Today, contemplating this piece on Jean Vanier on Powerlessness. Chris Heuertz writes about it on the Q ideas blog--:read, listen, contemplate.
Jean Vanier: "I am not all powerful. I am God. I need community. I need church. I need Jesus. I need an experience of vulnerability....the last thing people want is to touch our weaknesses....to help people to become conscious that I need help, I am fragile...yet I am beautiful..."
We are weak. Broken.
We need God. The greatness of humanity is that we are programmed to grow and programmed to become weaker. As we become conscious that we are fragile, we are able to embrace our deepest humanity...that our fragility is a gift.
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