I am revisiting an old favorite. This is one of the first works of Christian fiction I discovered and I was hooked! This is a story of a lonely elderly woman who longs for reconciliation with her children who misunderstand the circumstances of their childhoods. . . . Or is it a story of a young woman who desperately wants to serve God in her own way without hurting her bitter controlling mother. . . .
Usually I don't like stories that are generational or flash between "main characters," but this is so well done. All the layers come together as you see each character grow closer to God. I love this passage:
"If she had learned one thing in her long life it was to put less stock in what the world was doing and more in getting right with the Lord. It took God to change a heart. A changed heart meant a changed life."
I guess what I love most about this book and that it shows that it all comes down to love. As each character chooses love, their lives change radically.
More thoughts on this. . . .
I love the concept towards the end that Annie has become married to God, that she has found true contentment and that she is not at all tempted by the two admiring men in her life. There is so little in Christian fiction that depicts that sort of situation. Not that I am against a good romance, but after a while it gets a little tedious for those of us who are single to see only "and they lived happily ever after' endings.
I would classify this book as a "life changer."
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