Lent day 19

good evening...

we just got in from orlando...

nancy and i spent the day with her sister kathy and her family who were in the area for vacation...

a great visit...

good food...

deep sharing...

heart connecting...

when i got home, i saw this from henri nouwen:

"In my own life I well know how hard it is for me to trust that I am loved, and to trust that the intimacy I most crave is there for me.

I most often live as if I have to earn love, do something noteworthy, and then perhaps I might get something in return.

This attitude touches the whole question of what is called in the spiritual life, the 'first love.'

Do I really believe that I am loved first, independent of what I do or what I accomplish?

This is an important question because as long as I think that what I most need I have to earn, deserve and collect by hard work, I will never get what I most need and desire, which is a love that cannot be earned, but that is freely given.

Thus, my return is my willingness to renounce such thoughts and to choose to live more and more from my true identity as a cherished child of God."

living in full security as a beloved child frees us to live with indomitable courage!

be bold...

blessings!

guy

Jeep is a wild man -- acting like a true two-year-old tonight -- guess he missed his long walk at the park today...