01375 – Remaining Empty
Mother Teresa

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.

One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide–the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing, trifles. Needs increase because one thing calls for another. The result is uncontrollable dissatisfaction.

Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.

from No Greater Love

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