Elisabeth Elliott died a few days ago. She left this life and entered into the presence of the Lord, where I am sure she heard, "well done, good and faithful servant."
Much has been said and written about Elisabeth Elliott in the days since her passing. One of the most impactful things I read came from Nancy Leigh DeMoss's blog. She wrote these words:
It would be a mistake to look at Elisabeth and only see a bigger-than-life person and think, This is somebody in another stratosphere. We forget that the impact of her life flowed out of ordinary choices, day after day, to get to know God, to cry out to Him for grace, to do the next thing—that the big picture of Elisabeth's life was a sum total of saying again and again, "Yes, Lord."
She never considered herself heroic or special or extraordinary. She seemed that way to us, because so few people make those choices. But the same could be true of each of us—that when the story of our lives is told, people will say, "She trusted and she obeyed." (excerpted from "She Trusted and She Obeyed: a Tribute to Elizabeth Elliott" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, emphasis mine)
She never considered herself heroic or special or extraordinary. She seemed that way to us, because so few people make those choices. But the same could be true of each of us—that when the story of our lives is told, people will say, "She trusted and she obeyed." (excerpted from "She Trusted and She Obeyed: a Tribute to Elizabeth Elliott" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, emphasis mine)
Elisabeth Elliott was a woman who trusted and obeyed. A woman who day after day, week after week, year after year, lived a life that was totally for the glory of God.
What an example. What a legacy.
May we who remain here in this world be as faithful as Elisabeth Elliott. May we live lives that honor God. May we - daily, moment by moment - trust Him. Obey Him. May our ordinary choices draw us closer to Him and may our ordinary choices bring Him glory. May we leave a legacy, as Elisabeth Elliott did, of faithfulness and obedience and trust.
May all who come behind us find us faithful.
O may all who come behind us find us faithful;
May the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe,
And the lives we live inspire them to obey.
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe,
And the lives we live inspire them to obey.
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.
(Jon Mohr)