From Mother Teresa: Come be my light
On page 112, Archbishop Perier wrote the following to Mother Teresa, "Try not to put anything on your own in all this. You are His instrument, nothing more." This was written after she received permission to enter the slums of India, yet while she was waiting to begin.
This advice from Archbishop Perier sparked Mother Teresa to write, "to learn how to get rid of self in myself and live intimately with Him. ... Pray for light that I may see and [for] courage to do away with anything of self in the work. I must disappear completely - if I want God to have the whole" (p. 113).
Lord, help me lose myself. Help me remember my role as your instrument, nothing more. My self and my thoughts need to disappear completely. Please, Lord. Help me fix my eyes upon Jesus, and lose myself in Christ.
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