Being Worthy of God--Nouwen

When all is said and done, what we must learn above all else is to offer ourselves--imperfections and all--to God. If we keep waiting until we are "worthy" of God, we move farther than closer to Him. It is through our broken, vulnerable, mortal ways of being that we the healing power of the eternal God becomes visible to us....We are called to present ourselves ot God with our limited means, our stuttering words, and halting expressions....Our many prayers are in fact confessions of our inability to pray. But they are confessions that enable us to recieve the merciful presence of God. --Henri Nouwen in Renewed for Life, Lenten Meditations