By Henri Nouwen
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I Am Not Alone
‘Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.’ - Deuteronomy 33, 12
I have no great new plans, no big new ideas, no vision about the future, I have only the desire to remain close to that place in me where I can hear the voice that calls me ‘my son, my beloved,’ and that will tell me what to do, say, or write when the time for it has come. The quiet grotto, the water from the well, the round sun-like stone [at Lourdes] are signs of hope calling me to remain always open to receive from Jesus the purity, simplicity, and innocence I desire. I am not alone. Jesus dwells within me. Whatever is pure, simple, and innocent in me comes from him. With his love I can love and give myself to others. With his eyes I can see God’s face; with his ears I can hear God’s voice; with his heart I can speak to God’s heart. I know that, alone, I cannot see, hear, or touch God in the world. But God in me, the living Christ in me, can see, hear, and touch God in the world, and all that is Christ’s in me is fully my own.
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Henri Nouwen, I Am Not Alone - Henri Nouwen
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Paul tries to create some “audiovisual aids” for this big message, which he calls “churches” (a term Jesus used only twice, found in Matthew 16:18 and 18:17). Paul knows we need living, visible models of this new kind of life to make evident that Christ’s people really follow a way different from mass consciousness.
Paul tries to create some “audiovisual aids” for this big message, which he calls “churches” (a term Jesus used only twice, found in Matthew 16:18 and 18:17). Paul knows we need living, visible models of this new kind of life to make evident that Christ’s people really follow a way different from mass consciousness.
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