SO I'VE LEARNED

I HAVE LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THE CONSCIOUS REMEMBERANCE OF GOD FROM BROTHER LAWRENCE , A COOK IN A 17 TH -CENTURY MONASTERY . IN HIS BOOK THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD , BROTHER LAWRENCE MENTIONED PRACTICAL WAYS TO " OFFER GOD YOUR HEART FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY "..EVEN IN THE MIDST OF CHORES SUCH AS COOKING OR REPAIRING SHOES . ONE'S DEPTH OF SPIRITUALITY , SAID LAWRENCE , DOES NOT DEPEND ON CHANGING THINGS YOU DO BUT RATHER CHANGING YOUR MOTIVE -- DOING FOR GOD WHAT YOU ORDINARILY DO FOR YOURSELF. ONE OF HIS EULOGIES SAID " THE GOOD BROTHER FOUND GOD EVERYWHERE , AS MUCH WHILE HE WAS REPAIRING SHOES AS WHILE HE WAS PRAYING ... IT WAS GOD , NOT THE TASK , HE HAD IN VIEW . HE KNEW THAT THE MORE THE TASK WAS AGAINST HIS NATURAL INCLINATIONS , THE GREATER WAS HIS LOVE IN OFFERING IT TOO HIS FATHER ...AS HIS DEVOTION..