Spiritual Courage
Submitted by Ford Prefect on 2002-07-2 10:52:27, Tuesday
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Daily Meditation: June 27 by Henri Nouwen; from Bread for the Journey, Harper Collins, New York, 1997 Spiritual Courage Courage is connected with taking risks. Jumping the Grand Canyon on a motorbike, coming over Niagara Falls in a barrel, walking on a tightrope between the towers of New York's World Trade Centre, or crossing the ocean in a rowboat are called courageous acts because people risk their lives by doing these things. But none of these daredevil acts comes from the centre of our being. They all come from the desire to test our physical limits and to become famous and popular. Spiritual courage is something completely different. It is following the deepest desires of our hearts at the risk of losing fame and popularity. It asks of us the willingness to lose our temporal lives in order to gain eternal life. www.nouwen.net |
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