Advent, Day Two of the Christmas Season
There is a much more human option to reevaluate the past as a continuing challenge to surrender ourselves to an unknown future. It is the option to understand our experience of powerlessness as an experience of being guided, even when we do not know exactly where... We can see that a growing surrender to the unknown is a sign of spiritual maturity and does not take away autonomy. Death [of a loved one] is indeed an invitation to surrender ourselves more freely to the future, in the conviction that one of the most important parts of our lives may still be ahead of us.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
A Letter of Consolation, pg 51-52
Scripture:
18 Very
truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went
where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands,
and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to
go.”. John 21:18
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