CQOD: 11/07/06 -- Eckhart: Seeking God for profit

Christian Quotation of the Day

November 7, 2006

Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739

Meditation:
    But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
    -- Luke 12:28-31 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Whoso goes seeking God and seeking aught with God does not find God; but he who seeks God by himself in truth does not find God alone: all God affords he finds, as well as God. Art thou looking for God, seeking God with a view to thy personal good, thy personal profit? Then in truth thou art not seeking God.
    ... Meister Eckhart (1260?-1327?)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, cleanse and purify my motives.

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