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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

Henri Nouwen

We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
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Fall Preparation Rain See
God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst.
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Alone Compassionate Courage God Help People See Sight
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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Forget Life Ourselves Tragedy Worth
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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Prayer Religious Spirit
Let’s not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.
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Afraid God Guide Hands Love See Trust
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.
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Attention God Life Path Pay Yourself
The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
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Community Force Hungry Institution Ourselves Rule
The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
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Healing Hide Question Service Wound
Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
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Human Learning Morning Patience Wait
I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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Community Feeling Solitude Strong
You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
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Kind Live Thinking Way Yourself
Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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Ground Hide Stand Treasure Trust
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Experience Joy Love Yourself
Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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Greatness Heart Wound Yourself
Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.
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Dare Friendship God Love Reality Yourself
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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Myself Search Son Time

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