Sometimes we think that love can be found by looking for it. Some even chase after it. Well in fact,
only God knows when, where, how and who. We have to be patient. True Love is not, never and shouldn’t be hurried. It waits. It plans. In Passion and Purity, Elisabeth Elliot shares her story of how full submission of her love life to Jesus Christ paid off. She shares her experiences, doubts, temptations and how waiting, listening and doing God’s will conquered her inner struggles.
Being missionaries, Elisabeth also shares how distance with her loved one, Jim Elliot has brought both pain and desire but later gave them great joy and reward. Passion and Purity relates the experience of two people who experienced God’s touched and how God intensified and purified their desires, longings and love for each other.
This book is also about seeking for God’s ultimate plan and purpose for your life. It’s about making a choice. Choosing to wait for the person God has set for you and holding on, or choosing to go on with your life alone and letting go. It reveals the greater plan God has set for us. It shows God’s care for His people. God wants us to be happy and live a life of fulfillment. Though His ways are incomprehensible, we just have to learn to trust and have faith in his promise. Together with Elisabeth and Jim Elliot’s excerpts from their letters, journals and diaries, their journey following God’s Will proved to be inspiring and worth remembering.