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

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

Brother Lawrence
Blessing, Hands, Giving
Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims”, p.3, Lulu Press, Inc

What can God have that gives him greater satisfaction than that a thousand times a day all his creatures should thus pause to withdraw and worship him in the heart.

Brother Lawrence
Christian, Heart, Giving

That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned

Brother Lawrence
Spiritual, Giving, Soul
Brother Lawrence (2007). “The Practice of the Presence of God: The Original 17th Century Letters and Conversations of Brother Lawrence”, p.12, Xulon Press

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.

Brother Lawrence
Spiritual, Giving, Joy

That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, that we may beg His assistance for knowing His will in things doubtful, and for rightly performing those which we plainly see He requires of us, offering them to Him before we do them, and giving Him thanks when we have done.

Brother Lawrence
Offering, Knowing, Giving
Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.12, Baker Books

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