Isaac of Nineveh

"There is a love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream, which dries up when it doesn't rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible."

So the lamp in my opinion would  be an earthly love. One that someone has with a spouse or a friend. The oil would be like a persons life span....so when the oil runs out (or a persons time runs out) the love technically goes out. But there is a love that lasts no matter what....under any circumstance. "like a mighty spring gushing up and out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever" And that is the love of God. Inexhaustible. Today in class we had a big discussion about suffering and death, and the whole time a Lincoln Brewster song was playing in my head called The Love of God. The lyrics say "in brokeness, i know you hold me, safe in redemptions arms, and i confess you alone restore me, leading me to your heart. Where else can i turn but to the love of God. "

"When we trust God with our whole heart, we dont fill our prayers with "Give me this" or "Take this from me.""

This is actually something that was recently discussed at the church i regularly attend. The pastor talked about how often when praying, people will ask God for things or to do things in their lives. He said that instead you should just surrender everything to him and lift your heart to him and ask that his will be done. Well at first i was like "why should i pray a certain way...its my prayer not yours..." haha but then i thought about it and what place do i have to ask God to give me something or do something for me when i have no way of knowing if it is his will or purpose for me.