David Given Schwarm

Because of this same trust in God’s care, when Brother Lawrence had some outside business to attend to, he never worried about it beforehand. Rather, he found God would give him a picture as clear as a mirror image of exactly what to do at precisely the right moment. He had acted in his way for quite some time, without being concerned about something ahead of time. Before he had experienced God’s swift help in his affairs, he had attempted to plan every detail, doing the job in his own strength. Now, though, acting with childlike simplicity in God’s sight, he did everything for the love of God, thinking him for his guidance. Everything he did passed calmly, in a way that held him close to the loving presence of God.

When any outside business unnecessarily diverted him from his communication with God, a little reminder came from the Lord that took possession of this soul, flooding it with the image of God. This sometimes set him on fire to the point that he felt a real impulse to shout praises , to sing, and to dance before the Lord with joy.