Daily Meditation: Travelling With the Eyes of God

DAILY MEDITATION Travelling With the Eyes of God  March 31 Photo courtesy of Paul Williamson www.colourbox.ca 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"? Comment on this Daily Meditation. Continue the Inspiration Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "Sabbatical Journey".   Visit our Bookstore: United States | Canada | United Kingdom Visit our new website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. LEARN MORE 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. DONATE STAY CONNECTED:

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Daily Meditation: Smiles Breaking Through Tears

DAILY MEDITATION Smiles Breaking Through Tears March 30  Photo courtesy of V. Dobson Dying is a gradual diminishing and final vanishing over the horizon of life. When we watch a sailboat leaving port and moving toward the horizon, it becomes smaller and smaller until we can no longer see it. But we must trust that someone is standing on a faraway shore seeing that same sailboat become larger and larger until it reaches its new harbor. Death is a painful loss. When we return to our homes after a burial, our hearts are in grief. But when we think about the One standing at the other shore eagerly waiting to welcome our beloved friend into a new home, a smile can break through our tears. For further reflection... "The Lord is close to the broken-hearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18 (NIV) Your response... How does the promise of a new kind of life with Jesus after death console you? Comment on this Daily Meditation. Continue the Inspiration Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "A Letter of Consolation".   Visit our Bookstore: United States | Canada | United Kingdom Visit our new website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. LEARN MORE 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. DONATE STAY CONNECTED:

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