Amy Carmichael set an impossible standard. Working as a missionary in India until her death in 1951, she took Jesus at His word when He said, If you want to be my disciple, you must give up your right to yourself, take up the Cross, and follow. And that she did.Amy Carmichael was the eldest daughter of a large Christ-centered family in Millisle, Ireland. She was impressed at an early age that nothing is important but that which is eternal. This understanding proved to be the foundation for her service to the Lord among the mill workers of Ireland, the Japanese briefly, and then in India where she began her ministry to children in
From the foreword by Elisabeth Elliot
As long as I can remember, I hoped the Lord would grant me the privilege of being a foreign missionary. My parents were missionaries when I was born, and we were given missionary books by the dozen. Many well-known missionaries were guests in our home, where we heard their stories firsthand and were inspired.
This little book seemed to set an utterly impossible standard. It was, however, the same standard I found in the words of Jesus: If you want to be my disciple, you must give up your right to yourself, take up the Cross, and follow.
Amy Carmichael, known to those who loved and worked with her as Amma (an Indian term of respect which can also mean "mother") was a true soldier of the Cross. I wanted to follow.
