Hope for the Future

God has plans for a future of peace for you, not of misfortune; God wants to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Trust as the Basis of Discipleship

Following Christ with a steadfast heart does not mean lighting fireworks that flare up brightly and then go out.  It means setting out, and then remaining, on a road of trust that can last our whole life long.

Br. Roger of Taize

Patience

Patience is not waiting passively until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Be patient and trust that the treasure you are looking for is hidden in the ground on which you stand.
Henri J.M. Nouwen

Resurrection

“A community which trusts in God rather than in the righteousness of its “cause” can always be crushed, but from that crushing will come resurrection. There is a hidden strength in being vulnerable, open, and non-violent, in being a people of the resurrection, knowing that we are loved and that God is guiding us, in all our fragility and littleness.”
Jean Vanier

Trust

The great problem in the life of man is whether to trust, to have faith in God. The great problem in the life of God is whether to trust, to have faith in man.

Abraham Joshua Heschel