This book.
Is amazing.
Do you know that jittery excited
feeling you get when something you read is so impactful and full of truth? That’s how you feel when you read this book by
Elisabeth Elliot. The life story of Amy Carmichael is so beautifully captured
in this book that it kind of takes your breath away. And not only is it a
narrative of her missionary work—it is also a way to be prayerful about your
own spiritual journey.
Amy’s entire life was a witness to
God. She was not perfect—in fact she often had doubts or made mistakes, but she
openly admitted them and constantly sought Truth and Righteousness.
“Give me the Love that leads the way
The Faith that nothing can dismay
The Hope no disappointments tire
The Passion that'll burn like fire
Let me not sink to be a clod
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God”
― Amy Carmichael
One person who knew Amy well said: “Miss
Carmichael was a blessing to all who came into intimate and understanding
contact with her radiant life. She was
the most Christ-like character I ever met, and her life was the most fragrant,
the most joyfully sacrificial that I have ever known."
Amy
was also humble and faithful. God used her
servant nature to work for others and He used her deep faith to move and inspire. Miss Carmichael started the Dohnavur Fellowship in India (which is still alive today--you can see their website here), she wrote dozens of books, became the mother to hundreds of children, and devoted 53 years of her life to missionary work without furlough.
In so many ways I wish I could be
like her, but then I tell myself: 'Laurel, all you have to do is believe with
the same fiery devotion and then let God work through you.' That's all Amy had;
her Faith and her Savior. But she built up a legacy and touched countless lives
with her contagious love and compassion.
“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
"successful.”
― Amy Carmichael
“to the glory of His name let
me witness that in far away lands, in loneliness (deepest sometimes when it
seems least so), in times of downheartedness and tiredness and sadness, always
always He is near. He does comfort, if we let Him. Perhaps someone as weak and
good-for-nothing as even I am may read this. Don't be afraid! Through all
circumstances, outside, inside, He can keep me close.”
― Amy Carmichael
In closing, I urge you to pick up her
biography (or perhaps one of her own writings.) Then you’ll see for yourself what
wonderful things God wrought through her life!
Other reading material on Amy
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