God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.
ELISABETH ELLIOTFaith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.
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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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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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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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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.
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I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God’s business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.
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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’.
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It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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