Burden Quote by Elisabeth Elliot

All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us,…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us…

— Elisabeth Elliot

It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could…

— Elisabeth Elliot

The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily,…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she…

— Elisabeth Elliot

The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole…

— Elisabeth Elliot

I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“What do women want today? What do men want? I mean, deep down. What do they really want? If ‘times’ have changed, have human…

— Elisabeth Elliot