"The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering. The love of God did not protect His own Son. That was the proof of His love--that He gave that Son, that He let Him go to Calvary's Cross, though 'legions of angels' might have rescued Him. He will not necessarily protect us--not from anything it takes to make us like His Son."
"...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 one's heart."
--Elizabeth Elliot, "Passion and Purity"
"I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake love until it please."
--Song of Solomon 3:5
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