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I met a new friend tonight: Lilias Trotter. She spoke words I didn’t really want to hear, but words to think on, none the less.

It is easy to find out whether our lives are focused, and if so, where the focus lies. Where do our thoughts settle when consciousness comes back in the morning? Where do they swing back when the pressure is off during the day? Does this test not give the clue? Then dare to have it out with God–and after all, that is the shortest way. Dare to lay bare your whole life and being before Him, and ask Him to show you whether or not all is focused on Christ and His glory. Dare to face the fact that unfocused, good and useful as it may seem, it will prove to have failed of its purpose. -Lilias Trotter

Lilias Trotter is one of those friends…well, the friends Alex Harris called, “dead friends.” She was born in 1853, excelled in painting and art, and spent much of her life in Algeria spreading the Gospel. Thank you, Mrs. Piper, for introducing her to me. I’ll be posting more about Lilias and more from the article that the above excerpt came from, time permitting.

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