A Few of My Favorite Quotes from Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot

“You can’t make proper use of a thing unless you know what it was made for, whether it is a safety pin or sailboat. To me it is a wonderful thing to be a woman under God–to know, first of all, that we were made (‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.’) and then that we were made for something (‘The rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.’).” Elisabeth Elliot (pg. 22)

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“Wherever you are be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” Jim Elliot (pg. 26)

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“Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.” Jim Elliot (pg. 42)

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“Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought–that is, with discipline.” Elisabeth Elliot (pg. 43)

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“The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on all speak loudly about what you believe. ‘The beauty of Thy peace’ shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of a disordered soul.” Elisabeth Elliot (pg. 45)

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More to come–I’m only halfway through the book!

Here’s a brief article with more information about Jim and Elisabeth Elliot in case you’re unfamiliar with their story.