A little child often runs to its mother and exclaims: 'Mother! Mother!'
Very often the child does not want anything in particular, he only wants
to be near his mother, to sit upon her lap, or to follow her about the
house, for the sheer pleasure of being near her, talking to her, hearing
her dear voice. Then the child is happy. His happiness does not consist
in asking and receiving all kinds of things from his mother. If that
were what he wanted, he would be impatient and obstinate and therefore
unhappy. No, his happiness lies in feeling his mother's love and care,
and in knowing the joy of her mother love." "It is just the same with
the true children of God; they do not trouble themselves so much about
spiritual blessings. They only want to sit at the Lord's feet, to be in
living touch with Him, and when they do that they are supremely
content. - Sadhu Sundar Singh |