Simple Thoughts

I love this book!

"I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face."

"Lord, I have said the eternal Yes. Let me never, having put my hand to the plough, look back. Make straight the way of the Cross before me. Give me love, that there may be no room for a wayward thought or step."

"The Holy Spirit was given to guide us into all truth, but He doesn't do it all at once."

"But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God."

"...the importance of struggle is the process of growth."

"I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts. It is easy to talk oneself into a decision that has no permanence--easier sometimes than to wait patiently."

"Taken in a spirit of trust, even loneliness contributes to the maturing of character, even the endurance of separation and silence and that hardest thing of all, uncertainty, can build in us a steady hope."

~Elisabeth Elliot (check out the daily devotionals, they're pretty good)
Passion and Purity

Just a few little nuggets from the first half of the book. I'm sure more will follow. I love the way she writes using her own experience to show what God has put on her heart to teach. Oh, to only be the least bit as patient and obedient as she. That would be an accomplishment in my eyes.

posted by Katie @ 11:32 PM