tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119401817142852932.post5867354658939214918..comments2012-02-24T08:47:59.341-05:00Comments on Toward the cross: Friday: THE DESCENDING WAYCyndi McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200683877352913947noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119401817142852932.post-78113193383817930232009-02-27T17:56:00.000-05:002009-02-27T17:56:00.000-05:00While reading Nouwen's comments about "our longing...While reading Nouwen's comments about "our longing for the absent God" I was reminded of the employee of the "Rocky Mountain News" (where I lived in Denver), which is closing down for good, who said "I'll even miss that obnoxious critic of the newspaper who always calls us!" Somehow, when all is silent, all our work is finished...or removed from us, when nothing is rushing us along, we begin to focus on what we long for...on what is really meaningful/<BR/>important to us...in a new perspective...on a loving God...a friend/relative or even an obnoxious being--a rival, a critic, 'an enemy' who was/is yet somehow vital to our existence, who shares our struggles for survival, our dreams, our hopes on this earth...such that, reflected in the face of God, they can be loved and even embraced by us in a revitalized warmth of acceptance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com