Part three in a three-part series on acceptance of difficulty. “We must accept and cooperate with the inevitable. If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won’t change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves.” - Dale Carnegie Unfortunately, the Dale Carnegie quote above reflects the way many people go through the …
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Acceptance: The Gift of Difficulties
Part 2 in a series on acceptance of difficulties, trials, and suffering. “Whatever is in the cup that God is offering me, whether it be pain and sorrow and suffering and grief along with the many joys, I am willing to take it because I trust Him.” - Elisabeth Elliot In the previous post, we …
Acceptance and the Problem With Bears
Acceptance and the Problem With Bears “That which does not kill you makes you stronger.” – attributed to Frederik Nietzsche One of my favorite quotes is this one from Frederik Nietzsche. It is because it has been handily rewritten by the wilderness community into this: “That which does not kill you makes you stronger...except bears. …
The Tip of the Spear
In 1956, five missionaries, all young men with families, died at the hands of the Waodani natives in the jungles of Ecuador. Jim Elliot was among those who died by the spears of the people they were trying to save. Much of the world was riveted by the news reports of the five missing men, …
One Pursuit 