Missionary Renegade: The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Growing Beyond Self-Rejection" for Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Growing Beyond Self-Rejection" for Wednesday, 10 January 2018

The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Daily Meditation: "Growing Beyond Self-Rejection" for Wednesday, 10 January 2018

DAILY MEDITATION: "Growing Beyond Self-Rejection" for Wednesday 10 January 2018

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One of the greatest dangers in the spiritual life is self-rejection. When we say, "If people really knew me, they wouldn't love me," we choose the road toward darkness. Often we are made to believe that self-deprecation is a virtue, called humility. But humility is in reality the opposite of self-deprecation. It is the grateful recognition that we are precious in God's eyes and that all we are is pure gift. To grow beyond self-rejection we must have the courage to listen to the voice calling us God's beloved sons and daughters, and the determination always to live our lives according to this truth.

For further reflection...
"When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair and poured perfume on them." (Luke 7:37-38)
Your response...
What spiritual practices help remind you of your truest identity as God's beloved child?

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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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