If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of striving for higher ideals in love, even when it is challenging.
In this quote, Amy Carmichael reflects on the concept of 'Calvary love', which symbolizes the ultimate sacrifice and selfless love demonstrated through Christ's crucifixion. She suggests that to avoid holding others accountable to their highest potential due to the fear of discomfort is to misunderstand the depth and challenge of true, sacrificial love.
In practice
A motivational speech about the importance of commitment in relationships.
If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I must give account; if I cannot commit the matter and go on in peace and in silence, remembering Gethsemane and the cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Thank God for the battle verses in the Bible. We go into the unknown every day of our lives, and especially every Monday morning, for the week is sure to be a battlefield, outwardly and inwardly in the unseen life of the spirit, which is often by far the sternest battlefield for souls. Either way, the Lord your God goes before you, He shall fight for you!
When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart's choice, and I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.
All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins.
Love me like you'll never see me again.
If you do not know how to take care of yourself, and the violence in you, then you will not be able to take care of others. You must have love and patience before you can truly listen to your partner or child. If you are irritated you cannot listen. You have to know how to breath mindfully, embrace your irritation and transform it. Offer ONLY understand and compassion to your partner or child - This is the true practice of love.
Well, I can't describe her exactly-except to say that she was beautiful. She was-tremendously alive.
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