Dear Lord, I will remain restless, tense, and dissatisfied until I can be totally at peace in your house…There is no certainty that my life will be any easier in the years ahead, that my heart will be any calmer. But there is the certainty that you are waiting for me and will welcome me home when I have persevered in my long journey to your house.
—Henri Nouwen, Holland, 1932-1996
The Long Journey
Dear Lord, I will remain restless, tense, and dissatisfied until I can be totally at peace in your house…There is no certainty that my life will be any easier in the years ahead, that my heart will be any calmer. But there is the certainty that you are waiting for me and will welcome me [...]