His thoughts said, The time of preparation for service is longer than I had imagined it would be, and this kind of preparation is difficult to understand.His Father said, Think of the quarry whence came the stone for My house in Jerusalem.-From His Thoughts Said . . . His Father Said . . . by Amy Carmichael When we get discouraged about the slowness of things, it is helpful to remember that many
His thoughts said, I have been reading a spiritual book and I am confused and tired with trying to understand.His Father said, Leave that book and read the Book that thou lovest best; thou wilt find it much simpler.-From His Thoughts Said . . . His Father Said . . . by Amy Carmichael
O Beloved of my soul,This do I desire:Faith for the impossible,Love that will not tire.Jesus, Saviour, Lover, give meLove for the unlovable,Love that will not tire.O Beloved of my soul,Yet again I come;Give me cords of love to drawMany wanderers home.Jesus, Saviour, Lover, give meLove that knows nor strain nor flaw,Love to lead them home.-From Edges of His Ways by Amy Carmichael
'All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness.' I found that in RV lately (Psalm 25:10) and have found it feeds. All does not mean 'all but these paths we are in now' or 'nearly all, but perhaps not just this specially difficult painful one.' All must mean all. So your path with its unexplained sorrow, and mine with its unexplained sharp flints and briers, and both with their unexplained perplexi
But Thou didst reckon, when at first Thy word our hearts and hands did crave, What it would come to at the worst To save. Perpetual knockings at Thy door, Tears sullying Thy transparent rooms. These lines come with insistence as I look at the little Accals, who follow in order after the Accals, convert children, most of them, now growing up to helpfulness. If part of the story of one such young g
But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.-From Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael
If when an answer I did not expectcomes to a prayer which Ibelieved I truly meant,I shrink back from it;if the burden my Lord asks me to bearbe not the burden of my heart's choice,and I fret inwardly and do notwelcome His will,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by Amy Carmichael
When we heard of this little one, old Devai was with us. She had only just arrived after a journey of two days with a little girl, but she knew the perils of delay too well to risk them now. "Let me go! I will have some coffee, and immediately start!" So off she went for five more days of wearisome bullock-cart and train. But her face beamed when she returned and laid a six-weeks-old baby in our
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Dr. F. B. Meyer once told me that when he was young he was very irritable, and an old man told him that he had found relief from this very thing by looking up the moment he felt it coming, and saying, "Thy sweetness, Lord." By telling this, that old man greatly helped Dr. Meyer, and he told it to tens of thousands. I pass it on to you because I have found it a certain and a quick way of
On another occasion the clue was found through Devai's happening to overhear the conversation of two men in a wood in the early morning. One said to the other something about someone having taken "It" somewhere; and Devai, whose scent is keen where little "Its" are concerned, made friends with the men, and got the information she wanted from them. Careful work resulted in a little child's salvati
The above illustration and following chapter are taken from Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael.Near an ancient temple in Southern India is a large calm, beautiful pool, enclosed by stone walls, broken here and there by wide spaces fitted with steps leading down to the water's edge; and almost within reach of the hand of one standing on the lowest step are pink Lotus lilies floating serenely on the quie
If the praise of man elates meand his blame depresses me;if I cannot rest under misunderstandingwithout defending myself;if I love to be loved more than to love,to be served more than to serve,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by Amy Carmichael
If there be any reserve in my giving to Him who so loved that He gave His Dearest for me; if there be a secret "but" in my prayer, "Anything but that, Lord," then I know nothing of Calvary love. IfBy Amy Carmichael / Christian Literature CrusadeA little book about Calvary love in common life. Based on 1st Corinthians 13.
If by doing some work which theundiscerning consider "notspiritual work"I can best help others,and I inwardly rebel,thinking it is the spiritual forwhich I crave,when in truth it is the interestingand exciting,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by Amy Carmichael
Thou shalt have wordsBut at this cost, that thou must first be burnt.Burnt by red embers from a secret fire,Scorched by fierce heats and witheringwinds that sweepThrough all thy being, carrying thee afarFrom old delights . . .Not otherwise, and by no lighter touch,Are fire-words wrought.-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
"Not to the plain, O Lord, is our desire,But to the mountain-top do we aspire.O Thou Who callest us to giddy heightOf selfless loyalty and ceaseless fight,Help lest we strive in vain, O bring us low,Grant us Christ crucified alone to know." This is soldierly, it is the spirit we pray shall animate us. But the soldierly in everyday life may not feel glorious, and common virtues su
If the care of a soul (or a community)be entrusted to me,and I consent to subject it toweakening influences,because the voice of the world-my immediate Christian world-fills my ears,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by Amy Carmichael
The ways of our Father are gentle. He sends a gracious rain upon His inheritance to refresh it when it is weary. And often the rain is what in this south land we call the leaning rain, because it leans so softly against the hills to fall in small, light drops, almost dewy in smallness. Small questions fall on us in a light refreshing shower. We can answer them easily, and, in an
Once again I think of some whose heart will go out in longing to be in the thick of the fray again, at any cost. You have fought until your hand was weary and clave unto the sword, and the Lord wrought a great victory that day. Now something else is asked of you. Clamorous ills have come up like the Philistines of the old story who swarmed over the piece of ground full of lentils, and perhaps, un
O deeps unfathomed as the sea,O heights that reach beyond the high,O Love, that lavished all on me,I know Thee now, I know Thee nigh.O Love, that is not here or there,But like Thine own eternityIs here, is there, is everywhere,I yield, I love, I worship Thee.-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
Here is a verbal sketch of Dohnavur by Amy Carmichael: This chapter is written for one who likes to make a map for the mind as he reads. It will be of no interest to any other, and may be omitted without loss to the story as a whole. If you approach Dohnavur from the South, you find yourself in a village street, and, turning in at the gate that opens off the str
Our Lord has hallowed the ordinary in such a way that no one can ever make it unspiritual:Very dear the Cross of shameWhere He bore the sinner's blame,And the tomb wherein the Saviour layUntil the Third Day came,But He bore the self-same load,And He went the same high road,When the Carpenter of NazarethMade common things for God.-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
Lord Jesus, Thou art here with me,I do not need to cry to TheeTo come with me, my loving Lord,For Thou art with me in the ward.And though I may not see Thy Face,Yet as I go from place to place,There is a hush upon my day,That would not be, wert Thou away.When in the still white room I stand,Thy viewless hand will guide my hand.Dear Lord, what joy, what peace to beAbout Thy healing work with
God has some servants so trustful that He knows they will be content with any use He makes of whatever they give to Him. It is lawful for Him to do as He will with His own, that is their attitude, and it simplifies everything. But sometimes we have wondered whether one who has sent a gift to save a child, was disappointed when that little one passed on. We can understand the temptation, for we have felt it too. Perhaps much prayer and work lay behind the salvation of that child, and a costly journey and months of nursery care. Within a few months, it may be, the little one was gone. To what purpose is this waste? We would not say so, but sometimes we have almost thought so. Something so much more useful than this, for which we have not
If I feel injured when another laysto my charge things that I know not,forgetting that my Sinless Saviourtrod this path to the end,then I know nothing of Calvary love. IfBy Amy Carmichael / Christian Literature CrusadeA little book about Calvary love in common life. Based on 1st Corinthians 13.
Father, we come to Thee for bread,For all who hungry be;That little children may be fed,The sick and sorrowing comforted,We come, O God, to Thee.We thank Thee for the loving wordThat bids us cast our care;O Lord of lily and of bird,We come to Thee, our prayer is heard,And Thou dost answer prayer.-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
We were talking over this together when the words Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body unexpectedly opened to us, as familiar words so often open and discover treasure. And we saw that just as our Lord's words about the corn of wheat show once for all the law of life ("The law of the Cross is laid upon all life"), and as St. Paul's "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection" shows how we may be strong to obey that law, so this teaching on bearing about the Dying of our Lord Jesus shows the working of the law in the common details of common days. For the Dying of our Lord was the triumph of Life in the hour when the Powers of death appeared to triumph; and
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He took the seven loaves and the fishes and gave thanks, and brake them - that is the story of the medical work throughout the first seven years. We have the same words again and again in the Gospels: He took and blessed, and brake, and gave. He was known to them in the breaking of bread. Broken plans, broken health - but He brake and gave. There is a fellowship in brokenness: "My body which is broken."-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
From If by Amy Carmichael:If I do not give a friend "the benefit of the doubt,"but put the worst constructioninstead of the best on what is said or done,then I know nothing of Calvary love. If I take offense easily;if I am content to continue in a cool unfriendliness,though friendship be possible,then I know nothing of Calvary love.IfBy Amy Carmichael / Christian Literature CrusadeA little book about Calvary love in common life. Based on 1st Corinthians 13.
A quote from Windows by Amy Carmichael:Lord Jesus Christ, our Captain,we hail Thee Conqueror;Ask what Thou wilt, we'll follow,we are Thy men of war,We'll burn our boats behind us,we'll fling our ladders down,No battle-wound shall bind us,till Thou hast won Thy crown.O Lord, our Leader,make us a faithful bandTill Hindustan from north to southis Thine, Lord, is Thine-Immanuel's land.
O Prince of Glory, who dost bringThy sons to glory through Thy Cross,Let me not shrink from suffering,Reproach, or loss.The dust of words would smother me;Be all to me anathemaThat turns me from Gethsemane,And Golgotha.If Thy dear Home be fuller, Lord,For that a little emptierMy house on earth, what rich rewardThat guerdon were.And by the borders of my dayThe river of Thy pleasure flows,The flowers that blossom by the way,Who loves Thee knows.-From Windows by Amy Carmichael
An excerpt from Gold Cord by Amy Carmichael describing her search for assistance during the early years of her ministry with children:...a number of children were sent to us, and we were soon so greatly requiring help that I wrote a round-robin to the pastors, asking if they had any women wholly devoted to our Lord and separate in spirit from the world who were likely to be free for such work. "Not only have we no women, but we do not know even one woman of the kind you want," was, in effect, the answer of all.Yes, today we still need women who are wholly devoted to our Lord and separate in spirit from the world. There are few, very few. Let us free ourselves from every entanglement that would hinder us from doing the Lord's work.
From If by Amy Carmichael:If I cannot be at rest under the Unexplained,forgetting the word, "And blessedis he whosoever shall not beoffended in Me";or if I can allow the least shadow ofa misunderstanding,then I know nothing of Calvary love. So many times I want to know, to have things explained and laid out before me - yet God often waits to explain His reasons. IfBy Amy Carmichael / Christian Literature CrusadeA little book about Calvary love in common life. Based on 1st Corinthians 13.
From Windows by Amy Carmichael:"Let no one be deceived by the implications of a missionary map, nothing is more deceptive except it be missionary statistics. Neither can show the spiritual, and nothing else counts."Nothing else counts.Sometimes something I read jumps off the page at me, and this was one of those times. I found the above quote in a footnote in Windows and have been thinking about it ever since. What really matters to God? God keeps much different statistics than we do. Let's focus on what really counts in the sight of God.
From Thou Givest They Gather by Amy Carmichael: Often we wonder how the Lord can possibly go on loving us. Often we are tempted to think that though He may love others, we are different. Do you know what it is to feel so? We are not the first to feel like that. In George Herbert's poem Assurance he writes about it; and in another poem, Gratefulness, he says,"But Thou didst reckon, when at firstThy word our hearts and minds did crave,What it would come to at the worstTo save.Perpetual knockings at Thy door,Tears sullying Thy transparent rooms." Those words were written about 300 years ago. There is unshakeable comfort to be found in remembering that our Lord Jesus knew us and all we would be and do before He called us. Oh, rest your hearts, you who a
If the moment I am conscious of the shadow of selfcrossing my threshold,I do not shut the door,and in the power of HimWho works in us to will and to do,keep that door shut,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by Amy Carmichael IfBy Amy Carmichael / Christian Literature CrusadeA little book about Calvary love in common life. Based on 1st Corinthians 13.
Amy Carmichael referring to children who were desperately sought after by temple women: "These are unwanted children I suppose?" even now, after all we have tried to tell clearly, many a visitor asks. Perhaps this story will help to answer that question. And perhaps, if the reader pauses long enough to think who wanted the children most, something of the meaning of things will break upon the heart. There have been times when we have looked at the crowds of Christians who seem to care so little that young children are defiled that they will not even take the trouble to listen carefully to what can be told of them, or to gather to pray for them; and we have been discouraged. And then, adapting ancient words a little, we have said, "I will not make mention
This excerpt is found at the close of the book Though the Mountains Shake by Amy Carmichael: Since those last words were written much water has flowed under the bridge - red water. Sometimes overwhelmed by the crimes and shames that have broken in mighty billows upon the tortured lands, the eye has been caught by a small paragraph, or the ear by a brief sentence, and instantly there has swept into view, not only peoples but the whole creation that groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now (has anyone ever measured the sufferings of animals in war?), till the cry of the ages has once more ascended: Lord, how long wilt Thou look upon this? O ever-blazing sun!O lightening of the eternal Sire!Can ye behold this doneAnd tamely hide your al
From If by Amy Carmichael:If I sympathize weakly with weakness,and say to one who is turning backfrom the cross, "Pity thyself";if I refuse such a one the sympathythat bracesand the brave and heartening wordof comradeship,then I know nothing of Calvary love.
I want to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, and the Lord says this is impossible without the sword cutting deeply and dividing where our human relationships are concerned. We find that in the most intimate and God-given relationships, whether in family life or where friendship or close association of any kind is found, the Sword of the Lord begins to work, and a deep work is necessary before our relationships are in "life" where God is concerned. If we know one another after the flesh there is "death" spiritually, and so much that is called spiritual and of the Lord is really in the realm of death. The inescapable principle of spiritual life is death and resurrection; things going into death in one realm that they may live i
I found this in If by Amy Carmichael:If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannotforget,"as though the God,Who twice a day washes all thesands on all the shores of all theworld,could not wash such memoriesfrom my mind,then I know nothing of Calvary love.
I found this story in Thou Givest They Gather by Amy Carmichael:I have been reading an Anglo-Russian woman's story. Her husband, a brave and good doctor, was shot by the Reds. She had to work hard to educate her two children. She suffered much, but she never makes much of that; she tells of the suffering of others. This is one of her stories: On the night of Easter Eve, two Christian women were to be examined by the Reds in the prison. The warders fetched them, and as they walked along the damp, dimly-lighted, endless passages, the younger of the two - quite a young girl - remembered what night it was, and before she could be stopped, she suddenly called out in a glad, fearless voice, "Christ is risen!", and from behind the locked doors of the cells on either side of the dark passage
I found the following excerpt from Though the Mountains Shake by Amy Carmichael to be very insightful in regards to financing work done for the Lord. There are four ways of financing work. 1. To use one's earnings or possessions. This is scriptural (Eph. 4:28) and often possible. 2. To ask others. This is Scriptural (Ex. 35:5; 2 Cor. 8:11 and context) and often possible. 3. To ask no one but the Father. This is Scriptural (The Gospels; I John 5:14-15) and always possible, if He be "the Ground of our beseeching." 4. To profess to follow the third way
MotocrossRICKY CARMICHAEL SUFRE FATIGA CRÓNICALluis LlurbaCarmichael no participará en el SX Paris-Bercy. Carmichael no pondrá el broche final a su inigualable carrera deportiva en el Supercross Paris-Bercy. Los médicos le han diagnosticado un síndrome de fatiga crónica.Aunque todavía falta la confirmación oficial de su manager, todo parece indicar que Carmichael no participará en el Supercross de Paris-Bercy.El síndrome de fatiga crónica, que padece Carmichael, es un desorden muy complejo que se caracteriza por un profundo agotamiento del que no te recuperas descansando únicamente y que se puede (1) ver empeorado con la actividad mental y física, por lo que participar en el supercross francés sólo le llevaría a empeorar.Carmichael: “Me siento como si hubiese estado corriendo sin parar durante los últimos meses. He luchado para mantener mi ritmo habitual, pero me siento extremadamente cansado y no logro recuperarme del todo. Estoy bastante preocupado…”.Ricky Car
American Motocross legend Ricky Carmichael ended his career on a high note by taking his Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 to yet another victory and his third team success in the Motocross of Nations.
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Two weeks ago I got an invitation to dine with one of the most influential men in the Internet world. He invited me and my girlfriend to dine in his lush penthouse apartment in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. His wife is a former model who also happens to be one of the most gracious hosts I’ve ever met. The night was definitely going to be memorable.I was dressed in my usual Dunhill suit and Hugo Boss tie and dished a small fortune to buy my girlfriend a new dress for the occasion. I needed this night to be perfect: A lot of money was riding on this deal.John and Cathy (not their real names) greeted us at the door and invited us into their beautifully furnished house. The penthouse is decorated in a wave of earthy tones with a dash of dark red ever so often. The dining room is spectacular: A dark mahogany table with the most interesting contemporary chairs. You could see they entertain quite regularly. We sat down for dinner at the table and I saw the one thing that was by far the
Elisabeth Elliot wanted to profile one to whom she felt she owed a great debt. It was through the writings of Amy Carmichael that Elliot first understood the great message of the cross, the sacrificial Calvary love of sacrifice. Before reading this book, all I knew about Amy Carmichael is that she is revered as one who surrendered her life completely to Christ. After reading her biography, now I
