Set Apart

“The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of christian,But the fact that I am a christian does make me a different kind of woman.”
― Elisabeth Elliot


Oh, Elisabeth Elliot. What words of wisdom the He has granted her with. I pray that I would be this. Often in my prayers I say, Lord, help me to be set apart, a girl for you, that I wouldn't be of this world, but completely Yours. Help me. Refine me. 


A song that I am loving, Only Love Remains, by JJ Heller, says this. 


Scenes of you come rushing through
You are breaking me down
So break me into pieces
That will grow in the ground
I know that I deserve to die
For the murder in my heart
So be gentle with me Jesus
As you tear me apart

Please kill the liar
Kill the thief in me
You know that I am tired of their cruelty
Breathe into my spirit
Breathe into my veins
Until only love remains

You burn away the ropes that bind
And hold me to the earth
The fire only leaves behind whatever is of worth
I begin to see reality
For the first time in my life
I know that I'm a shadow
But I'm dancing in your light

Teach me to be humble
Call me from the grave
Show me how to walk with you upon the waves
Breathe into my spirit
Breathe into my veins
Until only love remains


I. Love. This. Song. It's beautiful. 


I want the liar and thief to be dead in me. 




“This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience - it looks for a way of being constructive.
Love is not possessive.
Love is not anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own ideas.
Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.
Love is not touchy.
Love does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.
Love knows no limits to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that stands when all else has fallen.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman


This quote is excellent too. Jesus says that "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" I want to love the lowly, the young, the old, the poor, the weak. I suppose that might have something to do with my strong desire to adopt a child at some point in my life, and also to go on a missions trip. 


I want to love unreservedly, unbiased, impartially. Yes, that's the word. Impartially. 


I was reading a post called "Open Hands and a Willing Heart" over at Forever His Servant and she said this. 

So frankly, all this to say that He is so actively involved in our lives; He is so intimately involved in our lives.  Some of you have expressed that you have questions as to what He desires for you to do. May I encourage you? Surrender to Him, my friends...it's beautiful.  I wish I had amazing, eloquent, persuasive words to express it. But this "poor, stammering, lisping tongue" does not know how to do Him justice.  He is worthy...so holy....so mighty.  And to clarify?  It's a daily thing.  For the longest time I was trying to get that "one experience of full surrender." Then I realized it's a lifestyle.  I will still be surrendering at 85 (if the Lord allows me to live until then). Granted, each day and season brings different things to surrender, but nonetheless we must actively work at keeping our hands and hearts open to Him: His call, His burdens, His whispers.  Are we still enough to hear Him? Do we stop long enough to see Him at work?  

It's a daily thing. I needed that. It's a daily thing. I love reading Melanie's posts, but this one was wonderful. Go, click the link, read this post. Her writing is so inspiring and poetic, sometimes I want to quit my blog. :) But I'm still here. 

After re-reading this post, I realize that this is sort of an "all over the map post" but I suppose that might have to do with the fact that it's 9pm and I'm tired. 

So, I shall bid you farewell, goodnight. 

Until next time we meet, 

~Emma~

P.S. I've decided that I might change the background color to correspond with the seasons and holidays. This is reddish orange for fall. :)  


P.P.S. I can't make the white highlighted part to go away, it won't, uh, "un-highlight". ;)