greetings!
today is monday of passion week...
nouwen's thoughts are right-on: "the truly good news is that God is not a distant God, a God to be feared and avoided, a God of revenge, but a God who is moved by our pains and participates in the fullness of the human struggle...as soon as we call God, 'God-with-us', we enter into a new relationship of intimacy with him. by calling him Immanuel, we recognize that he has committed himself to live in solidarity with us, to share our joys and pains, to defend and protect us, and to suffer all of life with us. the God-with-us is a close God, a God whom we call our refuge, our stronghold, our wisdom, and even, more intimately, our helper, our shepherd, our love. we will never really know God as a compassionate God if we do not understand with our heart and mind that 'he lived among us'..."
have a great night...
sweet dreams...
guy
SHALOM!
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