“At
the core of my faith belongs the conviction that we are the beloved sons and
daughters of God. And one of the enormous spiritual tasks we have is to claim
that and to live a life based on that knowledge. And that’s not very easy. In
fact most of us fail constantly to claim the truth of who we are.” – Henri Nouwen
If you were going to write a book and end it, this would be a great way to end it.
It also seems like a great way to start one too.
I think that of all your posts, this is the one that serves as the "bottom line" of it all.
Not unlike where the Priest tells Rudy in "Rudy" that in over 35 years of ministry that he knows two things "There is a God, and I am not him." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRFc5RqaTmw
That also reminds me of Steven Curtis Chapman's song "God is God"
http://youtu.be/jY2Wsk3rrSI?t=16s
In the midst of everything, we are God's and he is in control. All we really can do is do his Will as best we understand it and do the "even greater things" Jesus said we would do.
Posted by: Alexander Wilhelmsen | May 06, 2013 at 09:26 PM