Ten measures of beauty came down to the earth. Jerusalem received nine of them. The rest of the world, one. Ten measures of suffering came down to the earth. Jerusalem received nine of them. The rest of the world, one.
— Talmud, Textsammlung
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God
Occasions: For Reflection
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer