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Top Ten Things I’ve learned from Shammah

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I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a series here list­ing things I’ve learned from var­i­ous friends, fam­ily, strangers and other clas­si­fi­ca­tions of peo­ple. Might as well get it started, so to kick it off, let’s begin with my good friend, Shammah. So, here are ten things I’ve learned from him, in no par­tic­u­lar order:

  • Praise has noth­ing to do with sound­ing good, but every­thing to do with the heart.
  • You can learn to over­come shy­ness and inse­cu­rity by sheer force of will.
  • Give, give, and give until it hurts. Then give some more.
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Jim

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I have grown up with Jim, even though I've never met him. Mom would recount his story over and again throughout my childhood and early teens, with the result that his life and struggle to follow God have left a very vivid impression in my mind.

Jim Elliot was born October 8, 1924, in Portland, Oregon, and spent his entire life running after God. He wasn't rich or famous--in fact, the most fame he acquired was on January 8th, 1956, when he and four other missionaries were speared to death by Auca indians in the jungles of Ecuador. He was only 31 years old.

Jim wrote a well-known quote in one of his numerous journals:

He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.

And the power behind that quote is that he wrote it not only with his pen, but with his entire life.

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