Should have been a mental health day

I am having one of those days where I find myself completely unmotivated to exert my mental energies on any of the tasks on my daily list of things to be accomplished. There is nothing particularly time sensitive on the list, nothing that will cause the world to fall apart if it is delayed until tomorrow. I’m beginning to wish that I had given in to my initial impulse upon waking this morning, and declared today a “mental health day” and stayed home to enjoy the quiet of an empty house. Oh well… I have a quiet evening planned tonight… some chore type items from my to-do list, maybe an hour of admin work for the church, probably some television or curling up in a bath with a good book.

More from Henri

Got this in my email from Henri Nouwen society this morning, and thought I'd pass it along.

God's Breath Given to Us

Being the living Christ today means being filled with the same Spirit that filled Jesus. Jesus and his Father are breathing the same breath, the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the intimate communion that makes Jesus and his Father one. Jesus says: "I am in the Father and the Father is in me" (John 14:10) and "The Father and I are one" (John 10:30). It is this unity that Jesus wants to give us. That is the gift of his Holy Spirit.

Living a spiritual life, therefore, means living in the same communion with the Father as Jesus did, and thus making God present in the world.