Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Whatever is done from sunrise to sunset must be consecrated, as if it is for the worship of the Lord. As care is taken to pluck only fresh flowers and to keep them clean and unfaded, so too, ceaseless effort should be made to do deeds which are pure and unsullied. If you keep this vision before the mind's eye and live life accordingly, then your life is transformed into one long unbroken service of the Lord. The feeling of 'I' and 'Thou' will disappear and all traces of Self will be destroyed. You will attain the stage where God is the Master and you are the servant and the world is the Offering. Leading a life suffused with this joy is indeed bliss. God will not ask you, when and where you rendered service? He will ask with what motive you did it. You may boast about the quantity, but God seeks quality, the quality of the heart, the purity of the mind, the nobility of the motive. The Lord is pleased only when you do the things He desires. How else can you win His grace, but by nursing and nourishing His children. You must not merely have the enthusiasm to serve, but also the intelligence and the skill; only then can you be efficient and useful. Enthusiasm without efficiency is often a source of loss and grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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