The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world. Elisabeth Elliot More Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot More Quotes From Elisabeth Elliot Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering. Elisabeth Elliot hate suffering reality Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first? Elisabeth Elliot dying christ firsts If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'. Elisabeth Elliot inspirational life believe God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better. Elisabeth Elliot heart inspiring giving The principles of gain through loss, of joy through sorrow, of getting by giving, of fulfillment by laying down, of life out of death is what the Bible teaches, and the people who have believed it enough to live it out in simple, humble, day-by-day practice are people who have found the gain, the joy, the getting, the fulfillment, the life. Elisabeth Elliot simple humble loss No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God. Elisabeth Elliot feel-good feelings firsts Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Elisabeth Elliot passion-and-purity impatience joy A Christian woman's true freedom lies on the other side of a very small gate...humble obedience...but that gate leads out into a largeness of life undreamed of by the liberators of the world, to a place where the God-given differentiation between the sexes is not obfuscated but celebrated, where our inequalities are seen as essential to the image of God, for it is in male and female, in male as male and female as female, not as two identical and interchangeable halves, that the image is manifested. Elisabeth Elliot christian lying sex The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. Elisabeth Elliot devil three inspiring If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child. Elisabeth Elliot struggle inspiring children Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense, therefore, incurable. Yet I have found peace in my loneliest times not only through acceptance of the situation, but through making it an offering to God, who can transfigure it into something for the good of others. Elisabeth Elliot loneliness offering acceptance Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly. The opposite of modesty is conceit, boldness, immodesty, brazenness, lewdness. Elisabeth Elliot modesty opposites mean There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk. Elisabeth Elliot risk missionary needs [Amy Carmichael's] great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate. Elisabeth Elliot inspiration christian jesus God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant. Elisabeth Elliot categorical-imperative command safety What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient. Elisabeth Elliot prayer giving needs Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. Elisabeth Elliot pity self hands We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture. Elisabeth Elliot lines inspirational thinking O God, I confess I am not worthy to rock that little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of a child and its mother. How is it that I without any merit have come to this distinction of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? Oh, how gladly will I do so. Though the duty should be even more insignificant and despised, neither frost nor heat, neither drudgery nor labor will distress me for I am certain that it is thus pleasing in thy sight. Elisabeth Elliot rocks mother children Here lies the tremendous mystery - that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the water pots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves. Elisabeth Elliot powerful opportunity lying
