The Liberty of Obedience Quotes

“We may not say that we have the answers. Questions of how to conduct oneself as a Christian, or how to serve as a Christian, must be answered by life itself- the life of the individual in his direct responsible relationship to God. This is a dynamic, never a static thing. And how can we speak at all of the true meaning of conduct and service if we do not speak first and last of love? For it is love which sums up all other commands. The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, The Liberty of Obedience

“We praise the eye because it can see, and we condemn the hand because it cannot see. We have nothing to do with the choice of the gift. Remember the parable of the servants and what they did with the talents.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, The Liberty of Obedience