He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep to gain that which he
cannot lose. Jim Elliot, martyred by Auca Indians
In a group photo, whose picture do you look for first?
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Jim Elliot's paradox: sacrifice the temporal for the eternal; our tendency to seek ourselves first in photos reflects deeper self-centeredness.
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