I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the deep desire for a personal relationship and love for God above all other desires.
George Muller emphasizes that while he may have many personal aspirations and desires, the most profound longing in his heart is to cultivate a loving and personal connection with the Lord. This highlights the importance of spiritual devotion and love as a central aspect of human fulfillment.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a church service to emphasize the importance of faith.
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.
The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping.
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.
Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.
I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection
I learned a world from each / one whom I loved
As I radiate love and goodwill to others, I will open the channel for God's love to come to me.
I am too pure for you or anyone.
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