by Henri Nouwen

Your pain is deep, and it just won't go away. Your call is to bring that pain home.

As long as your wounded part remains foreign to your adult self, your pain will injure you as well as others.

Yes, you have to incorporate your pain unto your self and let it bear fruit in your heart and the hearts of others.
This is what Jesus means when he asks you to take up your cross.
He encourages you to recognize and embrace your unique suffering and to trust that your way to salvation lies therein.
Taking up your cross means, first of all, befriending your wounds and letting them reveal to you your truth.

Submitted by Rev. Mary Poole from Lent and Easter Wisdom from Henri J. M Nouwen

Lenten Devotions
March 23, 2021