Amy Carmichael
Amy Carmichael
Amy Wilson Carmichaelwas a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there...
lambs calvary lamb-of-god
From all that dims Thy Calvary, O Lamb of God, deliver me.
names calvary ifs
If I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary's love
goal calvary easier
If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
way calvary conversation
If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
cold calvary offence
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
calvary turns hardest
If the ultimate, the hardest, cannot be asked of me; if my fellows hesitate to ask it and turn to someone else, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
cannot giving love
One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving
victory god-love constant
O Love of God, do this for me: Maintain a constant victory.
God, harden me against myself!
christian inspiration responsible
The only expenditure, and all its outworkings, for which God can be held to be responsible is that which He directs.
crush loss omnipotence
Can we accept the unexplained, the loss, The crushing agony, and hold us still. And nowhere is that clearer vision given Which pierces a bewildering providence, And opens windows upon highest heaven, But where we see Suffering Omnipotence.
feet littles delight
Ours should be the love that asks not 'how little?' but, 'how much?' The love that delights to pour out everything upon the feet of our Beloved.
crucible gold faces
When I can see my face in it [the liquid gold in the crucible] then it is pure.
pain heart night
We say, then, to anyone who is under trial, give Him time to steep the soul in His eternal truth. Go into the open air, look up into the depths of the sky, or out upon the wideness of the sea, or on the strength of the hills that is His also; or, if bound in the body, go forth in the spirit; spirit is not bound. Give Him time and, as surely as dawn follows night, there will break upon the heart a sense of certainty that cannot be shaken.