Joni Eareckson Tada Joni and Friends International Disability Center
This book is riveting. It unveils something we’ve always yearned to see: the deepest recesses of Jim and Elisabeth’s hearts. From the first few chapters, you become enthralled and fascinated by the worshipful way they turn every awakening emotion into a cause for celebrating Christ. Rather than allowing breathless passions to escape the stall, they prayerfully measure each desire against their devotion to their Savior. (Who does that nowadays?!) Jim and Elisabeth’s amazing journey of love shows the reader what a sacred romance is all about. Devotedly is a should-read for those of us who grew up on Elliot books, but it is a blessed must-read for today’s young Christian couples.
Joni Eareckson Tada Joni and Friends International Disability Center
Tim and I had the privilege of studying under Elisabeth Elliot (and we still refer to notes from her class often, even after forty-five years). To us she was a woman of iron principles, one who did not suffer fools, gladly or any other way! What we learned from her has shaped my life and understanding of my role as a woman to this day. This book invited me to see an entirely new side of her, one of passionate commitment to her Savior and to Jim Elliot, in that order. I recommend this book to anyone who desires to know what a holy, fierce, and passionate love between a man and a woman, both committed first to Christ, could look like, as well as those who want to know more of Elisabeth Elliot.
Kathy Keller
Devotedly is a daughter’s personal, powerful memorial to the love affair her parents cultivated between themselves and the God they served—from their early days together in college, their times of separation, their missionary journey to Ecuador, and continuing into their marriage. They wrote often, fortunately for us. And now, through their carefully preserved letters, we can share their commitment and insights directly from these two remarkable souls, gaining a window into the formation of power and love in their relationship and their work in the world. So I am pleased to recommend this compelling view of lives lived warmly. And well. Many thanks, Valerie. Well done.
Donna Otto
In a tinny time of tweets, emojis, and snappy chat, this book is a rich symphony of language and power, wit and wisdom, longing and passion, temptation and truth. Read it, and you’ll find a feast for heart, mind and soul . . . one that you may not have even known for which you hungered!
Ellen Vaughn New York Times bestselling author