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1. Foreword

2. Table of Contents

Other Works by Elisabeth Elliot

Through Gates of Splendor

Shadow of the Almighty

The Journals of Jim Elliot

These Strange Ashes

Let Me be a Woman

The Mark of a Man

Discipline: The Glad Surrender

Be Still My Soul

Passion and Purity

A Lamp for my Feet

On Asking God Why

A Path Through Suffering

God’s Guidance

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

The Shaping of a Christian Family

Keep a Quiet Heart

Quest for Love

The Music of His Promises

Secure in the Everlasting Arms

No Graven Image

Path of Loneliness

Printed in the United States of America

978-1-5359-1415-4

Published by B&H Publishing Group

Nashville, Tennessee

The publisher thanks Margaret.

Dewey Decimal Classification: 248.84

Subject Heading: FAITH / SUFFERING / DISCIPLESHIP

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Scripture references marked rsv are taken from the Revised Standard Version, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture references marked nrsv are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Foreword

For centuries we’ve heard that the “blood of martyrs is the seed of the church,” and the blood of Jim Elliot certainly overflowed the ink wells into which Elisabeth dipped her pen. She gave us invigorating martyr-words that inspired generations of courageous missionaries to take the gospel into foreboding jungles, deserts, and cities great and small. She also gave those same words to inspire us. Especially when suffering hit us broadside.

I was first introduced to Elisabeth Elliot in 1965 when, in high school, I read her book Through Gates of Splendor. I had no idea that right after graduation and a diving accident, I would enter those dark valleys about which Elisabeth wrote. I then met her years later ...

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About Suffering Is Never for Nothing

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has the potential to devastate and destroy, or to be the gateway to gratitude and joy.

Elisabeth Elliot was no stranger to suffering. Her first husband, Jim, was murdered by the Waoroni people in Ecuador moments after he arrived in hopes of sharing the gospel. Her second husband was lost to cancer. Yet, it was in her deepest suffering that she learned the deepest lessons about God.

Why doesn’t God do something about suffering? He has, He did, He is, and He will.

Suffering and love are inexplicably linked, as God’s love for His people is evidenced in His sending Jesus to carry our sins, griefs, and sufferings on the cross, sacrificially taking what was not His on Himself so that we would not be required to carry it. He has walked the ultimate path of suffering, and He has won victory on our behalf.

This truth led Elisabeth to say, “Whatever is in the cup that God is offering to me, whether it be pain and sorrow and suffering and grief along with the many more joys, I’m willing to take it because I trust Him.”

Because suffering is never for nothing.

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