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Excerpt from The Dance of Life, Weaving Sorrows and Blessings into One Joyful Step by Henri Nouwen
It takes courage to move away from the safe place into the unknown, even when we know that the safe place offers false safety. We realize quite well that giving up the familiar and reaching out with open arms towards Him who transcends all our mental grasping and clinging makes us very vulnerable. Somewhere we sense that, although holding on to our illusions might lead to a truncated life, the surrender in love leads to the cross....
It is a sign of spiritual maturity when we can give up our illusory self-control and stretch out our hands to God. But it would be just another illusion to believe that reaching out to God will free us from pain and suffering. Often, indeed, it will take us where we would rather not go. But we know that without going there we will not find our life. "Anyone who loses his life...will find it." (Matthew 16:25) Jesus says, reminding us that love is purified in pain.
...our entering into God's intimacy is an entering into the intimacy where all human suffering is embraced in divine compassion.
...It is there, where love and pain are found together.
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I can't remember the name of the song but know that you will. What comes to mind as I read this and see the transformation God is making in your life is...
"Sometimes He calms the storm, other times He calms His child."
May He continue to hold you close and calm you as the "wind and waves go wild" !
Praising God for the good work He is doing in you!
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