http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DreamAwakener/~3/375946522/this-week
Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to
great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy
but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the
child leaves home, when the husband or wife leaves for a long period of
time or for good, when the beloved friend departs to another country or
dies ... the pain of the leaving can tear us apart.
Still, if we want to avoid the suffering of leaving, we will never
experience the joy of loving. And love is stronger than fear, life
stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that
the risk of loving is always worth taking. - Henri Nouwen
Keywords: calling, community, embodying, emerging church, missional church, sacred text, walk with God
