Henri Nouwen Quotes

I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy.

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.

I would say I was always very ambitious and goal-oriented, but rather than being just a go-getter hustler, now I surrender a lot more and I trust my path a lot more.

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age.

There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

I don't think God's through with me.

Every time I start chasing my tail, and I'm trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, 'I'm not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.'

Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law.

As you stop trying to forcibly manage the thoughts, beliefs and actions that arise from your mind and ask instead to be guided by a source greater than yourself, you will find a world of support showing up in surprising ways.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

The reason why I believe faith is important for a person is that it teaches you to trust.

So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the principle of surrender. The principle of surrender is that, after you have done all that you can do, and you've done your best and given it your all, you then have to release it to whatever you call God, or don't call God.

You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.

I release the past with ease and trust in the process of life.

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

As long as I have my faith in God, I'm good. I know everything else is going to come.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.