Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender h…

Henri Nouwen
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Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. ✨ Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living, Convergent Books
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