Letters from Norman…
by Norman Grubb

Aug. 23, 1988

Dear Susan,

Thank you for this first letter from you. So glad you have written, and
the best news is that you get The Intercessor mag. I wonder how you got
contact so that it is sent to you. Yes, we seek in it to share our GREAT
SECRET that we humans never were just self-acting selves. That was
Satan’s lie. We were beautifully created to CONTAIN AND EXPRESS our
Living God Himself, as vessel, branch, body-member, ‘slave,’ ‘wife,’ temple,
and I see the Spirit has been opening your inner eyes and some with you to
what we call our TOTAL TRUTH. All that matters is are we now Walking
Christs, when we used to be WALKING Satans? You will get plenty in the
Intercessor on that great reality. Thank God there are many Catholics one
with us and we with them.

You have it so right, as Jesus said, we become “little children” of faith
and live by realizing HIM as the Real us living in and as us. That is the
beautiful childlike simplicity of truth, and we then have the true joy of true
childhood. We live FREE. Yes, and we are KEPT. We take that for granted
and perfect love casts our fear. You will get plenty of riches like that in the
pages of the mag. Perhaps you will write a word of testimony from Ireland
which we might share in the Intercessor.
Shall like to hear from you again.

Oct. 28, 1988

Susan dearest,

What a great great letter – just top stuff as you run through the Lord’s wonderful
revealings to you. Thrilling. I love the maturity of your tracing though stage after
stage in your being “settled” as who you ARE. I also knew that you had seen our
loved No. 1 Page. She is our prophetess with clearest sharpest insights into functioning
normally as He as us, and the inroads of temporary unbelief under Satan
assaults.

I love also you having the burning vision for a growing company of knowers in
Ireland, and yourself being that outf lowing River. As you say, it is so good when
those deceptive days of self-trying are over, and we just ARE, and the river boldly
f lows out directly from that Spirit motivating us, without us having to “make” any
self-preparations etc! And I also love you say you can be meek, or bold and tough, as
motivated, when at last we know it is solely He as we. Marvelous to be living the
start of an eternal life delightedly under the conscious total directing and reexpressing
of HIMSELF as us – our glorious eternal co-heir co-operating!

So to my joy, dear, you don’t leave me much to say to you! Nearly always something
pops up even in letters which expose a f lash of an independent us!! But the
Spirit has steadily led you though those earlier “shallows.” I simply marvel when I
look back on my recent years and see the OUTBURST of reapings in the fields “white
to harvest” – our “total” harvest, facing the fact that we have been given an almost
unique commission for our day. AMAZING that hardly any – who? – have caught on
to the human self never having been self-acting. Numbers as with my Weccers know
that “Never-the-less I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me” part of our great Gal.2:20,
but HARDLY ANY know that that “I” which was crucified had nothing wrong with it
being a human “I,” but was a deceptively misused “I,” deceived into thinking it was
“just I.” I hope you have had this booklet on Rom.6-8, probably the last I do and have
sent hundreds all round WEC, and a few good responses. The Spirit gave me great
confirming light when I “saw” that Paul had said 2000 years ago that there NEVER
NEVER WAS A “just me” in action, but ONLY A VESSEL, BRANCH, SLAVE, WIFE
ETC. EXPRESSING MY Owner. That little book makes that very clear and will bear
fruit. It has yet to become a revolutionary overturning revelation to almost the
whole church of Christ, as quite obviously the best “deeper life” teachers don’t
“know” it. It is our precious treasure and contribution, so GUARD AND SPREAD IT!

You know now not to BOTHER over the fact of much religious contention in
vibrant Ireland. Our way is so SIMPLE. Just KEEP OCCUPIED in giving what we’ve
got. Let the chips fall where they may. You had the “normal” path we all have to
walk one way or another. Necessary and vital! You (we) have to go through the
“inadequate” stage to be conditioned for the heart-cry of Rom.7 and the glory of
Rom.8:1, 2! I loved best of all you saying, like Caleb of old, or Job, “I’ll keep going
along with You, even if I remain beaten up”!! And as you say our ministry becomes
just “spontaneous,” And I much like your attitude so different to non-believers – false
containers! No trouble with the container!
So loving you, dear and loving having this from you.