HIDDENNESS, A PLACE OF INTIMACY
"Hiddenness is an essential quality of the spiritual life. Solitude, silence, quiet, ordinary tasks, being with people without great agendas, sleeping, eating, working, playing -- all of that without being different from others, that is the life that Jesus lived and the life he asks us to live. It is in hiddenness that we, like Jesus, can increase "in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people" (Luke 2:51). It is in hiddenness that we can find a true intimacy with God and a true love for people.
Even during his active ministry, Jesus continued to return to hidden places to be with God alone. If we don't have a hidden life with God, our public life for God cannot bear fruit." -
Henri Nouwen
posted by Drumstick @ 10:26 p.m.
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I've always loved Henri Nouwen. I've seen him interviewed. . most recently I heard saw a show on maybe it was Vision TV. . Mr. Nouwen was talking about marketing, modern life and the sacred and how these things clash. I didn't want the show to end. . I could listen to him speak forever.
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