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God's Smuggler by Elizabeth Sherrill, Brother Andrew, John Sherrill
5.0
I'm so glad I finally got around to reading this one. I've heard nothing but good things about it for years now, and I was not disappointed!
'God's Smuggler' tells the story of Brother Andrew and his life and work bringing Bibles behind the Iron Curtain - and is a strong testimony to the provision and faithfulness of God. Countless times I had to stop and contemplate my own faith in comparison to his. How many times do I go through life, anxious and stressed about things that are perfectly within God's power to control (AKA everything)? Why do I occupy myself with thinking it's up to me to make good things happen? What would happen if I made a choice to trust God with everything, no matter the situation?
Well, I got to see a glimpse of the answers through this book. When Brother Andrew made the decision to trust God, even in the doubts and hardships, God moved in incredible ways. As someone with a heart for missions, this book fascinated me, and I loved seeing all the behind-the-scenes work Brother Andrew was able to do. In addition, his example of faith, trust, and dedication to God was very inspiring. I long to be used by God in such great ways as Brother Andrew was, and this book was a much-needed reminder to stay the course and to live a radical, bold, unashamed Christian life. We serve a God greater than any difficulty, setback, or opposition. And just as with Brother Andrew, when we choose to believe that and lay our futures in His hands, the unimaginable happens.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in seeing God provide in awesome ways!
'God's Smuggler' tells the story of Brother Andrew and his life and work bringing Bibles behind the Iron Curtain - and is a strong testimony to the provision and faithfulness of God. Countless times I had to stop and contemplate my own faith in comparison to his. How many times do I go through life, anxious and stressed about things that are perfectly within God's power to control (AKA everything)? Why do I occupy myself with thinking it's up to me to make good things happen? What would happen if I made a choice to trust God with everything, no matter the situation?
Well, I got to see a glimpse of the answers through this book. When Brother Andrew made the decision to trust God, even in the doubts and hardships, God moved in incredible ways. As someone with a heart for missions, this book fascinated me, and I loved seeing all the behind-the-scenes work Brother Andrew was able to do. In addition, his example of faith, trust, and dedication to God was very inspiring. I long to be used by God in such great ways as Brother Andrew was, and this book was a much-needed reminder to stay the course and to live a radical, bold, unashamed Christian life. We serve a God greater than any difficulty, setback, or opposition. And just as with Brother Andrew, when we choose to believe that and lay our futures in His hands, the unimaginable happens.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in seeing God provide in awesome ways!
Daylight: A 9/11 Short Story by Grace A. Johnson
5.0
This was such an amazing read! I'll be interviewing the author for her blog tour on September 3rd (find it at www.egbella.com), and definitely recommend this if you're a fan of well-written romance! To clarify, I'm usually not a romance fan, and I didn't want to stop reading, so that's saying something, haha!
RTC.
RTC.
Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
2.0
I picked up this novel thinking it looked like an intriguing dystoptian-esque survival story, but I should have done better research beforehand. Essentially, it's a zombie book with a few admittedly clever twists. But between the sporadic but severe swears, HUGE amount of gore, and the jarring plotline changes in the second half of the book, I didn't enjoy it much.
To her credit, Bick's writing style and characters are engaging, and I didn't want to put the book down for the first half of it because I was so sucked into the chilling storyline. So it's not that her writing was necessarily poor (although it went downhill fast around 50%), just that it's definitely not the kind of content I want to fill my head with. I won't be continuing the series, especially as I've heard that the amount of gore skyrockets.
To her credit, Bick's writing style and characters are engaging, and I didn't want to put the book down for the first half of it because I was so sucked into the chilling storyline. So it's not that her writing was necessarily poor (although it went downhill fast around 50%), just that it's definitely not the kind of content I want to fill my head with. I won't be continuing the series, especially as I've heard that the amount of gore skyrockets.
Six O'clock by Grace A. Johnson
4.0
Hey, another Grace A. Johnson read! :) This one was a bit more confusing and the prose more flowery than I typically look for in stories, but after I found my footing, I really enjoyed it! It's definitely a darker story than the other works I've read from Grace, and yet, her author note at the end really cleared up any confusion I had, and offered hope and light in the midst of the heavier story. I really admire how Grace is able to take abstract and difficult subjects and write a beautiful story, even in such a short book. I'm glad I read this one!