greetings...
this may be the single most important spiritual reality we need to hear -- and embrace -- and internalize...
as we end 2009...
and begin 2010...
Henri Nouwen: “Jesus came to share his identity with you and to tell you that YOU are the beloved son or the beloved daughter of God. Just for a moment try to enter this enormous mystery, that you, like Jesus, are the beloved daughter or son of God. This is the truth. Furthermore, your belovedness preceded your birth. You were the beloved before your father, mother, brother, sister or church loved you or hurt you. YOU are the beloved because you belong to God from all eternity.”
“God loved you before you were born, and God will love you after you die. In Scripture God says, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.’ This is a very foundational truth of your identity. This is who YOU are whether you feel it or not. You belong to God from eternity to eternity. Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, ‘I love you, too’.”
This upcoming new year…
Let's seize our true identity -- we are the beloved children of our Father...
What else matters???
Let's live this incarnational life...
With courage...
With boldness...
With an edge...
With meaning...
With confidence...
With purpose...
With the passion of Jesus...
And...
Let's do so TOGETHER...
Happy 2010...
Back to the hills...
guy
Remember -- YOU are a beloved child of the Father!!!
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