A split between divinity and humanity has taken place in you. With your
divinely endowed centre you know God's will, God's way, God's love.
But your humanity is cut off from that. Your many human needs for
affection, attention, and consolation are living apart from your divine
sacred space. Your call is to let these two parts of yourself come
together again.
You have to move gradually from crying outward - crying out for
people who you think can fulfil your needs - to crying inward to the
place where you can let yourself be held and carried by God, who
has become incarnate in the humanity of those who love you in
community. No one person can fulfil all your needs. But the community
can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that,
beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show
you God's faithful love.
From: 'The Inner Voice of Love' by Henri J. M. Nouwen
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