1 John 1:3 (New International Version)
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also
may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his
Son, Jesus Christ.
Jim Elliott was born in Portland, Oregon in 1927. He came
to the Lord when he was six after a church meeting. In 1949, he graduated from
Wheaton College. Six years later, Jim and four other missionaries were martyred
by Auca Indians on the Curaray River in the jungles of Ecuador. On January 16,
1951, he wrote the following in his journal: "I walked out to the hill
just now. It is exalting, delicious. To stand embraced by the shadows of a
friendly tree with the wind tugging at your coattail and the heavens hailing
your heart, to gaze and glory and to give oneself again to God, what more could
a man ask? Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on
earth. I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love
Him, please Him. Mayhap, in mercy, He shall give me a host of children that I
may lead through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies whose fingers'
ends set them to burning. But if not, if only I may see Him, smell His
garments, and smile into my Lover's eyes, ah, then, not stars, nor children,
shall matter--only Himself."
Our primary relationship is to our Heavenly Father. Do
you love the Lord with all of your heart, mind and strength?
Dear Lord we want to not ask for anything, we just want
to thank You for Loving us. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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