"The Practice of the Presence of GOD" - Why I Am Going to Reread This Book
I've been thinking for awhile that I need to reread this. I really like it, and I think it is good for anyone to read and reread it. But the reason I'm going to read it now, is that Brother Lawrence worked in a kitchen, and as the forward to this book in "The Treasury of Christian Spiritual Classics" puts it:
"For the first four years, Brother Lawrence did not like his work; in fact, he had a great aversion to it. He also anguished over the condition of his soul...depsite his best efforts, he was miserable...Eventually he understood that he was spending too much time and energy worrying about himself. He decided to get back to the basics and focus his life on loving GOD...From that time on, he found joy in his work...Even the most menial and unwelcome tasks took on new meaning. When he consciously decided to do everything out of his love for GOD, his life changed."
"For the first four years, Brother Lawrence did not like his work; in fact, he had a great aversion to it. He also anguished over the condition of his soul...depsite his best efforts, he was miserable...Eventually he understood that he was spending too much time and energy worrying about himself. He decided to get back to the basics and focus his life on loving GOD...From that time on, he found joy in his work...Even the most menial and unwelcome tasks took on new meaning. When he consciously decided to do everything out of his love for GOD, his life changed."
posted by melilotnfosco | 12:34 PM
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That sounds like a good book to re-read -- something we need to be continually REMINDED to do (or at least I do;)
remember when you were doing laundry at Bible school?
i tried to pray for each person's laundry that i folded. i tried that once when setting the tables in the dining room cuz i was in such a bad mood i thought that would get me out of it. and it helped. but i really should try to make it a regular practice.
i need to do that sort of thing more often, too - like when i'd pray regularly for mr. atheist customer. it completely changed my attitude towards him.
A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
good book, not like the author's other books, similar life idea as Brother Lawrence
i've heard of her, but don't know anything about her
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