Here is the book summary:
Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.
Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and personal testimony continues to resonate, even after her own death in 2015.
What many don’t know is the remarkable story of how these two stalwart personalities—single-mindedly devoted to pursuing God’s will for their young lives, certain their future callings would require them to sacrifice forever the blessings of marriage—found their hearts intertwined. Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.
Now, for the first time, their only child—daughter Valerie Elliot Shepard—unseals never-before-published letters and private journals that capture in first-person intimacy the attraction, struggle, drama, and devotion that became a most unlikely love story.
Riveting for old and young alike, this moving account of their personal lives shines like a gold mine of lived-out truth, hard-fought purity, and an insider’s view on two beloved Christian figures.
Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and personal testimony continues to resonate, even after her own death in 2015.
What many don’t know is the remarkable story of how these two stalwart personalities—single-mindedly devoted to pursuing God’s will for their young lives, certain their future callings would require them to sacrifice forever the blessings of marriage—found their hearts intertwined. Their paths to God’s purpose led them together.
Now, for the first time, their only child—daughter Valerie Elliot Shepard—unseals never-before-published letters and private journals that capture in first-person intimacy the attraction, struggle, drama, and devotion that became a most unlikely love story.
Riveting for old and young alike, this moving account of their personal lives shines like a gold mine of lived-out truth, hard-fought purity, and an insider’s view on two beloved Christian figures.
And now, my review:
Devotedly by Valerie Elliot Shepard, the
daughter of missionaries Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, did a great job of putting
together a timeless work on the love story of her parents. It was such a gift to be able to part-take in
reading this work. What an inspiration
to the testimony of their walk with the Lord individually and with each
other. Willing and surrendered to put
the Lord’s will above all else. Their
letters to each other expressly displayed His sanctification
process in their lives and the conviction to concede to His direction for their
futures, whether together or apart. What
a joy this book was to me. Thank you to
the author for sharing such personal family information with everyone who picks
up this book.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for
my honest review.
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