Tuesday, December 11, 2007
♥ 6:05 PM
"Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy
kiss each other at every moment. There is a quality of sadness that pervades
all the moments of our life. It seems that there is no such thing as a
clear-cut pure joy, but that even in the most happy moments of our existence
we sense a tinge of sadness.
"In every satisfaction, there is an awareness of limitation.
In every success, there is the fear of jealousy.
Behind every smile, there is a tear.
In every embrace, there is loneliness.
In every friendship, distance.
And in all forms of light, there is the knowledge of surrounding darkness.
"But this intimate experience in which every bit of life is touched by a bit
of death can point us beyond the limits of our existence.
"It can do so by making us look forward in expectation to the day when our
hearts will be filled with perfect joy, a joy that no one shall take away
from us."
- Henri Nouwen
So, let's all look to the day we see the gates of heaven and enter it.
Easier said than done definitely, but let this expectation of a perfect joy
in Christ spur us to endure this temporary life we spend on earth and look
ahead to eternity in heaven.
With that said, keep the faith brothers and sisters-in-Christ.
Keep the faith.from Fanessa's Blog. interesting.
