Quote from Henri J.M. Nouwen from The Wounded Healer
But for a person with deep rooted faith in the value and meaning of life, every experience holds a new promise, every encounter carries new insight, and every event brings a new message. But these promises, insights and messages have to be discovered and made visible. A Christian faces the world with eyes full of expectation, with the expertise to take away the veil that covers its hidden potential. We are called to express in service to others that new life can be brought about. It is this service which gives eyes to see the flower breaking through the cracks in the street, ears to hear a word of forgiveness muted by hatred and hostility, and hands to feel new life under the cover of death and destruction
But for a person with deep rooted faith in the value and meaning of life, every experience holds a new promise, every encounter carries new insight, and every event brings a new message. But these promises, insights and messages have to be discovered and made visible. A Christian faces the world with eyes full of expectation, with the expertise to take away the veil that covers its hidden potential. We are called to express in service to others that new life can be brought about. It is this service which gives eyes to see the flower breaking through the cracks in the street, ears to hear a word of forgiveness muted by hatred and hostility, and hands to feel new life under the cover of death and destruction
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