Excerpts from Henri Nouwen's "The Return of the Prodigal Son"
"As the Beloved of my heavenly Father...
Having 'received without charge', I can 'give without charge'.
I can confront, console, admonish, and encourage
without fear of rejection or need for affirmation.
As the Beloved, I can suffer persecution
without desire for revenge
and receive praise without using it as proof of my goodness.
As the Beloved, I can be tortured and killed without ever having to doubt
that the love given to me is stronger than death.
As the Beloved,
I am free to live and give life,
free also to die while giving life."
--Henri Nouwen, "The Return of the Prodigal Son"
posted by Mother of Cute @ 9:14 PM
1 Comments:
At Monday, October 17, 2005 12:08:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
hi alanna!
wow, tagal ko nang di nacheck blog mo, nice to see you updated it now! :)
i really like this excerpt. remind me to hunt for the rest of it sometime soon. :) pero for now, this is enough to chew on. ang sarap nga ma-remind dun sa sinabi na, "as you have received freely, so should you also give freely." (or something like that.) astig!
happy that you're happy! :D
- andi
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