The spiritual life is far from easy neither does it quickly conform to God's design.
Being formed in God's likeness involves the struggle to move from absurd living to obedient living. The word absurd includes the word sardus, which means 'deaf'. Absurd living is a way of life in which we remain deaf to the voice that speaks to us in our silence. The many activities in which we are involved in, the many concerns that keep us preoccupied, and the many sounds that surround us make it very hard for us to hear the 'sheer silence' through which God's presence is made known (1Kings 19:12). It seems that the noisy, busy world conspires against our hearing that voice and tries to make us absolutely deaf. It therefore is not surprising that we often wonder, in the midst of our very occupied and preoccupied lives, if anything is truly happening.
Being formed in God's likeness involves the struggle to move from absurd living to obedient living. The word absurd includes the word sardus, which means 'deaf'. Absurd living is a way of life in which we remain deaf to the voice that speaks to us in our silence. The many activities in which we are involved in, the many concerns that keep us preoccupied, and the many sounds that surround us make it very hard for us to hear the 'sheer silence' through which God's presence is made known (1Kings 19:12). It seems that the noisy, busy world conspires against our hearing that voice and tries to make us absolutely deaf. It therefore is not surprising that we often wonder, in the midst of our very occupied and preoccupied lives, if anything is truly happening.
---Henri Nouwen
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