He often points out our blindness and exclaims that those who content themselves with so little are to be pitied. God, says he, has infinite treasure to bestow, and we take so little through routine devotion which lasts but a moment. Blind as we are, we hinder God, and stop the current of His graces.I don't even want to think of how often I limit God and what He wants to do in my life. His grace is ever flowing yet we want to put him up on a shelf and then pull him down at prayer or bible study time. Just think, I could be filled with his grace all the time if I would just put myself to the practice of it.
Brother Lawrence, who wrote most of the content for the book, had a simple practice of always putting himself in the presence of God. I am working toward this.
What keeps you from receiving the grace of God always? Why should we do this? Read the next couple of sentences:
But when He finds a soul penetrated with a lively faith, He pours into it His graces and favors plentifully. There they flow like a torrent, which, after being forcibly stopped against its ordinary course, when it has found a passage, spreads itself with impetuosity and abundance.You can find the book here: The Practice of the Presence of God
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