I believe with all my heart God’s Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.
ELISABETH ELLIOTI’m convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.
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A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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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.
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Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?
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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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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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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.
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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
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We have ample evidence that the Lord is able to guide. The promises cover every imaginable situation. All we need to do is to take the hand he stretches out.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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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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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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I’m convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
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Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don’t need to search any further for security.
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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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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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Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!
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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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