Daily Devotions by Elisabeth Elliot

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About the Author: Elisabeth was born in Brussels, Belgium, where her parents served as missionaries. She graduated from Wheaton College and later went to Ecuador as a missionary. In 1953 she married Jim Elliot, a former classmate. Together they worked on translating the New Testament into the language of the Quichua Indians. Their daughter, Valerie, was born in 1955. Ten months later, Jim was killed by the Auca Indians while attempting to deliver the Gospel to that primitive tribe. Elisabeth continued her work among the Quichuas, and later lived and worked among the Aucas.

She returned to the United States and remarried. Her second husband, Addison Leitch, a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, died of cancer in 1973. Today, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Lars Gren.  

Elisabeth is the author of a number of books, including Shadow of the Almighty; Passion and Purity; A Path Through Suffering; The Shaping of a Christian Family; and Keep a Quiet Heart.