God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
“We desire all of life and love because God made our hearts and gave us something of his boundless heart.”
“Life is a school
in which we are trained to depart.”
“It is through
death that we deeply touch life.”
“Learning how to die
has something to do with living each day in full awareness that we are children
of God, whose love is stronger than death.”
“Jesus’ farewell
brings a quiet invitation to understand our life as a constant departure from
the familiar to the eternal, from what we enjoy in temporary ways to what we
will one day enjoy forever.”
(Henry Nouwen, “TURN
MY MOURNING INTO DANCING”)
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