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A review by k_lee_reads_it
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
4.0
2nd reading
This is a great book. Glad I decided to reread it.
3rd reading
Apparently it takes 8-10 years to forget everything in this book. I just finished it for the third time and hardly remembered what was coming next. But it is still a great book. Maybe I will manage to remember the plot next time.
One thing I will try to not forget, because I am writing it down here to remember, is Grandpa Blakeslees' thoughts on ast God as explained by his grandson, Will Tweedy:
“‘Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.’ We have the same message in the Book of Saint John,” I said, sounding for all the world like a preacher. “‘If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. . . . Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.’”
“Grandpa didn’t think Jesus meant, by that, that we should ast God for things, or for special favors. He said we could trust that in the nature of things, without astin’, we’ll get lots of blessin’s and happy surprises and maybe a miracle or two. When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Right now, for instance, I could ast, ‘Lord, please raise Grandpa from the dead,’ but it wouldn’t happen. But I can say, ‘Please, God, comfort me,’ and I’ll get heart’s ease. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all like that. Ast, ‘Hep us not be scared, hep us not be greedy, give us courage to try.’”
This is a great book. Glad I decided to reread it.
3rd reading
Apparently it takes 8-10 years to forget everything in this book. I just finished it for the third time and hardly remembered what was coming next. But it is still a great book. Maybe I will manage to remember the plot next time.
One thing I will try to not forget, because I am writing it down here to remember, is Grandpa Blakeslees' thoughts on ast God as explained by his grandson, Will Tweedy:
“‘Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.’ We have the same message in the Book of Saint John,” I said, sounding for all the world like a preacher. “‘If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. . . . Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.’”
“Grandpa didn’t think Jesus meant, by that, that we should ast God for things, or for special favors. He said we could trust that in the nature of things, without astin’, we’ll get lots of blessin’s and happy surprises and maybe a miracle or two. When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Right now, for instance, I could ast, ‘Lord, please raise Grandpa from the dead,’ but it wouldn’t happen. But I can say, ‘Please, God, comfort me,’ and I’ll get heart’s ease. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all like that. Ast, ‘Hep us not be scared, hep us not be greedy, give us courage to try.’”