The first book took Valerie through a demoralizing divorce, hate crimes, her mothers Alzheimers disease and being condemned by her daughter. Valerie kept her eyes on the future. She entered the university at the age of forty-four to study Comparative Religions and fell in love with Uriah Wexler, from Israel, her professor in Christian Ethics. She set out to educate against hatred and misunderstanding amongst the three major monotheistic religionsJudaism, Christianity and Islam. This is Vals story from devastation, to a career on the lecture circuit teaching tolerance and acceptance and finding the deep abiding love she thought would never be hers. This second book fills in the gaps and tells the rest of Vals story from beginning to end. Also included in this book are four short stories I hope you enjoy.
Through a demoralizing divorce, hate crimes, her mother's Alzheimer's disease and being condemned by her daughter, Valerie kept her eyes on the future. She entered the university at the age of forty-four to study Comparative Religions and fell in love with Uriah Wexler, from Israel, her Professor in Christian Ethics. They set out to educate against hatred and misunderstanding amongst the three major monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This is Val's story from devastation, to a career on the religious lecture circuit teaching tolerance and acceptance and finding the deep abiding love she thought would never be hers.
Their paths to God’s purpose led them together. Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and personal testimony continues to resonate, even after her own death in 2015. What many don’t know is the remarkable story of how these two stalwart personalities—single-mindedly devoted to pursuing God’s will for their young lives, certain their future callings would require them to sacrifice forever the blessings of marriage—found their hearts intertwined. Their paths to God’s purpose led them together. Now, for the first time, their only child—daughter Valerie Elliot Shepard—unseals never-before-published letters and private journals that capture in first-person intimacy the attraction, struggle, drama, and devotion that became a most unlikely love story. Riveting for old and young alike, this moving account of their personal lives shines as a gold mine of lived-out truth, hard-fought purity, and an insider’s view on two beloved Christian figures.
The letters that make up this book present a vivid account of the life of an active and successful businessman in the latter seventeenth century. They give a fresh, absorbing picture of the early years of the colony of Pennsylvania and of the inner (as well as outer) life of London Quaker merchant James Claypoole, who was by turns generous and penny-pinching, forbearing with important clients, intolerant with others, deeply religious, often irritable--but certainly never dull. He loaned large sums of money to his brothers and friends, knowing he would never get it back, yet he haggled for months over tiny debts. A man of peace, he quarreled with most of his correspondents, writing them verbose sermons but continuing to do business with them. He was strictly honest in all his business dealings, but he cheated the Customs when he could and was furious when they caught and fined him. He was a good friend of William Penn and George Fox, and of all the leading Quakers of the day. He was hard-working and popular in his Meeting, and one can only conclude that he had charm. Claypoole also had intelligence, as Fox and Penn consulted him about their writings, and he helped Penn draft the Frame of Government for Pennsylvania. He held a prominent post in the Free Society of Traders. As the letter book begins about the time Penn was granted his colony, the reader can follow, week by week, the founding of the state, in which Claypoole played an important part. The reader can also see the frustrations in the life of a seventeenth-century merchant and the workings of an expanding colonial trade. Although Claypoole was in debt when he left London to follow Penn to Philadelphia, when he died a few years later he was one of the richest merchants in that infant town.
Letters to God is a message of love and light. Inside, you will find poems of truth, suffering, faith, and courage. This collection will inspire readers to find their divine existence in this beautiful life that we share. The poetry is compiled with the little stones along the walk of life""the joys and pains of sisterhood, motherhood, partnerships, and the state of our nation. May we share in his love with faith in humanity, learning with grace and living with gratitude.
Do you long to experience the depths of God's love - or to express your love to Him? Embark on a personal pilgrimage that goes beyond journaling as you write your own love letters to God. Your life will never be the same!
Image if you could write to god, what would you say? What would you ask? This "Letters to God" style Journal allows you to sit down and write a personal letter to God. Treat this book as your personal communication book with God. Have a real conversation with God, you can write anything you like, maybe you would like to ask what he has planned for you? Or perhaps you wish to thank him for all the blessings in your life. I began writing personal letters to God in 2015. It had been a hard year for me and my family. Although surrounded by loved ones I often felt the only person I could confide in was God himself. I begin writing one letter a month, then it turned to one a week and now I write one letter to God each and every day. It was an amazing experience to look back over the many letters I had "sent" to him that year. It was then I realised how much my relationship with the good Lord had evolved and grown. I knew I had to share this with the world, the help ordinary people like me build a real, authentic and personal relationship with God. This "Letters to God" style journal has helped me form a very strong bond with God, it has helped me true the good times and the bad and I am sure it will help many people for many years to come. I challenge you to try it, just give yourself one month of writing these intimate letters to God and he will welcome you with open arms. A Great Gift this Holiday Season!
Valerie Elliot shares her memories of growing up in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador with members of the Quichua and Auca Indian tribes. The villagers called her "Pilipinto," which means "butterfly" because of the way she used to flit around the village. Learn about Valerie's experiences with native children and share in her descriptions of unusual plants and animals.
The book is about love letters to God. I write about angels, love, and hate in the world. I write about my feelings about dying and even respect. It is a small book but a great read!
