Wednesday, October 22, 2008

No Greater Love

I am reading No Greater Love by Mother Teresa. She is an amazing woman, full of God's love and trust.  I wanted to share a few quotes from the chapter on Love:

" God put the commandment of loving our neighbor on the same footing as the first commandment."
"Intense love does not measure, it just gives"
" It does not matter how much we give, but how much love we put into our giving."
" We must know that we have been created for greater things, not just to be a number in the world."

We all know this woman dedicated her life and went beyond what most of  us can do, but she simplifies and breaks down what it is we are suppose to do so beautifully. As I am here in the midst of this devastation, seeing homes swept away and peoples lives being forever changed by natural disaster, it is hard to grasp, hard to understand.  But my call to Love, to Help, to Give only intensifies. I hear God speaking to me, pressing on my heart.
I want to Trust like Mother Teresa, I want to Love like Mother Teresa.

" In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith because faith is love in action; and love is action in service."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Those were beautiful quotes. I was going to ask you about the book and I want to hear more. At this time, right now especially, her book would seem ever more powerful and relevant. oxxx