Abba (breathe in) I belong to you (breathe out) – Brennan Manning
Empowered to Receive Love
The Spirit reveals to us not only that God is “Abba, Father” but also that we belong to God as his beloved children. The Spirit thus restores in us the relationship from which all other relationships derive their meaning.
Abba is a very intimate word. The best translation for it is: “Daddy.” The word Abba expresses trust, safety, confidence, belonging, and most of all intimacy. It does not have the connotation of authority, power, and control, that the word Father often evokes. On the contrary, Abba implies an embracing and nurturing love. This love includes and infinitely transcends all the love that comes to us from our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, spouses, and lovers. It is the gift of the Spirit.
– Henri Nouwen
http://www.henrinouwen.org
Trinity meditation
Holy One,
Mysterious Love,
“I Am,”
I wonder; I surrender.
Gentle Christ,
Self-Pouring
Companion,
I thank you; I love you.
Holy Spirit,
Divine Breathing,
Emerging love,
I bear you; I follow you.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
http://www.unfoldinglight.net
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