In "The Inner Voice of Love," spiritual author Henri Nouwen writes:
You can look at your life as a large cone that becomes narrower the deeper you go. There are many doors in that cone that give you chances to leave the journey. But you have been closing these doors one after the other, making yourself go deeper and deeper into your center. You that God is waiting for you at the end, just as you know that he is guiding you as you move in that direction. Every time you close another door--be it the door of immediate satisfaction, the door of distracting entertainment, the door of busyness, the door of guilt and worry, or the door of self-rejection--you commit yourself to go deeper into your heart and thus deeper into the heart of God.
I demonstrate this a little, as usual. Enjoy the show!
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EXCELLENT ,wonderful analagy.in this endless sea of options we call life,each conscious decision to cease repetative unprosperous choices drains the seas tempestous ability to drown us & makes the channel more narrow & direct
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June 4, 2009 9:17 PM
EXCELLENT ,wonderful analagy.in this endless sea of options we call life,each conscious decision to cease repetative unprosperous choices drains the seas tempestous ability to drown us & makes the channel more narrow & direct
Fantastic. Short and simple.
We must let go of earthly things.
While I enjoyed your video about the cone, I realized that it could also be described as a "whirlpool" in the ocean (or even a swimming pool). The more the whirlpool pulls us in, inexcorably, unceasingly, the closer we become to God. He is with us through the "pull," as though we have no choice but to be "drowned" in His love. However, the closing of doors is also a good example, in that it requires actual "work" and CHOICES, to get to the Heart of God.
Keep up the GREAT work, Therese; I so enjoy your videos. AS a matter of fact, you're getting prettier with each one!!
I wrote the above writing; just hit the wrong button!!
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