Today, we continue our summer church book read with Lindley Traynor, Director of Children and Family Ministries, sharing a favorite quote or two from Chapter Six, "It's Not Easy."
I’ve been reading “Love is the Way” with a pen in my hand; I want to share with you three passages from chapter six that I underlined that were just what I needed to hear. Maybe you need to hear this, too:
“My job is only to sow the seeds. That’s everyone’s job. The error of youth is thinking that you’ve succeeded—or it’s worth contributing—only when you can see, touch, or taste the fruit. …
It’s folly to think I can know the grand plan, how my small action fits into the larger whole. All I can do is check myself, again and again: Do my actions look like love? If they are truly loving, then they are part of the grand movement of love in the world, which is the movement of God in the world. …
The notion is empowering and it is frightening—because it means that we’re all capable of changing the world, and responsible for finding those opportunities to protect, feed, grow, and guide love. We can all plant seeds, though only some of us may be so lucky as to sit in their shade.”
