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I ordered the book, "Devotedly: The Personal Letters & Love Story of Jim & Elisabeth Elliot," & have been reading it in small batches.
I'm now as certain as a casual reader can be of Mr. Elliot's homosexuality, or bisexuality.
(cracks knuckles)
Thread: https://twitter.com/XianJaneway/status/1281605667271389184
I'm now as certain as a casual reader can be of Mr. Elliot's homosexuality, or bisexuality.
(cracks knuckles)
Thread: https://twitter.com/XianJaneway/status/1281605667271389184
Let's start w/ one of Jim Elliot's poems, written in 1951:
"Kiss me, heavenly Lover, in the morning.
Be Thou the first to sweeten
This whole day's speech w/ that warm, honeyed touch
Of Thy caress.
And tenderly, while yet each eye lies unawakened,
Come lightly & impart
"Kiss me, heavenly Lover, in the morning.
Be Thou the first to sweeten
This whole day's speech w/ that warm, honeyed touch
Of Thy caress.
And tenderly, while yet each eye lies unawakened,
Come lightly & impart
...to them
For day's long hour a heavenly set
To see all things as through a lover's eyes,
By soft caresses from the lips of Him
Who lives in Paradise.
Kiss me, Christ of Beauty, here alone
The two of us, while dawn
Steals down the slopes &
Wakens day's bright eye to smile
For day's long hour a heavenly set
To see all things as through a lover's eyes,
By soft caresses from the lips of Him
Who lives in Paradise.
Kiss me, Christ of Beauty, here alone
The two of us, while dawn
Steals down the slopes &
Wakens day's bright eye to smile
...on me.
Let not its luring draw me from the sense
That I belong to One
Whoese first embrace full ravishes,
Who has kissed the son.
--Jim Elliot, 1951
WOW.
John Donne was *chaste* compared to this guy.
Let not its luring draw me from the sense
That I belong to One
Whoese first embrace full ravishes,
Who has kissed the son.
--Jim Elliot, 1951
WOW.
John Donne was *chaste* compared to this guy.
A journal entry from January, 1951:
"Mayhap in mercy, He shall give me a host of children that I may lead through the ast star fields to explore His delicacies whose fingers ends set them to burning." (WTH??) "But not, if only I may see Him, smell His garments, & smile...
"Mayhap in mercy, He shall give me a host of children that I may lead through the ast star fields to explore His delicacies whose fingers ends set them to burning." (WTH??) "But not, if only I may see Him, smell His garments, & smile...
...into my Lover's eyes, ah, then not stars, nor children, shall matter--only Himself."
I have to remember that in the 1950's, journals could be found, & read, & used against someone.
I have to remember that in the 1950's, journals could be found, & read, & used against someone.
However, the most damning clue comes from Elisabeth Elliot, in a letter to Jim.
She thanked him for describing his stateroom during his journey, so she could picture him in his surroundings on a ship. However, she adds, "But who *uses* the Avon cologne? The very idea is...
She thanked him for describing his stateroom during his journey, so she could picture him in his surroundings on a ship. However, she adds, "But who *uses* the Avon cologne? The very idea is...
...revolting to me. It goes along with suede shoes & greased popadours. Let me know when you start polishing your nails."
The book, "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel" states:
"Most gay men resorted to a number of subtle dress codes to identify themselves to other gay men -- from Oscar Wildes famous green carnation, which was still being worn in the 1930s, through to suede shoes."
"Most gay men resorted to a number of subtle dress codes to identify themselves to other gay men -- from Oscar Wildes famous green carnation, which was still being worn in the 1930s, through to suede shoes."
So, there you have it. Elisabeth either knew, or strongly suspected, that Jim leaned gay.
Looking at the previously unpublished pictures, & reading abt her reaction to Pete Flemming, I'm really not surprised.
Looking at the previously unpublished pictures, & reading abt her reaction to Pete Flemming, I'm really not surprised.
What breaks my heart is the way she *immediately* supressed her instincts, & automatically assumed that, since her husband felt *so strongly* about something, that "the spirit of discernment" wasn't in her. :(
The book DOES give me the strong sense that he loved her.
The book DOES give me the strong sense that he loved her.
He did seem utterly devoted to her by the time they married. I just think that, rather than wondering, "Does God have a plan for me that requires singleness?" Jim Elliot was *just as likely* to be struggling w/ his sexuality, & wondering (best case scenario) if he *could* be a
...faithful Christian husband. Singleness in the mission field wouldn't be questioned. Singleness in the US ministry would be a liability. :(
Honestly, *before* they got married, he was an absolute asshole. He did everything he could to put off the idea of her loving him. He wrote to her after she visited his family, & *told her* how they disparaged her looks, her demeanor, her spirituality, & called her names!!
