OUR VISION IS SO LIMITED WE CAN HARDLY IMAGINE A LOVE THAT DOES NOT SHOW ITSELF IN PROTECTION FROM SUFFERING... THE LOVE OF GOD DID NOT PROTECT HIS OWN SON... HE WILL NOT NECESSARILY PROTECT US – NOT FROM ANYTHING IT TAKES TO MAKE US LIKE HIS SON.
A LOT OF HAMMERING AND CHISELING AND PURIFYING BY FIRE
WILL HAVE TO GO INTO THE PROCESS.
- ELISABETH ELLIOT