Stolen Water
Henri Nouwen was a Catholic priest who went on to teach at several important institutions. He left all of that behind to work at a school for the physically and mentally handicapped.
Henri also wrote that towards the end of his life he admitted to being a man with homosexual tendencies. He never acted on them for the sake of Christ.
You would think, in today's world, that requiring that of someone would be something like a death sentence. How can you deny someone of tendency, of something they were born wanting? Born attracted to? You monster.
There was more to life than that, for people like Henri. For people like Paul. For people like Ruth. We all have tendencies. We all have weaknesses. The grass is greener for all of us. We believe that stolen water is sweeter. It isn't.
Henri also wrote that towards the end of his life he admitted to being a man with homosexual tendencies. He never acted on them for the sake of Christ.
You would think, in today's world, that requiring that of someone would be something like a death sentence. How can you deny someone of tendency, of something they were born wanting? Born attracted to? You monster.
There was more to life than that, for people like Henri. For people like Paul. For people like Ruth. We all have tendencies. We all have weaknesses. The grass is greener for all of us. We believe that stolen water is sweeter. It isn't.
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