God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that the essence of our lives is measured by our capacity to love rather than the hardships we endure.
Richard Wurmbrand's quote highlights the belief that divine judgment is based not on the trials and tribulations we face, but rather on the love we extend to others. It suggests that love is a fundamental aspect of our existence and a key indicator of our moral and spiritual worth, urging us to focus on nurturing our relationships and showing compassion in our lives.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of kindness and love in our communities.
There was once a fiddler who played so beauitully that everybody danced. A deaf man who could not hear the music considered them all insane. Those who are with Jesus in suffering hear this music to which other men are deaf. They dance and do not care if they are considered insane.
Some tell me Preach the pure gospel! This reminds me that the Communist secret police also told me to preach Christ, but not to mention communism. Is it really so, that those who are for what is called a pure gospel are inspired by the same spirit as those of the Communist secret police?
Christians are meant to have the same vocation as their King, that of cross-bearers. It is this conscience of a high calling and of partnership with Jesus which brings gladness in tribulations, which makes Christians enter prisons for their faith with the joy of a bridegroom entering the bridal room.
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.
A faith that can be destroyed by suffering is not faith.
A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for.
Papa sat down at the table and poured his tea from the china tea set with pink flowers on the edges. I waited for him to ask Jaja and me to take a sip, as he always did. A love sip, he called it, because you shared the little things you loved with the people you love.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved.
It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs.
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
Just to be in love seemed the most blissful luxury I had ever known. The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return -- that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness. For a moment I felt that I had discovered a great truth.
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