If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying "Peace, peace," where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of authenticity and honesty in love, rejecting superficiality.
Amy Carmichael's quote expresses the belief that true love requires sincerity and a willingness to confront uncomfortable truths rather than offering false reassurances. She emphasizes that superficial peace without addressing underlying issues is not true peace, and genuine love should not shy away from honesty and authenticity, even when it is difficult.
In practice
During a conversation about relationships, one might say this quote to highlight the importance of truth in love.
If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I must give account; if I cannot commit the matter and go on in peace and in silence, remembering Gethsemane and the cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Thank God for the battle verses in the Bible. We go into the unknown every day of our lives, and especially every Monday morning, for the week is sure to be a battlefield, outwardly and inwardly in the unseen life of the spirit, which is often by far the sternest battlefield for souls. Either way, the Lord your God goes before you, He shall fight for you!
When an answer I did not expect comes to a prayer which I believed I truly meant, I shrink back from it; if the burden my Lord asks me to bear be not the burden of my heart's choice, and I fret inwardly and do not welcome His will, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom.
She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.
When you fall in love, and you're very young, you think that that's the love of your life. And maybe it is, but it usually doesn't turn out that way.
The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
When I say the word You, I mean _x000D_ a hundred universes.
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