Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: You Belong to God

Now & Then Podcast
This week we are replaying a very special episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, with Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak. Having first aired on March 13, 2022, just two weeks after Russia invaded the Ukraine, the Archbishop shares about the harsh realities facing the Ukrainian people, and provides a great history and understanding of the relationship between the Ukraine and Russia.

DAILY MEDITATION | FEBRUARY 28, 2023
You Belong to God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people say about you, whether they speak well or whether they speak poorly about you. All these things that keep you quite busy, quite occupied, and often quite preoccupied are not telling the truth about who you are. I am here to remind you in the name of God that you are the Beloved Daughters and Sons of God, and that God says to you, “I have called you from all eternity and you are engraved from all eternity in the palms of my hands. You are mine. You belong to me, and I love you with an everlasting love.”
Henri J. M. Nouwen
"But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord for he has been good to me."

PSALM 13:5,6 (NIV)
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Nouwen Meditation: You Belong to God

Now & Then Podcast
This week we are replaying a very special episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, with Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak. Having first aired on March 13, 2022, just two weeks after Russia invaded the Ukraine, the Archbishop shares about the harsh realities facing the Ukrainian people, and provides a great history and understanding of the relationship between the Ukraine and Russia.

DAILY MEDITATION | FEBRUARY 28, 2023
You Belong to God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people say about you, whether they speak well or whether they speak poorly about you. All these things that keep you quite busy, quite occupied, and often quite preoccupied are not telling the truth about who you are. I am here to remind you in the name of God that you are the Beloved Daughters and Sons of God, and that God says to you, “I have called you from all eternity and you are engraved from all eternity in the palms of my hands. You are mine. You belong to me, and I love you with an everlasting love.”
Henri J. M. Nouwen
"But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord for he has been good to me."

PSALM 13:5,6 (NIV)
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Monday, February 27, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: God's Kingdom Is Within

Now & Then Podcast
This week we are replaying a very special episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, with Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak. Having first aired on March 13, 2022, just two weeks after Russia invaded the Ukraine, the Archbishop shares about the harsh realities facing the Ukrainian people, and provides a great history and understanding of the relationship between the Ukraine and Russia.

DAILY MEDITATION | FEBRUARY 27, 2023
God's Kingdom Is Within
The words of Jesus "Set your hearts on God's kingdom first . . . and all other things will be given you as well" summarize best the way we are called to live our lives. With our hearts set on God's kingdom. That kingdom is not some faraway land that we hope to reach, nor is it life after death or an ideal state of affairs. No. God's Kingdom is, first of all, the active presence of God's Spirit within us, offering us the freedom we truly desire.

And so the main question becomes: how do we set our hearts on the Kingdom first when our hearts are preoccupied with so many things? Somehow a radical change of heart is required, a change that allows us to experience the reality of our existence from God's place.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
However, as it is written, "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.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:9,10 (NIV)
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