton later attended St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. Following his seminary education, he attended Antioch New England Graduate School, earning an MA in counseling psychology. As a licensed psychotherapist, Alton worked with abused children and family therapy. A former retreat director, Alton has provided retreats on prayer and taught courses on the spirituality of Theresa of Avila and John of the Cross. Alton and his wife, Dawn, make their home in Arundel, Maine.

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      Copyright © 2014 G. Alton Adams.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2395-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2397-3 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2396-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014901427

      WestBow Press rev. date: 01/28/2014

      Contents

      Introduction

      1 Abba Prayer

      2 Almighty One

      3 Almighty, Holy One

      4 Alpha and Omega

      5 Ancient Word

      6 Baptism’s Day

      7 Beautiful Creator-Father

      8 Beautiful One

      9 Beloved Redeemer

      10 Deliverer of Salvation

      11 Everlasting God and Father

      12 Giver of Life

      13 God of Boundless Wonder

      14 God in My Life

      15 God of Indwelling Holiness

      16 God of Dreams and Visions

      17 God of Revealing Presence

      18 God with Us

      19 Holy, Immortal One

      20 Holy Spirit Invocation

      21 Jesus, Redeemer-King

      22 Lord of My Abundance

      23 Lord in My Aloneness

      24 Lord of My Conception

      25 Lord of Glory

      26 Lord of the Kingdom

      27 Lord of Mercy

      28 Lord of Resurrection

      29 Lord of My Incompleteness

      30 Lover of My Soul

      31 That Christ May Dwell In Your Hearts

      32 Lord of Visitation

      33 Lord within Reach

      34 Holy Spirit Prayer

      35 Lord of Unfathomable Grace

      36 My Refuge and Strength

      37 O Living Word of Prayer

      38 Ode to Love

      Conclusion

      Bibliography

      About the Author

      A Soul’s Romancing: Experience the Holy is an offering to Jesus-Messiah, the lover of my soul. He believed, and proved, that loving me merited His death.

      These writings, born in the early morning hours when love’s intimacy is most pronounced, are dedicated to two women who, at very different times, came into my life and never left—to my wife, Dawn, who always sees something in me worth loving, and to my aunt, Frances Ardra, who, after forty years, was unexpectedly rewarded for her faithfulness.

      Thank you.

      In Gratitude: This chronicle of the soul in love would never have left the pages of my personal journal had it not been for the belief of family and friends who found the manuscript worthy of reading. Sincerely I thank them for loving and challenging me to put my prayer life into book form: To Donald and Jackie Mercier whose years of friendship continue to lighten the burden; to Margaret and Lester Darigan who gracefully walk the path to holiness; and to Art and Laura Blake who taught me the meaning of family.

      Introduction

      I don’t remember a time in my life when prayer didn’t hold an attraction for me. Obviously, as a child, I didn’t have the spiritual vocabulary to appropriately name or adequately describe a potential foundation in prayer. Yet, as a little boy, I often sensed something bigger than myself, something from beyond, alive in a quiet stillness that seemed to surround and inhabit me. It was as though a gentle, pervasive presence was just standing there before me in sheer, delighted amusement, with watching eyes of eager approval. Respecting my creative, inquisitive imaginings of daily interactions with my childhood heroes Roy Rogers and the Lone Ranger, who traveled with me on a small family farm in Patten, Maine, this gentle presence was never intrusive, as though already engaged through the venue of His own desire. The quiet conveyance of endearing benevolence never allowed the usual childhood fear of the unknown access to my consciousness. This gentle, overshadowing presence was not the typical imaginary friend living only in the mind of a prepubescent child. I knew only of this presence as being with me and could see Him only through the accompanying sensation that seemed to carry His presence to my awareness. It was an extraordinary childhood revelation for a little boy who wondered of the greatness of God simply because of the huge lantern lights that hung from a small mission church ceiling on long, black iron chains. Yet, I assumed that everyone knew of this kindly spirit-presence who appeared to love the simple treasure of beholding innocence at play and of whom there was no need to speak.

      As a young man in my early twenties, prayer continued to possess a heightened awareness and allurement to a mysterious presence-being that was both inviting and seductive by nature. I wanted to know more about it. I wanted to feel a comfortable and knowledgeable competency in it, based on personal experience. I needed to understand the source of my yearning, which was burgeoning with intensity and possibility within me. I conjectured that prayer must consist of something more than a mere repetition of holy words and a predetermined format established for explicit, conformed unity, rather than the Spirit’s fiery passion expressed through inner, inaudible groaning. I was taunted by the conventional cultural displays of religious piety that revealed less of the one who was actually listening, receiving, and responding and far more of the person engaged in prayer.

      The most suitable teachers of authentic Christian contemplation are those who possess the undeniable gift and are willing to tutor the novice in the early stages of soul development. And so, I ventured to St. Anselm’s Benedictine Monastery in Washington, DC, and remained there for over a month. It was an honored blessing to live among these English monks, singled out for a risked life within a lifelong, liberating enclosure, specifically designed for pursuit of the holy. I had been granted permission to share in every aspect of a consecrated, communal life, whose proven discipline had endured through the centuries. In conjunction with life among these learned men of contemplation, I enjoyed the luxury of participation in a prayer course presented by

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