FW: THOUGHT

HENRI NOUWEN WAS THE PASTOR AND CAREGIVER TO A SEVERELY HANDICAPPED YOUNG MAN. IN HIS REFLECTIONS HE CAME TO A MOST LIBERATING INSIGHT TO CAREGIVING: "ONE OF THE GREAT RICHES OF CAREGIVING IS THAT IT EMBRACES SOMETHING MORE THAN SIMPLY A FOCUS ON CURE." IN OUR "FIX IT" CULTURE WE ARE IMPATIENT AND FRUSTRATED WHEN WE CAN'T FIX A SITUATION OR A PERSON. NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE FIXED. NOT EVERY ILLNESS DAN BE CURED. CHRIST DID NOT COME INTO THE WORLD TO FIX IT. HE CAME TO EMBRACE, LOVE, BE WITH US. WE ARE CALLED TO BE EMBRACERS....