Quote about love

This morning as I was reading my devotional book, I found some great thoughts from E. Stanley Jones.  Sometimes we belittle the small kindnesses that we do for others out of love.    But just maybe they are more important that we think.   “The love of God is the biggest thing in the universe, and when that love is incarnate in a deed, then the deed is big….We don’t try to love; we just let Love love.  And as we do, …his perfect Love perfects our love and perfects us in the process.”  (365 Days with E. Stanley Jones p. 351)  With this perspective, we are less likely to hold back when it seems sacrificial or to unconsciously expect returns on our investments.  We are privileged to a channel for God’s love and we are being enlarged in heart through loving, whether or not it is returned.