Do the Next Thing

I saw this a day or two ago. I needed to read this. There is so much to do, in work, family life, etc. It can get overwhelming.

Elisabeth Elliot spoke to me about it. If you are not familiar with her, read about here HERE. Briefly,

The resounding theme of Elliot’s life was the boundless love of Jesus, and her greatest commission was to tell others of His saving grace. This costly call led her into the Amazonian jungle of Ecuador where her husband, Jim Elliot, was one of five missionaries speared to death in 1956 while attempting to make contact with members of the Auca/Waodani tribe. Elisabeth, along with her young daughter Valerie, would later return to Auca territory to live among and minister to the people who killed her husband.

So what did I read a few days ago? Here is a brief quote to whet your appetite to click over and read her short essay.

Have you had the experience of feeling as if you’ve got far too many burdens to bear, far too many people to take care of, far too many things on your list to do? You just can’t possibly do it, and you get in a panic and you just want to sit down and collapse in a pile and feel sorry for yourself. Well, I’ve felt that way a good many times in my life, and I go back over and over again to an old Saxon legend, which I’m told is carved in an old English parsonage somewhere by the sea.

Take a few minutes to read the rest. You will be blessed.