Friday, November 12, 2021

Nouwen Meditation: Cup of Sorrow, Cup of Joy

Now & Then Podcast
In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, author and artist Carol A. Berry reveals how Vincent van Gogh’s life and work influenced Henri Nouwen’s spirituality and his desire to live an authentically compassionate life.

DAILY MEDITATION | NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Cup of Sorrow, Cup of Joy
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. The sorrow overwhelms us, makes us throw ourselves on the ground, facedown, and sweat drops of blood. Then we need to be reminded that our cup of sorrow is also our cup of joy and that one day we will be able to taste the joy as fully as we now taste the sorrow.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord— the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more.

JEREMIAH 31:12 (NIV)
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