October Book Review: She is Mine

Here we are. Almost December and I am just now getting around to October's book review. Whoops! Oh well, I didn't read a stitch in November so I am going to go ahead and use this for both.

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I admit that I am not the most avid reader. I would love to say that I read and read and read because I know what the world of books opens up. For two reasons, that isn't the case.

#1 - Much to the dismay of others, I cannot, for the life of me, "get into fiction." I love resource books, manuals, dictionaries, word origins, thesauruses, commentaries, etc. I struggle to become involved in stories or worlds and creatures other than of that I know.

#2 - Time. I will put it simply and you can argue a case against me that I would make time if I really wanted to do it and you would be right. I could make time to do it. To the detriment of my relationships, my home, my jobs, and my interaction with the world outside of those pages. My parents recently purchased a lamp to go on my bedside table for me. I love it! So that has opened a new time of day upon heading to sleep that I can read for a few pages. I am growing in this area. However, if that choice ever lies between spending time with people I love and people in the pages of books you better believe I am going to choose the real people in my life that God has blessed me with.

SO, onto why I started this in the first place. I am setting an extremely minimal goal and reading one book a month. Some months I may be able to finish off two or more but I am setting the goal for one. If I exceed, great. If I finish one, I accomplished what I set out to do.

In October I read She is Mine. I first heard of Stephanie Fast at conference two and a half years ago. She shared her testimony and challenged the conference goers with the lessons the Father has taught her in life. I remember feeling this connection with her story in ways I wasn't prepared. Unlike her I never roamed the streets seeking food and shelter and safety but I knew well from the spiritual side of being adopted and struggling to bond with my Father. When she announced that she had authored her autobiography I was super excited to read it. Excited and hesitant.

Her story is tough. It is full of difficult situations and hard to swallow moments. I appreciated devouring her pages and seeing her heart in matters. She wrote it in a third party view but you could see the realness. The raw part of her come through the pages.

Go take a look at her books and her story. I would encourage anyone to grab a copy and read! Be encouraged that God redeems. He restores. He uses His creation no matter how much the sin in this world has attempted to destroy it. We are HIS!

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