Henri Nouwen - Spiritual Friendship
“It is sad
to see how sometimes people suffering from loneliness, often deepened by the
lack of affection in their intimate family circle, search for a final solution
for their pains and look at a new friend, a new lover or a new community with
messianic expectations. Although
their mind knows about their self-deceit, their hearts keep saying: “Maybe this
time I have found what I have knowingly or unknowingly been searching
for.” It is indeed amazing at
first sight that men and women who have had such distressing relationships with
their parents, brothers or sisters can throw themselves blindly into
relationships with far-reaching consequences in the hope that from now on
things will be totally different.”
Jesus alone is the friend who sticks closer than a brother. He is the only friend who will always let us in and never let us down!
Jesus alone is the friend who sticks closer than a brother. He is the only friend who will always let us in and never let us down!