{"author":"Amy Carmichael","author_id":"Amy+Carmichael","total_quotes":37,"quotes":[{"text":"If my attitude be on of fear, not faith, about the one who has disappointed me; if I say “Just what I expected,” if a fall occurs, then I know nothing of Calvary Love.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["calvary-love","disappointment","distrust","failure"],"id":5345,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["cross","drawn","first","god","important","missionary","primary"],"id":14216,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"If we were less of what seems like ease in our lives they would tell more for Christ and souls...We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["christian-living"],"id":76816,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"All life's training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don't grudge me the learning of a new lesson.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["christian-living","life-lessons"],"id":96249,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"A voice said, 'Climb.' And he said, 'How shall I climb?The mountains are so steep that I cannot climb.'The voice said, 'Climb or die.'He said, 'But how?I see no way up those steep ascents. This that is asked is too hard for me.'The voice said, 'Climb, or perish, soul and body of theemind and spirit of thee. There is no second chance for any son of man. Climb or die.'Then he remembered that he had read in the books of the bravest climbers on the hills of the earth that sometimes they were aware of the presence of a Companion on the mountains who was not one of the earthly party of climbers. And he rememberd a word in the Book of Mountaineers...It heartened him,for it told him that he was created to walk in precarious places, not on the easy levels of life.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["carmichael","dohnavur","faith","mountain"],"id":110203,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.' How often I think of that 'ought.' No sugary sentiment there. Just the stern, glorious trumpet call, OUGHT. But can words tell the joy buried deep within? Mine cannot. It laughs at words.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["christian-living","sacrifice"],"id":121546,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"The marvel of our Bible never shows more marvellous than at such times, when you see it in deed and in truth the Sword of the Spirit, and it cuts.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["bible"],"id":149086,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"As the needs of all living things must, we have proved that it is a very safe thing to trust in the Lord our God.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["god","need","safe","trust"],"id":161022,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"Strength of my heart, I need not fail,Not mind to fear but to obey,With such a Leader, who could quail?Thou art as Thou wert yesterday.Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee,Fulfil Thy purposes through me.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["christian-living","trusting-god"],"id":162344,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"},{"text":"Bare heights of loneliness...A wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.","author":"Amy Carmichael","tags":["amy-carmichael","god","windows"],"id":195752,"author_id":"Amy+Carmichael"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}