All That Was Ever Ours (Meditations on Faith and Character)

A timeless perspective that shows God at work in challenging times

Elisabeth Elliot lived an incredible life. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed by the Auca Indians of Ecuador in 1956--a story she told in Through Gates of Splendor, one of the most widely read missionary narratives of the 20th century. She was widowed again when her second husband died of cancer. Undeterred by grief and hardship, she continued to write, speak, and teach with an unflinching clarity that has shaped generations of Christian readers.

All That Was Ever Ours is one of her most personal works--a collection of meditations organized around three themes that defined her life and thought:
● Our Lives Together--on marriage, family, community, and the obligations we owe one another
● To Learn and to Teach--on discipline, formation, and the hard work of becoming who God intends us to be
● Risk and Service--on obedience, sacrifice, and what it costs to follow God into the unknown

In these essays, Elliot draws on her life as a mother, missionary, author, and Christian intellectual to illuminate the overarching themes that characterized her faith: overcoming difficulties without self-pity, taking responsibility without excuse, exercising discipline without legalism, and trusting in the redeeming grace of God that--in spite of trouble--gives us our life, calls us to labor, and grants us our salvation.

Now available in a handsomely repackaged edition, All That Was Ever Ours is a welcome addition to any Elliot aficionado's collection and an accessible, compelling entry point for readers just discovering her quiet genius.