"There is a treasure in the earth
that is a food tasty and pleasing
to the Lord.
Be a gardener.
Dig and ditch,
toil and sweat,
and turn the earth upside down
and seek the deepness
and water the plants in time.
Continue this labor
and make sweet floods to run
and noble and abundant fruits
to spring.
Take this food and drink
and carry it to God
as your true worship."
--Julian of Norwich
Since when did we think faith was about the rush...the emotional return and the satisfaction of our ego? Since when was it all about us, instead of laboring as an act of worship for Him?
Lord, save us from such shallow faith and self-absorbed, lazy Christianity. You modeled something so very different.
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