he loved the Lord, and loved people

Kristy & Dennis

Kristi was initially aware of Dennis’s striking blue eyes, his warm personality and his character. It was obvious that he loved the Lord, and loved people. A gentleman, he was very considerate of her as a young lady, but kind to everybody else too. “I told the Lord my thoughts and asked that if Dennis was part of His plan for me, he would make contact soon.”

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Don’t Mind the Gap

He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” So His merciful and miraculous leading is individual—“Thou (singular) shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee.” The temptation is great to imitate or to expect the same manner of guidance which God has given another. “What is that to Thee; follow thou Me.” His Word abounds in examples of His separate leading of His sheep.

(from the journal of Elisabeth Elliot, quoted in Devotedly by Valorie Elliot Shepard)

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