Comments on: Word for Wednesday: Called and Chosen http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: akaGaGa http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen/comment-page-1#comment-49 akaGaGa Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:14:27 +0000 http://asinamirror.com/?p=105#comment-49 Thanks so much for sharing about Jim Eliot. While I often lament that I don't see brothers and sisters who are willing to give their all for Christ, he obviously was one of them. It's nice to get to know members of the family. :) Thanks so much for sharing about Jim Eliot. While I often lament that I don’t see brothers and sisters who are willing to give their all for Christ, he obviously was one of them.

It’s nice to get to know members of the family. :)

]]> By: The_Other_Alice http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen/comment-page-1#comment-44 The_Other_Alice Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:55:26 +0000 http://asinamirror.com/?p=105#comment-44 Wow, Miss Szymanski. I am impressed with your enthusiasm and devotion; you ransacked the library! Oh, those Scriptures are beautiful! "I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord..." Wow, Miss Szymanski. I am impressed with your enthusiasm and devotion; you ransacked the library!

Oh, those Scriptures are beautiful! “I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord…”

]]> By: Miss Szymanski http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen/comment-page-1#comment-42 Miss Szymanski Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:07:20 +0000 http://asinamirror.com/?p=105#comment-42 Another wonderful post, Alice! ;) I love what you said, as I've been thinking about it a lot myself lately: "Is it, then, too much for Jesus to ask us to die to ourselves? Pass from this earth and live forever in the beauty of the presence of God?" Jim Elliot's quote, "Saturate me with the oil of Thy Spirit, that I may be a flame" actually extends to say, "Am I ignitable?... Saturate me with the oil of They Spirit, that I may be a flame. But a flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul -- short life? ... Make me Thy Fuel, Flame of God." Jim Elliot and the other with him were certainly on fire for God, even to the point of death. As you said, we often think that we could never give up our lives for Christ, but God gave up His only Son for us; it is only right that we give Him everything in return -- everything that was His to begin with. All of this makes me think (as Jay mentioned in a previous comment), "How far would we go -- how far would I go -- for God?" I've just started reading "Through the Gates of Splendor" (in fact, I ransacked the library looking for all the books you mentioned) and it amazes me how much these men were willing to "lose" for Christ --"He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it" (Matthew 10:39). "Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ" (Philippians 3:8). Another wonderful post, Alice! ;)

I love what you said, as I’ve been thinking about it a lot myself lately: “Is it, then, too much for Jesus to ask us to die to ourselves? Pass from this earth and live forever in the beauty of the presence of God?” Jim Elliot’s quote, “Saturate me with the oil of Thy Spirit, that I may be a flame” actually extends to say, “Am I ignitable?… Saturate me with the oil of They Spirit, that I may be a flame. But a flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul — short life? … Make me Thy Fuel, Flame of God.” Jim Elliot and the other with him were certainly on fire for God, even to the point of death. As you said, we often think that we could never give up our lives for Christ, but God gave up His only Son for us; it is only right that we give Him everything in return — everything that was His to begin with. All of this makes me think (as Jay mentioned in a previous comment), “How far would we go — how far would I go — for God?” I’ve just started reading “Through the Gates of Splendor” (in fact, I ransacked the library looking for all the books you mentioned) and it amazes me how much these men were willing to “lose” for Christ –”He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matthew 10:39).

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ” (Philippians 3:8).

]]> By: The Other Alice http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen/comment-page-1#comment-41 The Other Alice Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:44:14 +0000 http://asinamirror.com/?p=105#comment-41 Hey, friends! Hey, yunno what's so funny? A few month's before Jim Elliot's death, his wife told him she was going to write his biography someday. He just laughed and made a remark about how absurd some of her ideas could be! (lol!) I think God definitely gave him the desire of his heart; that his life would be an exhibit to the value of knowing God. It has certainly been that for me. Hey, friends!

Hey, yunno what’s so funny? A few month’s before Jim Elliot’s death, his wife told him she was going to write his biography someday. He just laughed and made a remark about how absurd some of her ideas could be! (lol!)

I think God definitely gave him the desire of his heart; that his life would be an exhibit to the value of knowing God. It has certainly been that for me.

]]> By: Jay http://asinamirror.com/word-for-wednesday-called-and-chosen/comment-page-1#comment-40 Jay Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:42:54 +0000 http://asinamirror.com/?p=105#comment-40 What an awesome post! I have really been thinking a lot about Jim Elliot, especially that quote that you mentioned. It's really amazing how many of us say that the cost is too great, when God gave His only Son for us. The least we can do is to follow Him with reckless abandon. [ I totally agree with Rebecca... that's the perfect verse to sum it all up :) ] What an awesome post! I have really been thinking a lot about Jim Elliot, especially that quote that you mentioned. It’s really amazing how many of us say that the cost is too great, when God gave His only Son for us. The least we can do is to follow Him with reckless abandon.

[ I totally agree with Rebecca... that's the perfect verse to sum it all up :) ]

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