Interruptions, Delays and Inconveniences

Elisabeth Elliot's daily devotional from Back to the Bible today is entitled Interruptions, Delays and Inconveniences. Hmmm...sounds familiar. I think I was trying to write about that topic yesterday. Elliot quotes several missionaries:

--One who learned to regard trivial and annoying chores as daily practice that would eventually qualify her for bigger and better work

--One who trained himself to welcome interruptions as opportunities to present the gospel in true missionary spirit

--One who viewed an upset to her plans as an indication of God's guiding hand securing the accomplishment of His will (rather than her own will).

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