Deep thought of Loving God

Therefore what reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits which He hath done unto me? In the first creation He gave me myself, but in His new creation He gave me Himself and by that gift restored to me the self that I had lost. Created first and then restored I owe Him myself twice over in return for myself. But what have I to offer Him for the gift of Himself? Could I multiply myself a thousandfold and then give Him all; what would that be in comparison with God?

- St. Bernard of Clairvaux