"The Cross, as it enters the love life, will reveal the heart's truth. My heart, I knew, would be forever a lonely hunter unless settled 'where true joys are to be found."

"I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts."

"Life requires countless 'little' deaths- occasions when we are given the chance to say no to self and yes to God... We are not meant to die merely in order to be dead. God would not want that for the creatures to whom He has given the breath of life. We die in order to live."

"Be still and know that He is God. When you are lonely, too much stillness is exactly the thing that seems to be laying waste your soul. Use that stillness to quiet your heart before God. Get to know Him. If He is God, He is still in charge. Remember that you are not alone"

"I realised that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done."
- Passion & Purity by Elizabeth Eliot

This gave me pause for thought. It seems that the clearer the vision, the fewer the options, and - I won't say easier - but yes, the simpler the decision gets. :)

But yeah, I think I read somewhere before that for those whom the calling is clearer, the burden becomes heavier, and the sacrifice needs to be greater.

Anyway! Focus! There's a missions follow-up event on 28 October. Much work to be done... instead of blogging so much. Am blessed by Robert's excitement to want to go to the Southern Hemisphere for missions next time.