**On behalf of the Elisabeth Elliot Foundation, we wish you and yours a blessed Thanksgiving celebration as we fix our eyes on Jesus Christ in whom and from whom we have our being and from whom all blessings flow. We thank you for your prayers and encouragement as we serve to faithfully share Elisabeth’s timeless legacy and love for Jesus Christ with future generations.
If the frightened chirp of a falling sparrow reaches the Throne Room of the Lord of the Universe (and the Bible says it does) we can be sure He is not too high to pay attention to our smallest prayer.
Learn to talk to God about everything. It saves so much energy to obey Paul’s word in Philippians 4 — “Have no anxiety, but in everything make your requests known to God in prayer and petition with thanksgiving. Then the peace of God, which is beyond our utmost understanding, will keep guard over your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.”
Spread before Him in the morning all that you have to do that day, all the decisions that “hang over your head” for the next week or next year, the shopping, the interviews, the children, the boss, the lawn and garden, the neighbors, school work, boyfriends, money—you name it, but be sure to name it to Him. Peace will be the result, if you name it with thanksgiving.
**Excerpt originally published in the March/April 1984 Elisabeth Elliot Newsletter.