Advent III - Friday

Our brokenness is the wound through which the full power of God can penetrate our being and transfigure us in God. Loneliness is not something from which we must flee but the place from where we can cry out to God, where God will find us and we can find God. Yes, through our wounds the power of God can penetrate us and become like rivers of living water to irrigate the arid earth within us. Thus we may irrigate the arid earth of others, so that hope and love are reborn.

 Jean Vanier, Community and Growth

Question to ponder:

Very few of us like to talk openly about our wounds. But the mystery is the fact that by our wounds we can come into healing and wholeness. What wounds are you currently dealing with in your daily walk? A broken relationship? Loss of job? Death of a loved one? The holidays? Forgiving yourself for a mistake in the past?

Do you have faith to believe that God can penetrate that wound and turn it into living water?

How can your wound become a blessing and irrigate the arid earth of others?

Devotional Reading - Luke 17