tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671350353417591911.post7035637542782374273..comments2023-03-23T08:54:55.052-05:00Comments on Conversations Along the Way...: Ordinarybrian jeansonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15068158296198923862noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671350353417591911.post-88055223922144062562008-04-06T13:33:00.000-05:002008-04-06T13:33:00.000-05:00ah, Fenelon. I like him a lot. Good stuff.Someone ...ah, Fenelon. I like him a lot. Good stuff.<BR/><BR/>Someone sent me this devotion of Henri Nouwen's today. It has a nice twist to this conversation as well.<BR/><BR/>.................................._<BR/><BR/>Being Humble and Confident<BR/><BR/>As we look at the stars and let our minds wander into the<BR/>many galaxies, we come to feel so small and insignificant<BR/>that anything we do, say, or think seems completely useless.<BR/>But if we look into our souls and let our minds wander<BR/>into the endless galaxies of our interior lives, we become<BR/>so tall and significant that everything we do, say, or think<BR/>appears of great importance.<BR/><BR/>We have to keep looking both ways to remain humble and<BR/>confident, humorous and serious, playful and responsible. <BR/>Yes, the human person is very small and very tall. It is<BR/>the tension between the two that keeps us spiritually awake.Chad Esteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823303411317205386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671350353417591911.post-52464404819299606752008-04-05T20:13:00.000-05:002008-04-05T20:13:00.000-05:00Good Stuff. I am reminded of a quote I read byFen...Good Stuff. I am reminded of a quote I read by<BR/>Fenelon recently: <BR/><BR/>The Seeking Heart – Die Daily by Fenelon <BR/>“Learn to see yourself as you are, and accept your<BR/>weakness until it pleases God to heal you.”Crispin Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939288667275705420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671350353417591911.post-43165979364049357262008-04-01T23:38:00.000-05:002008-04-01T23:38:00.000-05:00I really like this, Brian. Thanks for the great fo...I really like this, Brian. Thanks for the great food for though. It reminds me of some of what I am reading of Bonhoeffer right now.<BR/><BR/>"To forego self-conceit and to associate with the lowly means, in all soberness and without mincing the matter, to consider oneself the greatest of sinners. This arouses all the resistance of the natural man, but also that of the self-confident Christian. It sounds like an exaggeration, like an untruth. Yet even Paul said of himself that he was the foremost of sinners (1 Tim. 1:15); he said this specifically at the point where he was speaking of his service as an apostle. There can be no genuine acknowledgment of sin that does not lead to this extremity. If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. My sin is of necessity the worst, the most grievous, the most reprehensible. Brotherly love will find any number of extenuations for the sins of others; only for my sin is there no apology whatsoever. Therefore my sin is the worst. He would would serve his brother in the fellowship must sink all the way down to these depths of humility."Chad Esteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823303411317205386noreply@blogger.com