The acquisition of academic knowledge (‘the pride of life’) is a wearing process and I wonder now if it is all worth while. For whatever a man may know, he still has a lot to learn, but if he loves God, he is opening his whole life to the Spirit of God 37 While knowledge may make a man look big, it is only love that can make him grow to his full stature. However, I was quick to point out the dangers of cannibal soup (an old-fashioned recipe consisted of one part missionary to a hundred parts of water) Jim’s rebuttal to this was is faith in the Lord, who, he said, had delivered many more men in their time than guns had ever done. We got interested later on in the slavery question in Africa.While I thought the use of force to break slavery chains was the answer, Jim was more interested in the missionary approach. The parents made an issue of nothing unless they intended to carry it through, believing that empty threats were dishonest and ruinous to a child’s sense of justice. 25įred Eliot read the Scriptures daily to his children, seeking to show them the glory of Christ above all else, striving always to avoid legalism or a list of “don’ts”. If the child failed to appreciate the need for spiritual guidance, he probably failed, too, to see the need of physical rest when bedtime came around, but the parents guided him just the same, to God, as well as to bed.
They wanted the best for their children.and gave it to them - spiritual as well as physical care, and all the other good things they could offer. 24Īnd as for any foolishness about “forcing religion down their throats,” the parents had not the slightest worry.
he recognized that life was worth living only if given over completely to God. Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days. When passing through the gates of pearly splendor, Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing, We go in faith, our own great weakness feeling,Īnd needing more each day Thy grace to know: Our Prince of glory and our King of love. Jesus our Righteousness, our sure Foundation, Yes, in Thy Name, O Captain of salvation! Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender, We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender! He is no fool who gives what he cannot to keep to gain what he cannot lose. Lord make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God. Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him, after all so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first? 9
He and the other men with whom he died were hailed as heroes, “martyrs.” I do not approve. And if we live in Him, our lives bear the stamp of Christ. Obedience is the expression of love for God. Select quotes from Shadow of the Almighty, by Elisabeth Elliot
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