Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.

Elisabeth Elliot
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Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy.

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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter." -Jim Elliot

Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
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I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

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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.

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Some of God's greatest mercies are in his refusals. He says no in order that he may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.

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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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Don't dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.

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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 did not protect His own Son. He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.

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We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high privilege of suffering with Him, may then pour ourselves out for others.

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It is through the tender austerity of our troubles that the Son of Man comes knocking. In every event He seeks an entrance to my heart, yes, even in my most helpless, futile, fruitless moments. The very cracks and empty crannies of my life, my perplexities and hurts and botched-up jobs, He wants to fill with Himself, His joy, His life...He urges me to learn of Him: 'I am gentle and humble in heart.

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