Do Not Rush. Trust. And Keep a Quiet Heart.

"I think I find most help in trying to look on all the interruptions and hindrances to work that one has planned out for oneself, as discipline, trials sent by God to help one against getting selfish over one's work.  Then one can feel that perhaps one's true work--one's work for God--consists in doing some trifling haphazard thing that has been thrown into one's day.  It is not a waste of time, as one is tempted to think, it is the most important part of the work of the day--the part one can best offer to God.  After such a hindrance, do not rush after the planned work; trust that the time to finish it will be given sometime, and keep a quiet heart about it."

Annie Keary, 1825-1879

Taken from: Keep a Quiet Heart by Elizabeth Elliot

I am currently reading Elizabeth Elliot's Keep a Quiet Heart, for the first time. I'll be sharing wisdom from this book as I journey through it. The quote above was printed before the introduction to the book. It really sets the tone of what Elliot (and the Lord) is trying to teach us in this book. I'm so excited. Being the mother of a 2 yr old and a 6 month old, I'll be reading maybe a page a day, so I'll really get to absorb what I read and let it soak in my mind. I'll share the things I love the most.