But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God.
Interpretation
We should reflect and seek understanding in silence before sharing our deepest feelings.
Elisabeth Elliot suggests that our most profound emotions deserve contemplation and deliberation in a quiet space with God, rather than being expressed hastily. This approach encourages inner reflection and spiritual dialogue, allowing us to gain clarity before venturing to share our feelings with others.
In practice
In a sermon about seeking God's guidance, this quote can illustrate the importance of prayer and reflection.
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.
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
Where cheating is, there's mischief there.
Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear, and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom.
Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round in fear lest at any moment some one may come and drive them out. Instead of that, be a king and know you own the world. This never comes until you give it up and it ceases to bind. Give up mentally, if you do not physically. Give up from the heart of your hearts
I got at a very early age, the idea that the safest way to try and get what you want, is to try and deserve what you want._x000D_ Itβs such a simple idea, itβs the golden rule so to speak. You want to deliver to the world what you would buy if you were on the other end.
I was trying to prove to them and to myself that I was still who I had always been. I was beautiful, if fat. I was smart, if loud. I was good, if ruined.
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