'T is loving and serving The Highest and Best! 'T is onwards! unswerving, And that is true rest.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True rest comes from devoted, steady service to a higher cause.
- In plain terms
- Rest is found in loving and serving something greater.
- What can you take from it?
- Serve a higher purpose to find rest.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you serve?
Another view
It presupposes a shared understanding of the Highest.
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