It is Christ who is to be exalted, not our feelings. We will know Him by obedience, not by emotions. Our love will be shown by obedience, not by how good we feel about God at a given moment. “And love means following the commands of God.” “Do you love Me?” Jesus asked Peter. “Feed My lambs.” He was not asking, “How do you feel about Me?” for love is not a feeling. He was asking for action.
— Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015), Missionarin, Bestsellerautorin und Vortragsrednerin
Related Bible passage: JHN.21.15
Topics: Love, Discipleship, Faith & Trust
Occasions: For Reflection
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) war eine US-amerikanische evangelikale Missionarin, Autorin und Radiomoderatorin, die in den 1950er-Jahren in Ecuador und danach über Jahrzehnte in den USA wirkte. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihren Dienst unter den Waodani nach der Tötung ihres Mannes sowie durch Schriften über unbedingten Gehorsam, Leidensbereitschaft und christliche Lebensführung. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sie praktische Impulse zu Glaubenstreue und Trost in Krisen, während ihre rigide Theologie der Geschlechterrollen und ihr Einfluss auf die „Purity Culture“ umstritten bleiben.
All quotes by Elisabeth Elliot (30)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard