Gateway to Joy / A Chance to Die

Every experience in life,  

    even the most unpleasant, 

        if offered to Jesus,

    can become a 

        Gateway to Joy

                                      - Elisabeth Elliot

When a thing cuts across

    our natural desires,

        see in it a Chance to Die

                                      - Amy Carmichael

Every experience that God 

    allows to happen to us, 

that God gives to us 

    as the bountiful gifts 

of His love and His mercy 

    and His grace;  

Every single experience 

    without exception

        can be a Gateway to Joy

IF we Accept it from His hands,

    Thank Him for it,

        and Offer it Back to Him.

  

                                      - Elisabeth Elliot