Valerie Shepard learned a lot from her mother about how to respond to life's difficulties.

Elizabeth Elliott often said,

This is the Lord's. When you have a huge problem, you put it in those hands and give it to him.

And he transforms your suffering.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing

Forgiveness for February 13th, 2020.

I'm Dana Gresh.

This week, we're listening to a conversation between the host of Revive Our Hearts, Nancy

DeMoss Walggamuth, and Valerie

Shepard. On yesterday's program, Valerie told about how she was in the attic, going through a

trunk of things that used to belong to her father and mother, Jim and Elizabeth Elliott.

If those names are new to you, Jim passed away in 1956. He was speared to death by the very people he wanted to reach with the gospel.

Elizabeth lived a full life and passed away in 2015.

After her death, their daughter found their love letters.

Those letters formed the basis of her book, devotedly, the personal letters and

love story of Jim and Elizabeth Elliott. When we left the conversation yesterday, Val was sharing

that Jim and Elizabeth were very much in love with each other, but felt that it wasn't God's

timing yet for them to marry. They parted from one another, not knowing

if they would ever see each other again. Now, some of what Val and Nancy are about to discuss today

might be rated PG, so keep that in mind if you have little ones nearby. Here's Val Shepard,

in conversation with Nancy.

Their romance, even though it sounds so old-fashioned, their commitment first to God and then to each other is what it should be today, too.

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