Manhattan looking 'old world' in this slightly humid, sepia tinted air...We love because God first loved us. 'How to live the truth that love and wounds are never separate. We can only live it when we reclaim that first love, so that we can forgive those who love us poorly but also so that we can recognize in the love that we do receive a hint or a glimpse of that first love that is [in our heart]. God has created you and me with a heart that only God's love can satisfy. And every other love will be partial, will be real but limited - will be painful. If we are willing to let the pain not make us bitter but prune us to give us a deeper sense of our belovedness then we can be as free as Jesus and walk on this world and proclaim God's first love wherever we go.' (Henri Nouwen)
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