From In Green Pastures...
Artwork: Anna Ancher (1859 - 1935)
When you are tempted to chafe and repine at the narrowness of your circumstances and the limitations of your sphere, remember that Jesus, with all his rich life and all his great powers, for thirty years found room in a humble peasant home for worthy living and for service not unfitted to his exalted character. If you can do nothing but live a true Christian life - patient, gentle, kindly, pure - in your home, in society, at your daily duty, you will perform in the end a service of great value and leave many blessings in the world. Such a life is a little gospel, telling in sermons without words the wonderous story of the cross of Christ.
I really feel our society trains children to think they have to change the world, do something "important", etc., when, if they are faithful to the place where God has placed them, that has great value and importance.
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DeleteSuch beautiful words and a reminder to ‘do the next right thing’ in the ordinariness of everyday life z
ReplyDeleteIndeed! We have so much we can accomplish for God in the little sphere in which He has placed us. xx
DeleteBeautiful post and great reminder ❤️
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DeleteBeautiful post. God bless you. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
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DeleteFrom one Lynda to another Linda :) xx
Thank you for this beautiful citat.
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