Life Changing Letters

A friend of mine recently sent me a few letters from Brother Lawrence. If you have never heard of this man, you are missing out. He was a monk who lived in the 1600s and knew God; google him pronto. :)

I was reading one of his letters this morning, which talks about how he effectively finds himself in the presence of God all the time. A few things really stand out to me about this letter:

"...I sought after, which was nothing but how to become wholly God's... After having given myself wholly to God to make all the satisfaction I could for my sins, I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not God; and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world."

Whether at work or school, or doing laundry, or driving in traffic; the presence of God is always with every believer. It is our job, then, to seek after -or be aware - of that presence.

God has rocked my life so much in the past few months. I have experienced grace to go deeper into His love than I thought possible and now I see that I have yet to comprehend what is the height and depth and width and breadth of the love of God. A sanctifying work of ridding my life of needless distractions comes at such a wonderful time. Now, I can see that my spirit, the essence of me, truly longs for nothing but to be found in the presence and power of Love.

Just like Adam in the garden before the fall, so I want to walk in fellowship with the Holy Spirit. "...and I began to live as if there was nothing but He and I in the world."

Nothing but He and I... no man, job, friend, or situation will endure, but the relationship of being found in God continues for all of time. Jesus says that eternal life is know Him. So, we can experience eternal life NOW in our mortal bodies by pressing into our Beloved Redeemer. Brothers, sisters, and self: I encourage you to set your eyes on none but Jesus.