"Yet
in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For
I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor
powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any
other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)
I
cannot continuously say 'No' to this or 'No' to that, unless there is something
ten times more attractive to choose. Saying 'No' to my lust, my greed, my
needs, and the world's powers takes an enormous amount of energy. The only hope
is to find something so obviously real and attractive that I can devote all my
energies to saying 'Yes.' ... One such thing I can say 'Yes' to is when I come
in touch with the fact that I am loved. Once I have found that in my total brokenness
I am still loved, I become free from the compulsion of doing successful
things.
--
Henri Nouwen, in an interview in Leadership Journal
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