If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.
Elisabeth ElliotLoneliness itself is material for sacrifice. The very longings themselves can be offered to Him who understands perfectly. The transformation into something He can use for the good of others takes place only when the offering is put into his hands.
Elisabeth ElliotIn whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.
Elisabeth ElliotFaith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den or hanging on a wooden Cross. Faith is not inferred from the happy way things work. It is an act of will, a choice, based on the unbreakable Word of a God who cannot lie, and who showed us what love and obedience and sacrifice mean, in the person of Jesus Christ
Elisabeth Elliot