UNITING OUR WORK

Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302) Benedictine nun and mystic wrote:
“Lord, in the presence of your love, I ask that you unite my work with your great work, and bring it to fulfillment. Just as a drop of water, poured into a river, becomes one with the flowing waters, so may all I do become part of all that you do. So that those with whom I live and work may also be drawn to your love.”

I would suppose that any honest disciple could easily ask the same request: ‘Lord, unite my work with your great work, and bring it to fulfillment.’ By making this request we get away from the common phrases of ‘my ministry’ or ‘my church’ or ‘my title’ or ‘my home group’ and ‘my spiritual big-shotness.’ Learning to be a simple drop of water… ’so may all I do becomes part of all that you do.’

What a great change might come if we would give all of what we are doing to the one we are supposed to be doing it for. ‘So that those with whom I live and work may also be drawn to your love.’ This is when others are drawn to our Lord and not our religious stuff.

“This is the work of God—that you believe in the one he has sent.” Jesus