Tiffany

“Every time you feel hurt, offended or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: ‘These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself. The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God’s eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity and held safe in an everlasting embrace.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

“To be chosen as the Beloved of God is something radically different. Instead of excluding others, it includes others. Instead of rejecting others as less valuable, it accepts others in their own uniqueness. It is not a competitive, but a compassionate choice.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

“... as a Christian, I am called to become bread for the world: bread that is taken, blessed, broken and given.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

“The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a Lover who wants to be loved. The one who created us is waiting for our response to the love that gave us our being. God not only says: ‘You are my Beloved.’ God also asks: ‘Do you love me?’ and offers us countless chances to say ‘Yes.’ That is the spiritual life: the chance to say ‘Yes’ to our inner truth. The spiritual life, thus understood, radically changes everything.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World