Balancing on God’s love
Oooo how I love the mornings… 
(Surely that’s a verse from a psalm??? )
Anyway, thot I’ll share this with you. Something which I read in Henri Nouwen’s book on Christian Leadership which btw is an excellent read, thin but extremely loaded.
James always talks about relativism in our beliefs wherelse I’m more conservative and prefer to think in absolutes. It’s just one key difference in our characters. Hee. In this I think HN managed to put it well into words to find a balance:
"Thru the discipline of contemplative prayer, Christian leaders have to learn to listen again and again to the voice of love and to find there the wisdom and courage to address whatever issue presents itself to them. Dealing with burning issues without being rooted in a deep personal relationship with God easily leads to divisiveness because, before we know it, our sense of self is caught up in our opinion about a given subject. But when we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative."
It’s only when we know ourselves in Christ and is secure, we can be anything he wants us to be without going to the extreme to protect ourselves. Wow!
This is what i’m meditating on today.