"I know there are those who care at home, but do all who care, care deeply enough? Do they feel as Jesus feels? And if they do, are they giving their own? They are helping to send out others, perhaps; but are they giving their own? Oh, are they truly giving themselves? ... "Worthy is the Lamb to receive!" Oh, we say it, and we pray it! Do we act as if we meant it?"
— Amy Carmichael
Source: Amy Carmichael, Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India (1903), ch. XXXII
Love, dedication, mission
Views: 476
"I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side."
— Abraham Lincoln
Source: as reported in F. B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866), p. 282
God, Truth, One Side
Views: 456
"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day."
— Abraham Lincoln
Source: As recalled by Noah Brooks, Harper's Weekly (July 1865)
Prayer, responsibility, strength
Views: 480
"To be a member of humanity is an honorable destiny, even though it is a race committed to many absurd acts and has committed many terrible errors; yet, even so, God himself is proud to be a member of humanity."
— Thomas Merton
Source: "The Speculation of a Guilty Bystander"
Human behavior
Views: 447
"I tell these earnest kids that the will of God is always different from what they expect, always bigger, and, ultimately, infinitely more glorious than their wildest imaginings."
— Elisabeth Elliot
Source: "The Supremacy of Christ," The Elisabeth Elliot Newsletter, March/April 1993 (elisabethelliot.org)
imperial decree
Views: 492
"Don't be anxious about all that lies ahead; just do the next thing."
— Elisabeth Elliot
Source: The anonymous poem "Do the Next Thing," often quoted by Elisabeth Elliot