Suffering Is Never for Nothing by Elisabeth ElliotMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Great to get one last book from Elisabeth Elliot (hard to believe that as of this writing, 9/19, she has been gone for four years). This was edited from a series of lectures she gave; the only things changed were references to "yesterday's session" or similar things that dated the material. Elliot starts by defining suffering: "Suffering is having what you don't want or wanting what you don't have." While some people suffer more than others, everyone has suffered in one way or another. Elliot, without papering over the difficulties of suffering, speaks the same truths she has spoken many times: Accept it. Thank God for it. Give it up to Him who allowed it in your life." "In acceptance lieth peace." "Do the next thing." Anyone familiar with her work knows these themes. And the truth of them, expounded beautifully by Elliot one last time, makes this another of her excellent books. Well worth the time to read!!
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I enjoyed this book, too.
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