Daily Meditation: Speaking Words of Love

Speaking Words of Love - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey Often we remain silent when we need to speak.  Without words, it is hard to love well.  When we say to our parents, children, lovers, or friends:  "I love you very much" or "I care for you" or "I think of you often" or "You are my greatest gift," we choose to give life. It is not always easy to express our love directly in words.  But whenever we do, we discover we have offered a blessing that will be long remembered.  When a son can say to his father,  "Dad, I love you," and when a mother can say to her daughter, "Child, I love you," a whole new blessed place can be opened up, a space where it is good to dwell.  Indeed, words have the power to create life. For further reflection... He asked me, "Can these bones live?"  I said, "O Sovereign Lord, you alone know."  Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones..."  So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet... - Ezekiel 37: 3, 4, 10 (NIV) Comment on this Daily Meditation. Save the date! For those of you in the Toronto area, keep October 13 free! Click here. The First Annual Henri Nouwen Lecture featuring Jim Wallis happens November 14, 2015. For more information, click here.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.     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. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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