What seemed like a great blessing and success was actually a misfortune. What seemed like a great misfortune ultimately proved to be a rich blessing.
— Wayne Muller, Therapeut und Autor
Source: Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Faith & Trust, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: Comfort, For Reflection
Wayne Muller
Wayne Muller ist ein US-amerikanischer Autor, psychotherapeutischer Berater und ordinierter Geistlicher, der vor allem in Kalifornien und New Mexico wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch Veröffentlichungen über seelische Heilung und die Rückbesinnung auf das biblische Sabbatgebot als Gegenentwurf zu gesellschaftlichem Leistungsdruck. Für Bibelleser bietet er praxisnahe Impulse zur Entschleunigung und Kontemplation an der Schnittstelle von Psychologie und christlicher Spiritualität.
All quotes by Wayne Muller (3)
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