Books like this helped me stay the course during those tumultuous hormone years when all I wanted was to give way to my baser desires.
I will say, besides being saved by Jesus Christ, getting married was the best thing that ever happened to me. That was a very different time in my life from now and I read this now to see how things had changed more than because I thought I needed to read this book. I read this for the first time back in 2000 when I was single and desperately trying to not be single. The late Ruth Bell Graham, wife of popular evangelist Billy Graham, wrote the preface. Elliot uses anecdotes from her relationship with Jim to expound on her views concerning "pure, Christian relationships" and the practice of "waiting on God" for romantic timing and direction. The book recounts Elliot's friendship and romance with missionary Jim Elliot, beginning in the 1940s and ending with his death in 1956. Published in 1984 and written by Elisabeth Elliot, is an evangelical Protestant book, part manifesto and part autobiography, on the subject of romantic relationships. Crossposted at WordPress, Blogspot & Librarything by Bookstooge’s Exalted Permission
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This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Finally, I'm certain that the book will address a number of questions that consistently come up in 21st century relationships, such as intention, patience, and navigating distance. Moreover, it helps you see how natural love is not inherently sinful, but rather beautiful when brought under the subjugation of Christ.
In light of that the book really challenged me to see the hand of God in Bett and Jim's relationship, while at the same time empathizing with their emotional and spiritual turmoil in the midst of being faithful.Įveryone should give this book a read if you looking for an example how a man and woman can come together clothed in the love of God, and how God sanctifies that natural love to become much more like Biblical love. But I also knew that Jim is eventually killed on the mission field about a year after their marriage (described in "The Path of Loneliness). It's a long journey, and the book ends in marriage. There were also many moments of conviction in how I was going about things, and some points for me to think about. Difficulties in, but commitment to, trusting God are laid out, which provided much encouragement for me, and I'm sure others, as I faithfully walk along God's will. As a man, it gave me some valuable insight of a lady's mind even when things are being done "right". Their waiting was far from easy, and between reading Bett and Jim's letters, as well as other folks' questions to Elizabeth, their emotion was palpable and extraordinarily relatable. However, this account, much like Elliot's "The Path of Loneliness" is raw. Both God-fearing and training for ministry. They met in college, and for all intents and purposes, they were the "ideal couple". In contrast to a various rom coms, novels, sitcoms, culture, etc., while feelings were felt very quickly (within months), they did not get married much later - about six years later. I'd say that it has been an amazing read, and went in a direction, not unlike the author's experience, that I wasn't expecting.įor those unfamiliar with the book, "Passion and Purity" recounts Elizabeth's (Bett's) relationship with her first husband, Jim Elliot, both whom fallen head-over-heels for each other.
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