Passion and Purity
Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
by Elisabeth Elliot
From the foreword by Joshua Harris:
"The book you're holding tells a very moving love story. It's honest. It's practical. But even as it addresses the real questions and concerns of single men and women it always lifts our gaze upward -- above our immediate preoccupations, above our longings for human companionship to the Maker who created us for Himself. There is so much wonder and beauty awaiting those who will view the path of relationships as a chance to gaze on the goodness and creativity of God. This book will help you do that."
The following is from the preface, written by Elizabeth herself. I put this here to serve as a short introduction about the book.
"...The framework of the book is the story of five and a half years of loving one man, Jim, and of learning the discipline of longing, loneliness, uncertainty, hope, trust, and unconditional commitment to Christ -- a commitment which require that, regardless of what passion we might feel, we must be pure."
The following are my notes for each chapter of this book. Only the points I think important or inspiring are included. The passages in blue are my statement only, not the author's.
1. Me, Lord? Single?
2. The Life I Owe
3. Passion is a Battleground
4. Unruly Affections
(to be con't)