“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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“One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.”
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“God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.”
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“I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.”
― Through Gates of Splendor
― Through Gates of Splendor
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador”
― The Journals of Jim Elliot
― The Journals of Jim Elliot
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