One of my favorite spiritual writers and giants is Oswald Chambers, a World War I Chaplain, who died in Zeitoun, Egypt in 1917. He was 47. He is simple but profound; I encourage anyone to read his biography. This morning I read a few excerpts. As usual, it made my mind wander off onto how our spiritual lives often mirror how we live, love, and conduct our daily walk.
Love isn’t sustained by the big ‘stuff’, the big gifts, trips, public celebrations, it’s in the ‘small courtesies’, consistent thoughtfulness, ‘daily niceties’ that actually show true Love. It’s doing the laundry. It’s bringing a cup of tea…just because. It’s leaving a note of thanks. It’s actually saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ when there are only two of you in the room! It’s not the wining and dining, which is fun of course, but you won’t build character in sipping dirty martinis. Dirty laundry will be the real test.
Everything today about love, character and much of spirituality is upside down and backwards.
So he goes:
Oswald Chambers, “The true test of a person’s spiritual life and character is not what he does in the extraordinary moments of life, but what he does during the ordinary times when there is nothing tremendous or exciting happening. A person’s worth is revealed in his attitude towards the ordinary things of life when he is not under the spotlight.”
Wow and ouch.
Back to my folding.
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