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

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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

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Friendship
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In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. – Henri Nouwen

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

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Man was made at the end of the weeks work when God was tired. – Mark Twain

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Discernment is Gods call to intercession, never to faultfinding. – Corrie Ten Boom

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Gods truth judges created things out of love, and Satans truth judges them out of envy and hatred. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. – Jorge Luis Borges

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