Lay Down Your Life

October 13, 2010 at 11:46 am | Posted in Lynda's Letters | 1 Comment
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“Laying down your life means making your own faith and doubt, hope and despair, joy and sadness, courage and fear available to others as ways of getting in touch with the Lord of life.
We are not healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for. The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for the unlimited and unconditional love of God.”

(Nouwen)

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  1. Wow, Lynda, how powerful! When we are willing to lower our masks and be real, God can use our broken parts to let His light shine through.

    Comment by Kelley— October 14, 2010 #

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