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Summary: A Must-Read!
Review: Whether you are a teenager seeking to answer the question of "Should I date?" or a single-again seeking to re-enter the world of dating, you need to read this book. It is an awe inspiring story of two college kids that made courtship, love, and God work hand in hand. It truly taught me that waiting on God may be difficult but it is truly worth it! I'm the type of person that loves to have control of everything so giving up control to God is difficult for me especially when it comes to my love life. But reading Elizabeth Elliot's book helped me realize that although it comes with a cost, it is well worth it. She makes you see that she and Jim were just like us, wanting love and marriage and well physical stuff. But they wanted God more. If you seek to make God first in your life (in all aspects of your life including your love life), you must read this book. Kudos to the author!
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Summary: a highly recommended read for Christian singles
Review: Let me start off by saying that I've read this book at least 3 or 4 times in the 2.5 years I've owned it. I think that there is some excellent insight within, as well as a great story to be told. This book is less like a book on Christian dating and more like a book on finding the right spouse in Christ. If you're looking for a book on that controversial subject, look elsewhere. I think it's best to get to know people of the opposite sex by hanging out in groups, rather than casually dating...just wanted to get my 2 cents in. ;) Some of Elisabeth Elliot's advice may be unpalatable to this generation, but a lot of it is dead-on, including her admonition to young ladies to wait and not to pursue young men. I have a few warnings about this book, and then I'll tell you to buy it anyway: 1) It calls for a VERY high view of God's sovereignty (but He's up to the challenge) 2) The first time I read it, I was afraid that God didn't want me to get married. This was probably because this couple has a really LONG and unique courtship, and because the first time I read it I was hoping to get married sooner rather than later. Despite those warnings, I race through this book searching for wisdom every time I read it. One important theme: wait on God's time. Until it IS His time for you to marry, get this book.
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Summary: E. Elliott gives guidelines how to live her life, not yours
Review: Elisabeth Elliott's book is about how SHE decided to follow God in the area of relationships in her life. She does not offer much advice in finding your own path in relationships and automatically assumes her way is the only way in dating, finding potential mates and being engaged. This book is not a book of the Bible and should not be treated as such. If you want to authentically live out Elisabeth's life, rather than your own, follow the advice of this book.
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Summary: 5+++++++
Review: If I could give a 10 out of 5, I would! This book seriously helped me and still helps me today. If you are stuck on dating for the rest of your life or simply can't give it up, you may not like this book. Also, this book has some RADICAL priciples for purity that some people may not like. NOTE: There is a difference between a radical and a legalist. :) However, if you are a person who is willing to be single for a while, this book will encourage you. Some things about women in the end of the book upset me :(, but that is just my opinion. However, a lot of what she says about women is true! This book really helped me to understand what kind of man I want...a godly man with a serious hunger for the Lord...one who puts God first in everything and that singleness is a GIFT!!!!! Again, this book isn't for a person who insists on dating. This book encourages one to really surrender it all (all areas of a Christians life) to God. The loudest principles in this book were patience in everything, purity, and how to save passion for the one you (intend to) marry. I LOVED IT! Please buy it. Even if you question the books material, it's worth a try. This is coming from a 19 yr old female by the way so I'm not some old(er) woman telling you that this book is good. Apply these principles to our day and they still work, contrary to popular belief (that the priciples are too old fashioned). If this is too rough for you try I Kissed Dating Good-bye or When God Writes Your Love Story for some examples.
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Summary: An 'inspired' book!
Review: I first read this book when I was about 18 years old. I remember thinking that it was a great book, and having a general feeling of being encouraged by it. Then I put it on the shelf and forgot about it.
6 years later, I have found myself going through some hard times. The guy that I dearly love has moved away, and life just seems bleak. To further complicate it, our relationship had moved from friends, to more serious, then to a time of no communication at all, back into friends. It's been very, very hard on me. I've spent countless nights crying myself to sleep, trying to figure out God's will in this, and praying that the guy would come back. Trying to balance loving the guy unselfishly, while wanting him so badly. It was confusing to say the least.
Recently I saw this book on my shelf. I picked it up, intending to read a chapter or two. I read for hours. It was like every word was written just for me. I realized how far off the mark I was in putting God first in my life. I had wandered far away from what I wanted to be. This book brought that sharply to light. I felt that God was hitting me with a 2x4 saying "wake up, you need to learn some hard lessons."
In the course of re-reading it, I've cried, given things to God, struggled to honestly try to put God first, just to name a few things. This book is about love relationships, yes, but to me is it also about putting God first in one's life, no matter how difficult that may be. It is teaching me to love God with my entire being. I feel that it has completely changed my life for the better. I still am struggling, still crying, but I'm drawing closer to God, and realizing that He will never leave me. His Grace is sufficient for me... Thank you Elisabeth Elliot for writing this book, it is a God-send.
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Summary: A Life-Changer
Review: When I first read this book, I always had an extra copy on hand to give to anyone I met who hadn't read it. Mrs. Elliot is honest and direct about her own experience and with what she's learned from other women through the years. I think the model she presents is something everyone should strive for, however, I don't believe that doing everything just the same is a requirement for having a happy, healthy marriage. For example, if you tell the person you love them before you get engaged, well, that doesn't mean your marriage is doomed. I still think its a nice idea though. This book is a beautiful romance as well as a practical guide for young men and women today. It was a gift given to me and I hope to keep on giving it to others. The ideas and principles therein may seem outdated, but I believe we would all be better off if we followed them instead of letting our passions be our guide.
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Summary: Must have book for all Christian singles!!
Review: When a friend lent me this book, I couldn't put it down!! As page after page I read Ms. Eliot's words reflect what my heart and soul had been going through, I knew God had put this book in my hand! I had to buy my own copy, and then I bought copies for friends. In fact I often find myself reccommending this book while in casual conversation. This book changed my life, however, it was hard for me toward the end when she pointed out mistakes women often make, and I kept hitting my head---I'd made the same one's she talked about over and over! It seemed as if she had been following me all of my dating life to write this book--and as I have discussed it with friends I find that they feel the same.
I am a 24 year single mother, if I could apply her words to my life, you can too!
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Summary: I read this in three days!
Review: "Bettie" really exposes her relationship with past husband Jim Elliot. She tells all, from the battles of passions to the trials of being separated from one she loved ...for years. I have no doubt that if you've been in or are in a relationship, that you'll relate and nod your head to at least one of her experiences. That's the beauty of the book. She doesn't just give you the three R's of How to Surrender Your Desires to God's Desires. She gives examples from her own life of how she succeeded, and failed, to die to self and say "Lord, Your will be done". There are letters from her to Jim and vice versa. In her chapters on sexual purity she admits that she and Jim made poor choices on being together sometimes and battled the "urge to merge". I had always pictured Jim Elliot as this conservative robot who would go where angels feared to tread. He was very courageous, yet he had his dark side too. He wrote a letter to Elizabeth confessing that his greatest thought was to go to bed with her. Nice to know the guy was human after all. Yet they stayed pure in the midst of passions and desires for intimacy that we all share. I felt as though Elizabeth and Jim were putting their arms around me and saying "we've been there too. It is possible to honor God in your relationships." Some favorite quotes: "Life requires countless 'little' deaths. -occasions where we are given the chance to say no to self and yes to God."
"Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His Lordship. My heart would forever be a lonely hunter unless settled 'where true joys are to be found'."
"The kind of love that sustains a marriage is God given, but it is also a daily choice. For the rest of your life. Never forget that."
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Summary: Passion & Purity ALL TIME BEST!
Review: Passion and Purity is a book I've read many times over, and each time I read it I gain more insight as to what is best in God's eyes and what it takes to be a Godly woman. Elisabeth Elliot eloquently writes about her own courtship with Jim Elliot by providing her personal journal entries as well as her own additional comments to how a man should initiate and a woman should respond. More people should read this book and see that God had a plan... a grand design that allowed men and women to complement each other in that perfect Godly way.
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Summary: God inspired, inspired me
Review: This is quite an amazing book. Elisabeth Elliot is a woman of God seeking to tell the next generation of her experiences and that it is possible to stay pure until marriage. It recognizes that our physical desires are "natural", but under the Lord's control they can be something so blessed and sacred for our husbands or wives. This book touched me so personally that I am recommending it to all of my friends, believers and not. Praise God for such words of wisdom!
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