Loneliness itself is material for sacrifice. The very longings themselves can be offered to Him who understands perfectly. The transformation into something He can use for the good of others takes place only when the offering is put into his hands. Elisabeth Elliot More Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot More Quotes From Elisabeth Elliot One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two fishes. 'Let me have them,' said Jesus. He asked for all. He took them, said the blessing, and broke them before He gave them out. I remembered what a chapel speaker...had said: 'If my life is broken when given to Jesus, it is because pieces will feed a multitude, while a loaf will satisfy only a little lad.' Elisabeth Elliot reading morning jesus Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes. Elisabeth Elliot ashes stories inspiring Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures. Elisabeth Elliot blessing giving hands You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is. Elisabeth Elliot christian doe believe God gives all Elisabeth Elliot asks giving The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. Elisabeth Elliot strong inspiring men We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God could not want that for the creatures to whom He has given the breath of life. We die in order to live. Elisabeth Elliot want inspiring order The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do. Elisabeth Elliot situation given answers Loneliness is a required course for leadership. Elisabeth Elliot courses loneliness We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is. Elisabeth Elliot heart giving hands I will offer to Him both my tears and my exultation. Nothing we offer to Him will be lost. Elisabeth Elliot offers tears lost Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet. Elisabeth Elliot towels feet heaven A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There is always the other twenty percent that she would like to change, and she may chip away at it for the whole of their married life without reducing it by very much. She may, on the other hand, simply decide to enjoy the eighty percent, and both of them will be happy. Elisabeth Elliot husband expectations hands If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd. Elisabeth Elliot christian heart inspiring When you don't know what to do, do the thing in front of you. Elisabeth Elliot fronts knows Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard Elisabeth Elliot glory-of-god glory praise If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called. Elisabeth Elliot abuse women history Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living. Elisabeth Elliot earth faith ordinary Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms. Elisabeth Elliot arms hurt order The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns. Elisabeth Elliot crowns earth jesus
