A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.
Henri NouwenOur glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.
Henri NouwenWaiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
Henri NouwenOur lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable.
Henri NouwenThere is a Wonderful story in the Gospel of Luke (6:12-26). Jesus went up to the mountain to pray at night; in the morning he came down from the mountain and called his twelve apostles around him. In the afternoon he went out on the plain with them to preach the Good News and heal the sick. He had communion with God first, then he had community, and then he went out to do the work of God. That's the order of things.
Henri NouwenNow I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me. The question is not 'How am I to find God?' but 'How am I to let myself be found by him?' The question is not 'How am I to love God?' but 'How am I to let myself be loved by God?'
Henri Nouwen