Something Beautiful for God

To show great love for God and our neighbour we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God. ~ Mother Teresa

I read Malcolm Muggeridge's book about Mother Teresa almost two decades ago. The book had a powerful effect on my life. I wanted to change my ways afterwards—to live differently. I went off to Washington, DC to work in the inner city after that. I was never the same.

Sometimes it is not grandiose things that change the world. In the daily routine of life, we are created and creating anew. Today I spent time with a family that I had not seen for almost a year and a half. They called me an angel because of the work I did for their son. I have a couple of families on my caseload who call me their angel. It is rather humbling.

At the centre of my work, when I am doing it well, I may well be God’s angel, as I offer up my task as something beautiful for God. I struggle to maintain this some days but today was a reminder that we all have the potential to change the world for the better. Do small things with great love, Mother Teresa also says. If our efforts are for God, we should have love at the centre of them and then something beautiful will definitely unfold.

Peace,

Suzanne