Quotemeal: Nov. 2nd, 2014

Sunday, November 2, 2014

"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

More Quotemeal

"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."
"In the New Testament it is the work and not the workers that is glorified."
"God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill all His promises . . . leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself."
"We don't follow him in order to be loved, we are loved so we follow him."

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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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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.