Quotes from Brother Lawrence
“In the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees in the Chapel.”
“Make it your study, before taking up any task,” Brother Lawrence advises, “to look to God, be it only for a moment.”
O Lord of pots and pans and things,
Since I have no time to be
a great saint by doing lovely things,
or watching late with Thee,
or dreaming in the dawnlight,
or storming Heaven’s gates,
Make me a saint by getting meals,
and washing up the plates.
Warm all the kitchen with Thy Love,
and light it with Thy peace;
Forgive me all my worrying,
and make my grumbling cease.
Thou who didst love to give men food
in room, or by the sea,
Accept the service that I do-
I do it unto Thee.
“I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.”
One of the most influential brothers to this day, amongst Baptists (especially Dutch and Dutch Reform conventions).