if.

"If the moment I am conscious of the shadow of self crossing my threshold, 

I do not shut the door, 

and in the power of Him who works in us to will and to do, 

keep that door shut, 

then I know nothing of Calvary love."

"If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me; 

if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself; 

if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve,  

then I know nothing of Calvary love."

~Amy Carmichael, missionary to India