Nouwen Meditation: God is a God of the Present

Now & Then Podcast In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, Kerry A. Robinson, Executive Director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and author of Imagining Abundance, gives inspiring insight into both the world of philanthropy and fundraising. LISTEN NOW DAILY MEDITATION | DECEMBER 3, 2021 God is a God of the Present The real enemies of our life are the “oughts” and the “ifs.” They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and the now. God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful or painful. When Jesus spoke about God, he always spoke about God as being where and when you are. “When you see me, you see God. When you hear me, you hear God.” God is not someone who was or will be, but the One who is, and who is for me in the present moment. That’s why Jesus came to wipe away the burden of the past and the worries of the future. He wants us to discover God right where we are, here and now. Comment on this Daily Meditation ‌ ‌ Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. JOSHUA 1:9b (NIV) VISIT OUR BOOKSTORE UNITED STATES | CANADA | UNITED KINGDOM Consider our monthly giving program to sustain the ability to extend Henri's legacy and make his work available to those who seek spiritual formation and nourishment. Click here to sign up today. Donate Text excerpts taken from "You are the Beloved" by Henri J.M. Nouwen © 2017 by The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust. Published by Convergent Books. Photo from unsplash.com Scripture reading contributed by L. Yeskoo. Contact us : admin@henrinouwen.org | 1.866.226.2158 | henrinouwen.org ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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Nouwen Meditation: Active Waiting

Now & Then Podcast In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, Kerry A. Robinson, Executive Director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and author of Imagining Abundance, gives inspiring insight into both the world of philanthropy and fundraising. LISTEN NOW DAILY MEDITATION | DECEMBER 2, 2021 Active Waiting Most of us consider waiting as something very passive, a hopeless state determined by events totally out of our hands. The bus is late? We cannot do anything about it, so we have to sit there and just wait. It is not difficult to understand the irritation people feel when somebody says, “Just wait.” Words like that push us into passivity. But there is none of this passivity in Scripture. Those who are waiting are waiting very actively. They know that what they are waiting for is growing from the ground on which they are standing. Right here is a secret for us about waiting. If we wait in the conviction that a seed has been planted and that something has already begun, it changes the way we wait. Active waiting implies being fully present to the moment with the conviction that something is happening where we are and that we want to be present to it. A waiting person is someone who is present to the moment, believing that this moment is the moment. Comment on this Daily Meditation ‌ ‌ But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. ISAIAH 40:31 (NIV) VISIT OUR BOOKSTORE UNITED STATES | CANADA | UNITED KINGDOM Consider our monthly giving program to sustain the ability to extend Henri's legacy and make his work available to those who seek spiritual formation and nourishment. Click here to sign up today. Donate Text excerpts taken from "You are the Beloved" by Henri J.M. Nouwen © 2017 by The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust. Published by Convergent Books. Photo from shutterstock.com Scripture reading contributed by L. Yeskoo. Contact us : admin@henrinouwen.org | 1.866.226.2158 | henrinouwen.org ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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Nouwen Meditation: Radical Waiting

DAILY MEDITATION | DECEMBER 1, 2021 Radical Waiting I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God, something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen in me. To wait with openness and trust is an enormously radical attitude toward life. It is choosing to hope that something is happening for us that is far beyond our own imaginings. It is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life. It is living with the conviction that God molds us in love, holds us in tenderness, and moves us away from the sources of our fear. Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our own imagination or prediction. This, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control. Comment on this Daily Meditation ‌ ‌ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. PROVERBS 3:5-6 (NIV) VISIT OUR BOOKSTORE UNITED STATES | CANADA | UNITED KINGDOM Consider our monthly giving program to sustain the ability to extend Henri's legacy and make his work available to those who seek spiritual formation and nourishment. Click here to sign up today. Donate Text excerpts taken from "You are the Beloved" by Henri J.M. Nouwen © 2017 by The Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust. Published by Convergent Books. Photo from unsplash.com Scripture reading contributed by L. Yeskoo. Contact us : admin@henrinouwen.org | 1.866.226.2158 | henrinouwen.org ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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