Meaningful relationships are built on the connection between the involved parties. John 5:19 speaks of the connection between God the Father and God the Son. In the fifteenth chapter of John's gospel, Jesus talks about the connection between himself and his followers as he says, "I am the vine and you are the branches." Nouwen makes the heart the point of connection where intimacy characterizes genuine relationship. He writes, "We will never understand the full meaning of Jesus' richly varied ministry unless we see how the many things are rooted in the one thing: listening to the Father in the intimacy of perfect love." Jesus spent a great deal of time listening for the voice of God. On this Lenten journey to the cross, what better place to find one's self that "in the intimacy of perfect love?" Are you listening?
JKA
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