Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
Interpretation
When life becomes overwhelming, focus on taking the next small step rather than trying to tackle everything at once.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance during challenging times. Elisabeth Elliot suggests that when faced with difficulties, it's not always necessary to have a roadmap for one's journey; instead, taking small, manageable actions can help us move forward. The reassurance that 'God will meet you there' provides comfort, indicating that divine support is available during these trying moments.
In practice
During a speech about overcoming adversity, one might quote Elisabeth Elliot to inspire others to take small steps.
We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer.
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, βlet me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
For what endless years this life will have to go on! He felt, with a kind of horror, his own strong youth and the bounding blood in his veins.
The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.
I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.
Life is short but there is always time for courtesy.
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