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The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.

Brother Lawrence

Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Blessing Giving Hands
Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Joy Pain Sweet Love
God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Design Doubt Light
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Lord Meals Saint
It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God’s will – that is my whole business.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Long Matter Suffering
In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

God Littles Love Way
I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Desire Worship
That all things are possible to him who believes, that they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are more easy to him who loves, and still more easy to him who perseveres in the practice of these three virtues.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Believe Practice Three
That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or for His sake, and to love Him only.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Art Determine Sake
I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

God Live Save World
Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Hope Practice Three
Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? ‘Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Cost Day One Rude
We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Cake Grace Kings
The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Mean Practice Spiritual
Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Believe Day Each God Loving
Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of God, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.
BROTHER LAWRENCE

Bears Long Pain

The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.

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