We have one crystal clear reason apart from the blessed happiness of this way of life. It is this: prayer is the core of our day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse, would be pithless, a straw blown in the wind. But how can you pray--really pray, I mean--with one against who you have a grudge or whom you have been discussing critically with another? Try it. You will find it cannot be done.
One must as willingly be nothing, as something. - Amy Carmichael
One must as willingly be nothing, as something.
- Amy Carmichael
God, harden me against myself! - Amy Carmichael
God, harden me against myself!
It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord le… - Amy Carmichael
It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord le…
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them. - Amy Carmichael
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.
Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him. - Amy Carmichael
Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him.
All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey. - Amy Carmichael
All along, let us remember we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey.
When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice? - Amy Carmichael
When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes. - Amy Carmichael
Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence ~ acceptance, rest ~ in God’s will, whatever comes.
Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? - Amy Carmichael
Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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