What do you do to those who kill your loved ones? Elisabeth Elliot faced that dilemma when her missionary husband, Jim Elliot was savagely speared and killed by an isolated tribe in Equador.
Jim and his missionary colleagues had good intentions: they wanted to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to the tribespeople, but things took a tragic turn shortly after they made contact with the tribe.
Many saw the death of Jim and his four friends as a waste of life. God had other plans. The death of the five young men became the seed that produced a spiritual harvest when Elisabeth Elliot and others carried on the work that Jim and his friends initiated.
The story of Elisabeth Elliot is truly inspirational and shows that God's plan is not always what we think. When things don't turn out the way we expected, but we were trusting in God and in His will, we have only to look up and see that He is still in control.
He knows what He is doing, and we have only to trust Him who is forever wise. To Him alone be the glory and honor forevermore!
