Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the privilege He gave us in being the wives of men who were chosen to be slain for His sake. None of us is worthy. It is all of His grace, but we know that the Lamb is worthy, a thousand times, the lives of our husbands and of us. He chose to glorify Himself in their death—may He now glorify Himself in our lives.
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Not only do we ask that Christ be glorified in the Aucas and in us, but also in our children. Most of them will have no recollection of their fine fathers. But our Lord gave His word, ‘All they children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of they children.’ We ask for His wisdom in training them, for His Spirit in us, that they may be as obedient as their fathers. How wonderful it would be if He should prepare one or more of them to go to the Aucas! We would give them to Him for his use, asking that they come to know Him as Savior and Lord at an early age. Far be it from us to withhold from the Lord the lives of these little ones, children of the men who did not withhold their own lives. May they sing from true hearts,
Faith of our Fathers, Holy faith
We would be true to Thee till death.
—Elisabeth Elliott, Marjorie Saint, Marilou McCully, Olive Fleming, Barbara Youderian (respectively)
(Hat Tip: The Gospel Coalition)
Christ Alone Wyoming 
Great reminder, fourpointer! Often forgotten is the sacrificial love of the spouses and children of those who have given their lives in the Lord’s service. The transforming power of the cross is seen that they would glorify God in the midst of their deep loss and sorrow, their wholehearted desire being for the will of the Father to be accomplished.
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This is quite amazing to read, that even in such loss they can only praise God and glorify Him. Their selflessness and love can only remind me of Christ’s. It is a great encouragement.
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I was blessed on May 14,1999 to hear Elizabeth Elliot spoke at Calvary Chapel, Seattle. I was doubly blessed to have Marilou McCully and her youngest son (born after his father was killed) autograph, with Elizabeth, my copy of the book “Through Gates of Splendour”. Marilou wrote beside her autograph “Isaiah 43:2-3”
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