When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Listening 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.
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Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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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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If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
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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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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.
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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results.
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