Calvary Love

Poems by Amy Carmichael

I’ve always loved Amy Carmichael. Her life and faith are so encouraging, and she is a great example of a strong Christian woman.

If you don’t know, Amy Carmichael was an Irish missionary who worked fo fifty-six years in India and started a ministry for children. She was a mother to the motherless and would rescue girls from the Hindu temples, where they were sold and often forced into prostitution.

Amy Carmichael had a strong faith, and her poems demonstrate this.

Today, I want to share with you four poems written by Amy Carmichael. I pray that they encourage and convict you, as they do me.

If monotony tries me, and I cannot

stand drudgery;

if stupid people fret me and little

ruffles set me on edge;

if I make much of the trifles of life,

then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I am inconsiderate about the comfort

of others,

or their feelings,

or even of their little weaknesses;

if I am carelss about their little

hurts and miss oportunities to smooth their way;

if i make the sweet running of

household wheels more difficult

to accomplish,

then I know nothinf of Calvary love.

If I have not compassion of my

fellow-servant,

even as my Lord had pity on me,

then I know nothing of Calvary love.

If I do not feel far more for the grieved

Saviour than for my worried self

when troublesome things occur,

then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Indeed, Calvary love is an amazing thing. Sometimes, I believe, we don’t treasure it enough. So, I encourage you throughout this week to think about what Calvary love really is.

How should the understanding of Calvary love affect how we live?