July 4, 2008

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  “The liberty of those who have nothing to lose because they have nothing to keep. We can do without anything while we have God.”      

  
  

                                                                                      Lilias Trotter

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  Isabella Lilias Trotter (14 July 1853 – 28 August 1928) was a artist and a missionary for over 38 years to the Muslims of Algeria. (You can read more about her life at the link below. They also offer quite a few of her writings online. The ‘Parables of the Cross’ and ‘Parables of the Cross-life’ are her most famous writings. )  She was known as a brilliant artist who saw God through His creation. She gave up the opportunity to become a famous artist in order to serve Christ fully as a missionary to Algeria saying, “I see clear as daylight now, I cannot give myself to painting in the way he means (her friend/mentor Ruskin) and continue to ‘seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness’.

  
  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilias_Trotter

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