Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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.
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If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.
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Muddled thinking inevitably results in muddled living.
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Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.
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True faith goes into operation when there are no answers.
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Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable.
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Ordinary work, which is what most of us do, most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary.
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Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
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It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.
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There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.
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The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.
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A whole lot of what we call 'struggling' is simply delayed obedience.
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Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
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If you have lost your life, remember that He promises that you will find it.
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Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.
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Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.