If you are married, then accept that. Accept the husband that God has given you. If you are single, accept your singleness and take it as if today was the last day of your life. Don't be looking constantly to the future.
Elisabeth ElliotWhat sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, โlet me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
Elisabeth ElliotI took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among the marked-down goods on the bargain table, cheap because theyโd been pawed over. Crowds collect there. It is only the few who will pay full price. "You get what you pay for.
Elisabeth Elliot