{"id":1370,"date":"2009-07-27T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2009\/07\/henri-nouwen-on-living-with-th.html"},"modified":"2009-07-27T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T09:00:41","slug":"henri-nouwen-on-living-with-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2009\/07\/henri-nouwen-on-living-with-th.html","title":{"rendered":"Henri Nouwen on Living with the “Not Yet”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following passage is from Henri Nouwen’s book, “The Inner Voice of Love”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Try to keep your small, fearful self close to you. This is going to be a struggle, because you have to live for a while with the “not yet.” Your deepest, truest self is not yet home. It quickly gets scared. Since your intimate self does not feel safe with you, it continues to look for others, especially those who offer it some real, though temporary, consolation. But when you become more childlike, it will no longer feel the need to dwell elsewhere. It will begin to look to YOU as home. \n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Be patient. When you feel lonely, stay with your loneliness. Avoid the temptation to let your fearful self run off. Let it teach you its wisdom; let it tell you that you can live instead of just surviving. Gradually you will become one, and you will find that [God] is living in your heart and offering you all you need.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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