Discernment and my Broken Soul
While enjoying a wonderful break with my family in Seaside, Oregon, I was able to carve out enough time to read Henri Nouwen's perceptive book entitled, Discernment. In the book, he makes several statements regarding how he spent much of his life craving affirmation, attention and acceptance of others.
The Rancor of Dying to Self
Why is it so difficult to admit my brokenness…my neediness?
I suppose it is because all of who I am is built around competency and sufficiency. I have been reared to be both of those things, but upon entering the Kingdom I must put each down. I am beckoned to a distinctively unusual way. I know that, but to say that I have reached the end of my competencies and am not completely sufficient is like getting something stuck in my throat…like communion bread without enough wine.