The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
ELISABETH ELLIOTThe devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
ELISABETH ELLIOTRestlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
ELISABETH ELLIOTGod never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
ELISABETH ELLIOTRemind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWhere 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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWe cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
ELISABETH ELLIOTTo 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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWhen 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).
ELISABETH ELLIOTOur 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 ELLIOTIf it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWe 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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTOur 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 ELLIOTThe will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.
ELISABETH ELLIOTOf one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
ELISABETH ELLIOTSometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
ELISABETH ELLIOTIt 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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