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In case the above link to Henri Nouwen’s Daily Meditation doesn’t work:
Wednesday December 25, 2013
The Task of Reconciliation
The Task of Reconciliation
What is our task in this world as children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus? Our task is reconciliation. Wherever we go we see divisions among people - in families, communities, cities, countries, and continents. All these divisions are tragic reflections of our separation from God. The truth that all people belong together as members of one family under God is seldom visible. Our sacred task is to reveal that truth in the reality of everyday life.
Why is that our task? Because God sent Christ to reconcile us with God and to give us the task of reconciling people with one another. As people reconcile with God through Christ we have been given the ministry of reconciliation" (see: 2 Corinthians 5:18). So whatever we do the main question is, Does it lead to reconciliation among people?
My Commentary:
Anyone remember that episode from M.A.S.H. years ago where Hawkeye had a childhood memory long forgotten suddenly re-awakened by something as trivial as a strong smell? Well I didn’t have that persay but I found a very old album from my childhood online through the youtube free music app for my android phone… There are so many things we naturally completely forget over the years, where they seem to leave without a trace! When I found the album and began to play it on my phone’s player… It was surreal, to flash back to see myself once again as a little girl running around my parent’s apartment to the entire 1961 Ramsey Lewis Trio Christmas album.
Just a year ago or so, my folks told me that it was somehow lost in their move from Burr Ridge to Hinsdale. I frankly grieved its loss. What was even stranger coupled with finding this album today on Christmas Day no less, is having a moment of hearing this album again with healing tears. I don’t really know why it brought me to tears for a moment since so much has happened over the years…. God works in mysterious ways though as Nouwen’s meditation reminds us of those reconciliation moments we need. These moments of finding an inner peace that only the great Love and GRACE of God can impart to the human heart… healing and whole.
Whatever may trigger these moments of reconciliation, we must be open to what God teaches our hearts to grow from. Those Christmases from long ago are gone BUT the Love of God is everlasting, ever-present, ever strengthening!
May All of You have a truly Blessed Christmas!
Nicole Collins
Here’s one of the songs from the album:
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