Nouwen Meditation: From Loneliness to Solitude Henri Nouwen Society Monday, 8 February 2021

 Nouwen Meditation: From Loneliness to Solitude

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Monday, 8 February 2021 

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DAILY MEDITATION | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021

From Loneliness to Solitude

To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude. This requires not only courage but also a strong faith. As hard as it is to believe that the dry desolate desert can yield endless varieties of flowers, it is equally hard to imagine that our loneliness is hiding unknown beauty. The movement from loneliness to solitude, however, is the beginning of any spiritual life because it is a movement from the restless senses to the restful spirit, from the outward-reaching cravings to the inward-reaching search, from the fearful clinging to the fearless play. (Henri J. M. Nouwen)

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"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." (PSALM 63:1 (NIV))

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

© 2017 by The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust.

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Scripture reading contributed by L. Yeskoo.

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