![]() As I read, it felt like I was reading a suspenseful romance novel about two Christian people deeply in love with Christ and each other, but who did not know if they could ever marry. Elisabeth Elliot uses her own story and her own experiences. They recognized that their feelings for each other were good and given by God, but also, that they could never be more important to each other than Jesus.ΔΆ. From the beginning, Jim and Elisabeth Elliot put Jesus above themselves. ![]() Many books have been written about singleness, love, marriage, and relationships, but this one is my favorite, and I believe, may be the best. ![]() As her personal story unfolds, she weaves in her own biblical thoughts about romance and relationships, how to surrender all of our hopes and desires to God, and how to re-focus our hearts and thoughts on Jesus Christ, our ultimate and only love. In Passion and Purity, Elisabeth Elliot, through her own love story with her first husband, Jim, shows single men and women how to navigate their singleness. So they both continued their lives loving each other, but unsure if they could ever love each other as man and wife. But there was a catch he knew God was calling him to be a missionary in places and situations where he would need to be single. ![]() ![]() They hadn't known each other long when he told her how much he liked her. She admired him from afar- his leadership, his strength of character, and most of all his passion for the Lord. ![]()
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