... a broken and contrite heart, O
God,
you will not despise. - Psalm 51:17
Photo credit: Eve Anderson
"I still remember an evening
meditation on Dutch television
during which the speaker
poured water on hard, dried-out soil,
saying, 'Look,
the soil cannot receive
the water and no seed can grow.'
Then after crumbling the soil
with his hands and pouring water
on it again, he said,
'It is only the broken soil
that can receive
the
water and make the seed
grow and bear fruit.'
After seeing this, I
understood what it meant to
begin
the Eucharist with a contrite heart,
a heart broken open,
to receive the water
of God's grace."
Fr Henri Nouwen
With Burning Hearts,
A Meditation on the Eucharistic
Life
This is a beautiful reflection on our brokenness. It is only in our brokenness...when we turn to God...that He can fill us and heal us. Great analogy. Have a most blessed day.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit - and your comments, Theresa. ...and, indeed, He fills us to "overflowing" and heals/restores "that which the locusts have eaten". What a mighty and benevolent God we serve! He is our All in all.
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