Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Waste Some Time with God

Monday, November 21, 2022

Nouwen Meditation: Waste Some Time with God

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DAILY MEDITATION | NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Waste Some Time with God

In our utilitarian culture, where we suffer from a collective compulsion to do something practical, helpful, or useful, and where we feel compelled to make a contribution that can give us a sense of worth, contemplative prayer is a form of radical criticism. It is not useful or practical. It is simply to waste time for and with God. It cuts a hole in our busyness and reminds us and others that it is God and not we who creates and sustains the world.

"Better is on day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere..."

PSALM 84:10 (NIV)

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