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What struck me about the above video was the notion that we are only any good at ministry once we have met ourselves in the wilderness. Richard Rohr says this:
It’s on the inside that lepers and wolves are first to be found. If we haven’t been able to kiss many lepers, if we haven’t been able to tame many wolves, it’s probably because we haven’t made friends with our leper and wolf within. Name your poor leper within, today. Nurse and tend her wounds. Name your inner wolf. Tame him by gentle forgiveness.It is interesting that both Freud and Jung underwent 'creative illnesses' which enabled them to minister more effectively. I am a believer that we minister best once we know our own weaknesses, psychoses and brokenness. We can only offer love out of a place of vulnerability, which is why Jesus sent the disciples out without a purse or bag or sandals.
From Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, p. 276, Day 287