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Elizabeth Elliot, In Her Book, Let Me Be A Woman, ...
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008 (message contributor)
Elizabeth Elliot, in her book, Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward, [who was] unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Aylward told how when she was a child she had two great sorrows. One [was] that while all her friends had beautiful golden hair, hers was black. The other [was] that while her friends were still growing, she had stopped. She was about four feet ten inches tall.
But when at last she reached the country to which God had called her to be a missionary, she stood on the wharf in Shanghai and looked around at the people to whom He had called her. "Every single one of them" she said, "had black hair. And every one of them had stopped growing when I did." She was able to look to God and exclaim, "Lord God, You know what You're doing!"
(Source: Elizabeth Eliot, Let Me Be a Woman.)
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
Max Lucado in his book on the Lord’s prayer, The Great House of God talks about this metaphor. He writes, “Forgive me for broaching the issue, but I must. I realize the topic is personal, but it’s time we went public. I need to talk to you about being overdrawn at the bank. Your paycheck was late. ...read more
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Well Known Christian Pastor Chuck Swindoll Puts ...
Contributed by Martin Kim on Sep 21, 2004
Well known Christian pastor Chuck Swindoll puts it this way: “To show grace is to extend favor or kindness to one who ...read more
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Phillip Yancey Describes Grace In His Book ... PRO
Contributed by Martin Kim on Sep 21, 2004
Phillip Yancey describes grace in his book What’s So Amazing About Grace. He writes, “Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more—no amount of spiritual calisthenics and renunciations, no amount of knowledge gained from seminaries, no amount of crusading on behalf of righteous ...read more
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Marriage Is Not A Contract; It Is A Covenant. In ... PRO
Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 3, 2005
Marriage is not a contract; it is a covenant. In a contact, the two parties remain separate (Party of the first part and party of the second part). Like salad dressing, oil and water, shaken up and mixed together, put never really one. Left alone and still, salad dressing will eventually ...read more
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