E.E. on 8 Weeks

As it would be, I finished posting about the 8 weeks of studying we are in only to find that I had an Elizabeth Elliot devotional waiting for me in my email. . . on exactly the same thing. She says it so much better! Here are her words:

"Obedience, humility, cheerfulness ("Do all you have to do without complaint or wrangling") are rare in a warped and crooked world--nearly nonexistent, in fact, where each lives for his own ends. If a marriage counselor were to ask each partner, "What are your goals?" and the answer were "How can I best serve my husband or wife? What can I do to further his or her goals?" the counseling period would be over, the bill low. Any two people, any community of Christians who set themselves to look only to the other's interest would be a rare and radiant thing, shining, as Paul said, "like stars in a dark world" (Phil 2:15 NEB)."