Saturday, May 6, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Keep Your Eyes Fixed on Jesus

Now & Then Podcast

In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, award-winning musician and author of the new book Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in GodStrahan Coleman reveals how his prolonged journey through pain, depression and anxiety led to a deeper prayer life. Strahan's miraculous story illustrates what is possible for those who long for a more satisfying and intimate friendship with God.

DAILY MEDITATION | MAY 6, 2023
Keep Your Eyes Fixed on Jesus
Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and ask him more directly to give you joy, peace, and a pure heart. Purity of heart means a heart where God is the center of your attention. Take a simple sentence like “The Lord is my shepherd there is nothing I shall want,” and repeat that quietly during the day until the truth of it enters the center of your being. You will always continue to have feelings of depression, anger, and restlessness, but when God dwells in the center of the storm, the storm is less frightening and you can live with trust that in the midst of all of the darkness you will be led to a place of joy and peace.
"Consider him who endured such hostility against himself... so that you may not grow weary or lose heart."

HEBREWS 12:3 (NRSV)
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