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All life's training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don't grudge me the learning of a new lesson.

Amy Carmichael

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Amy Carmichael
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 16
Died: 1951
Died: January 18
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Amy Beatrice Carmichael
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If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier. My house on earth, what rich rewards. That guerdon were.
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Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him.
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It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.
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Love knows how to do without what it naturally wants. Love knows how to say, 'What does it matter.'
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If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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If souls can suffer alongside, and I hardly know it, because the spirit of discernment is not in me, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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Strength of my heart, I need not fail, Not mind to fear but to obey, With such a Leader, who could quail? Thou art as Thou wert yesterday. Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee, Fulfil Thy purposes through me.
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Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile.
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There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful. Praise God, it does not say sucessful.
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He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid.
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I would rather burn out than rust out.
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If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
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Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience.
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Thank God, He does not measure grace out in teaspoons.
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If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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Love accepts the trying things of life without asking for explanations. It trusts and is at rest.
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I wish thy way. And when in me myself should rise, and long for something otherwise, Then Lord, take sword and spear And slay.
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