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.
HENRI NOUWENLet’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.
HENRI NOUWENForgiveness changes the way we remember.
HENRI NOUWENIf you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.
HENRI NOUWENWithout solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.
HENRI NOUWENKeep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
HENRI NOUWENCommunity means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.
HENRI NOUWENGod, 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.
HENRI NOUWENThe only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
HENRI NOUWENThis brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
HENRI NOUWENI often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
HENRI NOUWENThe church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
HENRI NOUWENWhat makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
HENRI NOUWENListening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
HENRI NOUWENSpiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
HENRI NOUWENIf I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
HENRI NOUWENSelf-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.
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