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A review by turning_every_paige
A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter by I. Lilias Trotter, Miriam Huffman Rockness
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This lovingly written biography of a lesser-known missionary was so moving and inspiring. Lillias Trotter was quite a woman, who had quite a relationship with her Lord. Her love for people, her passion for the impossible, her drive to serve the Lord, and her ability to pull spiritual lessons from the scenes of nature that she loved so well are all incredibly thought-provoking and challenging. What a life!
Some quotes from the book and from Lillias herself:
-“It is loss to keep when God says ‘give’.”— L.T.
-“The only valid question, she believed, was how anyone who had experienced the light of eternity ‘in the face of Jesus Christ’ could withhold that light and life and love from those who had not. …’All that is of dimness and dreariness and hopeless heart-emptiness is wrapped up in those two words— without Christ’.” -M.H.R.
-“I am full of hope that when God delays in fulfilling our little thoughts, it is to have Himself room to work out His great ones.” —L.T.
-“And yet let us write evermore write over all our miseries, big, and for the most part very little, these transforming words ‘With Jesus’.” —L.T.
-“…you cannot get beyond that blessed climax of impossibility. Let faith swing out on Him. He is the God of the impossible.” —L.T.
5 ⭐️
Some quotes from the book and from Lillias herself:
-“It is loss to keep when God says ‘give’.”— L.T.
-“The only valid question, she believed, was how anyone who had experienced the light of eternity ‘in the face of Jesus Christ’ could withhold that light and life and love from those who had not. …’All that is of dimness and dreariness and hopeless heart-emptiness is wrapped up in those two words— without Christ’.” -M.H.R.
-“I am full of hope that when God delays in fulfilling our little thoughts, it is to have Himself room to work out His great ones.” —L.T.
-“And yet let us write evermore write over all our miseries, big, and for the most part very little, these transforming words ‘With Jesus’.” —L.T.
-“…you cannot get beyond that blessed climax of impossibility. Let faith swing out on Him. He is the God of the impossible.” —L.T.
5 ⭐️