The Source of All Love (June 13)
Submitted by Ford Prefect on 2002-06-17 11:04:46, Monday
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Daily Meditation: June 13 by Henri Nouwen; from Bread for the Journey, Harper Collins, New York, 1997 The Source of All Love Without the love of our parents, sisters, spouses, lovers, and friends, we cannot live. Without love we die. Still, for many people this love comes in a very broken and limited way. It can be tainted by power plays, jealousy, resentment, vindictiveness, and even abuse. No human love is the perfect love our hearts desire, and sometimes human love is so imperfect we can hardly recognize it as love. In order not to be destroyed by the wounds inflicted by that imperfect human love, we must trust that the source of al love is God's unlimited, unconditional, perfect love, and that this love is not far from us but is the gift of God's Spirit dwelling within us. www.nouwen.net |
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