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“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot - written on October 28, 1948

Those words were penned by Jim Elliot just over 7 years before he and four other men were killed while contacting an indian tribe in Ecuador.  Indeed Jim Elliot gave up his life in his desire to serve his Lord and Savior.  The blood of these men served as fertilizer to prepare the soil of the hearts of their killers to receive the Gospel message.  Within a short time after their death the entire village where their killers lived had come to Christ.  Some would say that their deaths were a waste, but in this manner their lives were given that others might gain eternal life.  I thank God for such men as Jim Elliot who have fixed their eyes upon a goal much loftier than any on this earth.