Quote by Henri Nouwen
Jesus didnt say, Blessed are those who care for the poor. He said,

Jesus didnt say, Blessed are those who care for the poor. He said, Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken. It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself. – Henri Nouwen

Other quotes by Henri Nouwen

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. – Henri Nouwen

Category:
Friendship
Read Quote

Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community. – Henri Nouwen

Category:
God
Read Quote

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares. – Henri Nouwen

Category:
Friendship
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
God
category

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
God

God doesnt seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. – Dwight L. Moody

Category:
God

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that Gods dust is greater than your idol. – Rabindranath Tagore

Category:
God

In these times, Gods people must trust him for rest of body and soul. – David Wilkerson

Category:
God

Random Quotes

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. – Richard Bach

Category:
Boredom

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architects task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. – Adolf Loos

Category:
architecture

Its a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. – Daniel Day-Lewis

Category:
sad

Learning about issues such as sustainability and locavorism are things that you need to have as part of you as a chef because it will make you cook more delicious food. – Rene Redzepi

Category:
Food