Facing nothingness

"In solitude I get rid of my scaffolding: no friends to talk with, no telephone calls to make, no meetings to attend, no music to entertain, no books to distract, just me - naked, vulnerable, weak, sinful, deprived, broken - nothing. It is the nothingness that I have to face in my solitude." - Henri Nouwen.

The real battle for this student ministry is not in front of people, but it's in solitude. It's facing my nothingness to find the Someone who is there waiting to call me His child. Once I've been alone, then I can step out into the lives of our students and journey with them, as we seek to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus on a daily basis.