One reason we are so harried and hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to Him and ask Him to indicate which items we must delete. There is always time to do the will of God. If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy.
Elisabeth ElliotWaiting 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.
Elisabeth ElliotHe is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador
Elisabeth ElliotRestlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
Elisabeth ElliotStichwörter: life inspirational peace god patience joy
Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in dark tunnels.
Elisabeth ElliotThere is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
Elisabeth ElliotOf one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.
Elisabeth ElliotA great many things determine how people live, and money is not at the top of the list. Choices are always available. What you choose will depend on how you see things: yourself, your work, your right to express taste and desire and personality, your understanding of the love of God as expressed in His creation and order and harmony.
Elisabeth ElliotFaith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
Elisabeth ElliotIt is in our acceptance of what is given that God gives Himself.
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