Martyr Jim Elliot’s Widow Elisabeth Dies at 88
Elisabeth Elliot, widow of martyred Jim Elliot and author of Through the Gates of Splendor, has died, according to the Gospel Coalition.
Born in 1926 to missionaries in Belgium, Elliot spent her life pursuing God into the deepest and darkest of jungles.
She married Jim Elliot, who was later martyred while trying to reach the Quichua Indians of Ecuador.
Elisabeth was known for her service and submitting to God’s will, even when she didn’t understand.
“I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done,” she wrote in Passion and Purity.
Please lift the Elliot family up in prayer during this time.
