Jesus is worth living for, and He is worth dying for. Jim Elliot once said, “nothing is worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.” The result of that desire was not what any of them necessarily hoped or dreamed for, but it was perfect. They had one goal: lay their lives down for the One who gave them new life. They did not desire to be super-Christians. It is merely a story of five men and five women, who followed Christ, caring not what the cost would be. It’s not a story of great victory or success. This book brings me to tears every time I read it. May we all learn from her humility, faithfulness, and bravery, but even more so, may we learn to love the God she served whole-heartedly. Elisabeth was an author, a speaker, and a role model for girls and women seeking to follow Christ all over the world.

She later married Lars Gren and they were married until her death in 2015. After her return to the states, she married Addison Leitch in 1969. Jim was killed in 1956, and Elisabeth, or Betty as she was called more often than not, continued to serve in Ecuador. She married Jim Elliot in 1953, and their daughter, Valerie was born in Ecuador where they served together. It was no surprise when Elisabeth herself, became a missionary. They moved back to the states when she was young, but throughout her childhood and teen years they hosted many missionaries in their home. Her humble, honest, and thorough story of God working His plan in our greatest moments and weakest ones, is both convicting, encouraging, and very inspiring.Įlisabeth Elliot was born in Belgium to missionary parents. Elisabeth Elliot was there for the events she recounts, the wife of one of the five missionaries. What makes this book more than a mere biography, is it’s author. This book, Through Gates of Splendor, is the story of how the paths Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Flemming crossed, the thrill of planning their greatest adventure, the joy the found in Jesus Christ, and the way God worked His perfect plan through their lives, and deaths. It is one many people know, or at least have heard of. This is the story of the five missionaries who were speared to death by those they hoped to reach with the Gospel. Elisabeth Elliot Through Gates of Splendor About the book… We see events as “God’s bright messengers.” He is always at work, calmly engineering His eternal purposes in us, through us, and in spite of us. But everything that happens, we are told, fits into a pattern for good to those who love God.

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