Two articles that caught my attention this morning:
Canadian Among 3 Aid Workers Kidnapped in Sudan
17 Oil Workers Missing off NL Coast
And, the Dictionary.Com Word of the day:
Tetchy: peevish, testy, irritable.
This is a word that I'll be able to put to use :)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Spirit Listening in Us (Henri Again)
another thought from Henri Nouwen that challenged me as I considered some happenings of the year, and the deep desire of my heart to both be healed and carry healing with me to others.
The Spirit of Jesus Listening in us
Listening in the spiritual life is much more than a psychological strategy to help others discover themselves. In the spiritual life the listener is not the ego, which would like to speak but is trained to restrain itself, but the Spirit of God within us. When we are baptised in the Spirit - that is, when we have received the Spirit of Jesus as the breath of God breathing within us - that Spirit creates in us a sacred space where the other can be received and listened to. The Spirit of Jesus prays in us and listens in us to all who come to us with their sufferings and pains.
When we dare to fully trust in the power of God's Spirit listening in us, we will see true healing occur.
The Spirit of Jesus Listening in us
Listening in the spiritual life is much more than a psychological strategy to help others discover themselves. In the spiritual life the listener is not the ego, which would like to speak but is trained to restrain itself, but the Spirit of God within us. When we are baptised in the Spirit - that is, when we have received the Spirit of Jesus as the breath of God breathing within us - that Spirit creates in us a sacred space where the other can be received and listened to. The Spirit of Jesus prays in us and listens in us to all who come to us with their sufferings and pains.
When we dare to fully trust in the power of God's Spirit listening in us, we will see true healing occur.
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