Simply Let God Bring You Home...

Today, I simply share the quote from the late Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen, a Catholic priest and writer, born in the Netherlands. 

His quiet reflection continues to be very meaningful and relevant to me...also for our pondering as we journey together towards Lent.



“For most of my life I have struggled to find God, to know God, to love God.

I have tried hard to follow the guidelines of the spiritual life—pray always, work for others, read the Scriptures—and to avoid the many temptations to dissipate myself.

I have failed many times but always tried again, even when I was close to despair.





Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me.

The question is not “How am I to find God?” but “How am I to let myself be found by him?”



The question is not “How am I to know God?” but “How am I to let myself be known by God?”

And, finally, the question is not “How am I to love God?” but “How am I to let myself be loved by God?”

God is looking into the distance for me, trying to find me, and longing to bring me home.”

- Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming