"Do you love the benefits of God, or do you love God?"
This actually reminds me of one of the messages I heard this year, which I believe was Jesus speaking to me.
He said to me, "We planted roses in the Garden of Gethsemane". At the time I didn't know fully what it meant, but I knew it had a lot of meanings. I wrote a poem and another blog post about it. Now, hearing this statement, which is a central question in the spiritual life, I think of the image of planting seeds and doing labor, not knowing if or when anything will grow, but trusting and loving God, even when the benefits aren't visible.
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