Henri Nouwen, Now & Then Podcast | Henri Nouwen, The House of Fear & Love
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I Love You, You Don't Have to Be Afraid
We can go back to that first love and believe that in our deepest heart, god has built god's home. And then we dare to claim that home as the home of the first love. Then i have a solitude. I have an inner sanctuary. That is there where god speaks to me and says, i love you. You don't have to be afraid. I love you fully. The holy place of the one discovers the holy places of the other. So when i say 'i love you,' i am not saying i love you; i am saying i recognize that the god who has spoken to me in my solitude is the same god who speaks to you in yours'
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