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.
Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.
Navigating a nonsober world of restaurants and bars, dinner parties, and benefits is like anything that requires practice. Like tennis or a foreign language, it gets easier the more you do it. But like all beginnings, it can be awkward. You stumble, you worry, and then there are unexpected moments of grace that give you the courage to keep going.
You don't know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a tragedy now. When I was 43 and John Hay 41 he said life was a tragedy after 40, and I disputed it. Three years ago he asked me to testify again: I counted my graves, and there was nothing for me to say. I am old; I recognize it but I don't realize it. I wonder if a person ever really ceases to feel young - I mean, for a whole day at a time.
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