We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.
Interpretation
Small acts done with love hold great value in God's eyes, regardless of their size.
This quote emphasizes the importance of the intention and love behind our actions rather than the scale or magnitude of those actions. Brother Lawrence illustrates that it is not the grandeur of our deeds that matter to God, but the genuine love and care with which we perform them, encouraging a focus on the purity of our motivations in all acts of kindness and service.
In practice
In a sermon about compassion, a pastor might use this quote to inspire the congregation to act with love.
In order to form a habit of conversing with GOD continually, and referring all we do to Him, we must at first apply to Him with some diligence: but that after a little care we should find His love inwardly excite us to it without any difficulty.
It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.
If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.
And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.
I’ve learned that you can’t predict [love] or plan for it. For someone like me who is obsessed with organization and planning, I love the idea that love is the one exception to that. Love is the one wild card.
She stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg: she is a sealed vessel; she has inside her a magic space the entrance to which is shut tight with a plug of membrane; she is a closed system; she does not know how to shiver.
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths
Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.