Redeeming Love book review-If you are getting married you have to read this!
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:39 PM
Do you ever have those days where you just wake up in awe of God's creation? Where everywhere you look is beautiful because it was made by His hand? Today is one of those days for me. I had no idea when I woke up at 8 a.m. this morning that it would be such a special day for me. I have to admit this year Easter just felt like another day. I could not feel the joy in Christ's resurrection as I had in previous years. Today I felt something, I feel something! It's as if Christ came back to me or I finally am listening again. There is a constant excitement and a flutter in my heart and I feel when they are in love. Oh God, I am in love with you! My passion for Christ was revived through a simple book. No not the Bible this time but another biblically based book called Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. If you are not fond of reading then we are two peas in a pod but I can promise this book is different it will consume you. It is a rich tale based on the Biblical story of Hosea, played by Michael Hosea, and Gomer ,played by Angel. The powerful way God commands a man (Hosea) to love his wife (Angel) unconditionally despite her past filled with prostitution is nothing less than tearfully beautiful. WIth a hard heart Angel makes loving her less than easy but Michael never misses a second to clothe her in God's love. Her heart is hard and full of past hurts but Michael keeps breaking down her walls using the hammer of God. In the end it is God, not Michael who becomes the love of her life and cleanses her past so she can have a future. The book made me realize so much about my future marriage. I was in awe of Michael's love for Angel and it reminded me of my future groom and I. When we met my heart was so hard and I couldn't even stand to look at his beauty. He was perfect and I was nothing but a used lump of coal that someone had thrown out. When I was alone crying in my self pity he would show up at my door with a smile and say some Biblical words but it didn't mean anything. I talked to God on my own but I was so hurt and blamed God for my past and who I had become. Through it all my fiance spend days and nights just listening as I poured my emotions out but didn't let him in. Slowly, I let God heal me and my past. It seemed to take forever but I let my groom into my heart little by little. My baggage seemed as though it would be too heavy for him to carry but he welcomed it all and carried it on him for moments then let God lift the weight off his back. With God's help we worked on us and we discussed our past and left it in the past. God healed me, not my fiance but I grew to become so in love with my groom it is a greater love than I could have ever hoped for. One built on God, respect and softness. There is no power or jealousy like I had experienced before. I love him because God holds him in his hand and sent him to me on my weakest moments and he sees me, I mean he really sees me. Nothing will ever compare to the emotions I feel when I look at how he loves me. This book oh this lovely book helped me to realize who I must be in marriage and helped me realize I am so ready to marry him! If you are engaged and need some direction on how marriage should be this book is for you! Read it, buy it and Grab it and experience the magic!
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=420611&kw=420611&en=froogle&p=1013824(http://www.pbc.org/files/messages/3107/0228.html)http://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Love-Francine-Rivers/dp/1576738167http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Redeeming-Love/Francine-Rivers/e/9781590525135