Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Things are quietly and slowly unfolding as they should


“The movement to gratitude involves the discovery that God is the God of history and that things are quietly and slowly unfolding as they should. My spiritual task is to learn to listen to all that is going on and trust that God’s hand is guiding me. Then life is no longer a series of interruptions to my schedule and plans, but rather the patient and purposeful way by which God forms and leads me day by day. Gratitude makes the interruption into an invitation, and the occasion of complaint into a moment for contemplation.”
-- Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit

1 comment:

  1. He describes the concept "Humility" ("Fiat Voluntas Tua").Sometimes it´s very dificult to a creature get it.
    Not imposibel but dificult,very hard.

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