Wisdom from Henri J. M. Nouwen: “It is Advent again. In his sermon this morning, Oscar Uzin said: ‘Be alert, be alert, so that you will be able to recognize your Lord in your husband, your wife, your parents, your children, your friends, your teachers, but also in all that you read in the daily papers. The Lord is coming, is always coming. Be alert to his coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.’” –Gracias! A Latin American Journal
I re-read this quote this morning before we went to visit a friend of ours named Zahra. She lost her husband a year and a half ago, and she really misses him. With tears in her eyes, she gave us the exhortation to love each other and to not take the time we have for granted. As she was sharing this hard-earned wisdom, I felt that we were standing on holy ground, and it was not hard to recognize the coming of God to us in that moment.
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