“He cannot move away from us, for He is life. All of Him is love. Oh, if we men could have the same love toward Him, and approach Him as our only true friend! Alas, that is not how we come before Him. Instead, we are reserved, we approach Him with formality. When we pray, and when we do something good, we are altogether very formal. … He, in turn, wants us to be natural. When He came to dwell among us, He showed us the way to live: simply, humbly and meekly. We should approach Him just as He created us — as innocent children.” ~Elder Thaddeus of Serbia
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