It’s in the “small” things that you can tell……
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Winter sunlight refractions through a small snowflake prism
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“Little things come daily, hourly, within our reach, and they are not less calculated to set forward our growth in holiness, than are the greater occasions which occur but rarely.
“Moreover, fidelity in trifles, and an earnest seeking to please God in little matters, is a test of our real devotion, and love. So let your aim be to please our dear LORD perfectly in little things, and to attain a spirit of childlike simplicity and dependence.
“In proportion as self-love and self-confidence are weakened, and our will bowed to that of God, so will hindrances disappear, the internal troubles and contests which harassed the soul vanish, and it will be filled with peace and tranquility. Such a life gives much glory to God.”
–Jean Nicolas Grou 1731-1803
My note: It is this ‘childlike simplicity and dependence’ that is the key, by which God opens our hearts, and fills them with His own great and loving heart. What an easily accessible wonder this is, revealing the very character of God in our words and in our silences, even our facial expressions, the gestures of our hands. The ‘smallest’ acts can be filled with meaning and the beauty of God. A gentle and quiet spirit can speak volumes of truth, and love.
But this childlike spirit is decidedly not the spirit of these times in which we live. ‘Humble simplicity and dependence’ cannot coexist with a prideful, stubborn and independent spirit, which characterize far too many so-called followers of Christ. These personal evils must be seen, and renounced persistently for the harm they cause, destroying the likeness of Christ in any of us.
–Quilla
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Ruach 333, by Quilla 