"“Her life was a life of sacrifice. In poverty, in ill health, in sickness herself and with family ill, laboring with her hands in connection with her husband, economizing to barest necessities of existence, ministering to others hope and cheer under greatest discouragement herself, she more than measured the span of her days in arduous self-denial and self-forgetfulness for others’ sake. She has given away many times over what would have kept her in ease. Her appeals to others have been to do, do, do, for God and humanity; but in this she has been greatly blessed of God. Coming down to death's door many times, life despaired of by friends, given up to die again and again by physicians, she has been repeatedly and miraculously restored to health. LS 459.2"
"As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."
The EGW passage describes a life of sacrifice, poverty, and hardship, yet also of ministering to others and experiencing miraculous restoration. This mirrors the paradoxical descriptions in 2 Corinthians 6:10, such as being sorrowful yet always rejoicing, and poor yet making many rich. The passage highlights the themes of self-denial and service despite personal challenges.
"I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."
The EGW passage describes a life of selfless service and giving, echoing the principle in Acts 20:35 about the blessedness of giving over receiving, especially in supporting the weak. The description of her sacrifices aligns with the spirit of the verse.