Moving Toward God

The many contradictions in our lives - such as
being home while feeling homeless, being busy
while feeling bored, being popular while feeling
lonely, being believers while feeling many doubts
- can frustrate, irritate, and even discourage
us. They make us feel that we are never fully
present. Every door that opens for us makes us
see how many more doors are closed.

But there is another response. These same
contradictions can bring us into touch with a
deeper longing for the fulfillment of a desire
that lives beneath all desires and that only
God can satisfy. Contradictions, thus understood,
create the friction that can help us move toward
God.

- Bread for the Journey, by Henri Nouwen -