Nouwen Meditation: Are You Home? Henri Nouwen Society Wednesday, 27 January 2021

 Nouwen Meditation: Are You Home?

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Wednesday, 27 January 2021 

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DAILY MEDITATION | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021

Are You Home?

Today worrying means to be occupied and preoccupied with many things, while at the same time being bored, resentful, depressed, and very lonely. I am not trying to say that all of us are worried in such an extreme way all the time. Yet there is little doubt in my mind that the experience of being filled yet unfulfilled touches most of us to some degree at some time. In our highly technological and competitive world, it is hard to avoid completely the forces that fill up our inner and outer space and disconnect us from our innermost selves, our fellow human beings, and our God.

One of the most notable characteristics of worrying is that it fragments our lives. The many things to do, to think about, to plan for, the many people to remember to visit, or to talk with, the many causes to attack or defend, all these pull us apart and make us lose our center. Worrying causes us to be “all over the place,” but seldom at home. One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there. (Henri J. M. Nouwen)

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"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (MATTHEW 11:28 (NIV))

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Text excerpts taken from "You are the Beloved" by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Scripture reading contributed by L. Yeskoo.

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