Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
ELISABETH ELLIOT
ELISABETH ELLIOT
Elisabeth Elliot on change
Elisabeth Elliot66 quotes“Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.”
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Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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!
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot The 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 ElliotElisabeth Elliot You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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 ElliotElisabeth Elliot A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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