Lent - 10 Hope

“I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. (Finding My Way Home)”

― Henri J.M. Nouwen

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I know what I want

How It want it

When I want it

Sometimes I am like a spiritual 2 year old

That’s mine!

I want it now!

But the reality is

I no more know what I really want

and what is right for me than,

well, than a 2 year old

often I want the wrong things

or I am willing to get the right things in the wrong way

and most of the time

it is all about me trying to define myself

or me trying to fill myself from the outside in

I am learning Lord,

Slowly to be sure....

I am learning to take those halting step

toward you

trusting that I will be fed

trusting that I will be held

comforted

healed

filled

I am learning to live in hope

Thank you