I am so grateful for the wide variety of books which are available to me.
Isaiah’s Legacy, A Novel of Prophets and Kings by
Mesu Andrews. A beautifully written story set in Old Testament times.
Surrounding the life of King Manasseh, the son of King Hezikiah, describing
with incredible wonder God’s unfathomable grace in forgiving horrible sin when there
is true forgiveness.
Embers in the London sky: a novel by Sarah Sundin.
A Fascinating story of World War II in London. The Blitz and murder.
My beloved by Jan Karon. A fresh New
Mitford story, with Tim and Cynthia, many old friends and some new. A lovely
community, beautiful surroundings. God showers his grace on those who need it.
The Secrets Beneath by Kimberley Woodhouse. A
delightful story of love and mercy and paleontologists in Wyoming in the 1880s.
Part of a series.
They Turned the World Upside Down by Charles Martin.
My favorite line in the book: “There is more grace in Jesus than sin in us.”
There is a beautiful chapter on how much God wants us to know his fatherly love
for us.
God is our Savior and Lord. To obey him, we make him and
what he wants the center of our life, not ourselves and what we want. Luke
9:23-24: “Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to
save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.’”
Beautiful pictures of God’s love and acceptance of us, of
his taking our punishment so we could be with him.