Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society from Toronto, Ontario, Canada DAILY MEDITATION with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "Friends and Their Limitations" for Sunday, 1 May 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016

The Henri Nouwen Society from Toronto, Ontario, Canada DAILY MEDITATION with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "Friends and Their Limitations" for Sunday, 1 May 2016

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We need friends. Friends guide us, care for us, confront us in love, console us in times of pain. Although we speak of "making friends," friends cannot be made. Friends are free gifts from God. But God gives us the friends we need when we need them if we fully trust in God's love.
Friends cannot replace God. They have limitations and weaknesses like we have. Their love is never faultless, never complete. But in their limitations they can be signposts on our journey towards the unlimited and unconditional love of God. Let's enjoy the friends whom God has sent on our way.

For further reflection...
"... for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."[I Samuel 16: 7 (NRSV)]
Your response...
Do you have a friend who helps point you to the unconditional love of God? Can you be that person for someone today?

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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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