The Henri Nouwen Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Meditation for Friday, 16 June 2017: "Doing Love"
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DAILY MEDITATION: "Doing Love"
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Often we speak about love as if it is a feeling. But if we wait for a feeling of love before loving, we may never learn to love well. The feeling of love is beautiful and life-giving, but our loving cannot be based in that feeling. To love is to think, speak, and act according to the spiritual knowledge that we are infinitely loved by God and called to make that love visible in this world.
Mostly we know what the loving thing to do is. When we "do" love, even if others are not able to respond with love, we will discover that our feelings catch up with our acts.
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For further reflection...
"And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" [- 2 Corinthians 9: 14-15 (NIV)]
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Your response...
"Do not waste time bothering whether you 'love' your neighbor; act as if you did." [C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity]
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
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