Quotemeal: Nov. 2nd, 1954

Tuesday, November 2, 1954

"Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives."
— Henri Nouwen

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"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."
— Emerson —
"For however devoted you are to God, you may be sure that he is immeasurably more devoted to you."
— Meister Eckhart —
"The greatest of all visions is to see Christ, indeed, to see God, in the frail and glorious human family of the world."
— MacRina Wiederkehr —
"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them."
— Charles West —

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Illustration of Henri Nouwen — "Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives."

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