“…Can we only speak when we are fully living what we are saying?
If all our words had to cover all our actions, we would be doomed to permanent
silence! Sometimes we are called to proclaim God's love even when we are
not yet fully able to live it. Does that mean we are hypocrites?
Only when our own words no longer call us to conversion. Nobody
completely lives up to his or her own ideals and visions. But by
proclaiming our ideals and visions with great conviction and great humility, we
may gradually grow into the truth we speak. As long as we know that our
lives always will speak louder than our words, we can trust that our words will
remain humble…”
~ Henri Nouwen
I love this quote. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Bill | Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 10:23 PM