In order to learn what it means to be a woman we must start with the One who made her.
Elisabeth ElliotTeach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
Elisabeth ElliotBut the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was it to love what God commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might cost?
Elisabeth Elliot