I'm in the middle of reading Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot right now, and it's amazing the wisdom she put forth in this book. Wanted to share a couple key things I found with you.
"Almighty God, you alone can bring order to the unruly wills and affections of sinners: grant your people grace to love what You command and desire what You promise; that among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found, through Christ Jesus, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, amen."
"The fair new petals must fall, and for no visible reason. No one seems enriched by the stripping. ANd the frist step into the realm of giving is like a surrender-not manward but Godward: an utter yielding of our best. So long as our idea of surrender is limited to the renouncing of unlawful things, we have never grasped its true meaning: that is not worthy of the name for 'no polluted thing' can be offered. The life lost on the cross was not a sinful one-the treasure poured forth there was God-given, God-blessed treasure, lawful and right to be kept; only, that there was the life of the world at stake."
"Until the will and affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His Lordship. The cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart's truth."
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