Contemplating salvation and God
by koot van wyk (DLitt et Phil; ThD)
Kyungbook National University
Sangju Campus
South Korea
conjoint lecturer of Avondale College
Australia
7 January 2010
Deep, deep,
within the innermost corridors of my soul,
I hear the echoing voice of the living God calling. . .
and in the misty shadow of the sin and darkness
I reach out for the touch of His garment.
In the quivering flame of the candle of my own righteousness,
mysterious shadows against the walls of my memories,
haunts me, frighten me.
And the rock over which I stumbled
became the Rock of my salvation.
When I grasp for balance
and gave up in despair-
It was then
that I sense the breathing of the Spirit of God,
so close -
and then I knew
the peace that passes all understanding
is with me.
koot van wyk
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch
Cape
South Africa
The 22nd of February 1989 at 2h10 in the afternoon, when I handed in my MA thesis to the printers after its completion.