Missionary Renegade: Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Meditation with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "Travelling With the Eyes of God" for Thursday, 31 March 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Meditation with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "Travelling With the Eyes of God" for Thursday, 31 March 2016

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Travelling - seeing new sights, hearing new music, and meeting new people - is exciting and exhilarating. But when we have no home to return to where someone will ask us, "How was your trip?" we might be less eager to go. Travelling is joyful when we travel with the eyes and ears of those who love us, who want to see our slides and hear our stories.
This is what life is about. It is being sent on a trip by a loving God, who is waiting at home for our return and is eager to watch the slides we took and hear about the friends we made. When we travel with the eyes and ears of the God who sent us, we will see wonderful sights, hear wonderful sounds, meet wonderful people ... and be happy to return home.

For further reflection...
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" --- but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among [humans] knows the thoughts of a [human] except [their] spirit within [them]? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.[1 Corinthians 2: 9 - 12 (NIV)]
Your response...
What could it mean for you to "travel with the eyes and ears of the God who sent you"?

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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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