After being wounded in the Thirty Years War, Brother Lawrence became a monk in France and began to write about experiencing the presence of God. In his monastery, Brother Lawrence served God daily through his humble deeds thoughts.Brother Lawrence believed that it was always possible for one to feel the presence of God and taught methods to help those who sought it.Brother Lawrence's works have been popular for hundreds of years because he learned to live genuinely in the presence of the Lord and was able to share his experience in an accessible way with other believers.
but that the goodness of GOD assured him He would not forsake him utterly, and that He would give him strength to bear whatever evil He permitted to happen to him; and therefore that he feared nothing, and had no occasion to consult with anybody about his state. That when he had attempted to do it, he had always come away more perplexed; and that as he was conscious of his readiness to lay down his life for the love of GOD, he had no apprehension of danger. That perfect resignation to GOD was a sure way to heaven
When outward business diverted him a little from the thought of GOD, a fresh remembrance coming from GOD invested his soul, and so inflamed and transported him that it was difficult for him to contain himself.
That he had so often experienced the ready succors of Divine Grace upon all occasions, that from the same experience, when he had business to do, he did not think of it beforehand; but when it was time to do it, he found in GOD, as in a clear mirror, all that was fit for him to do. That of late he had acted thus, without anticipating care; but before the experience above mentioned, he had used it in his affairs.