Book Review of: Are You As Close To GOD As You Are To My
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by Patricia Edwards
Author Patricia Edwards had
recently sent me a copy of her book entitled; Are You As Close To GOD As You Are To My Bumper?
The
subtitle of her work is, “A collection of personal memoirs on faith”.
When I first received this book,
and subsequently judged it by its cover, I expected it to be a book of Ms.
Edwards exhorting on reasons why she believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and why
she holds the faith that she holds in her heart. Now, this is not necessarily a
bad case or thought of “judging a book by its cover”, but none the less it was
my first thought. The thought simply originated from the fact that there are
hundreds upon thousands of books on the market that are well written
testimonies of one’s faith. This judgment was in fact wrong though but for the
better.
This book is not a collection of
the authors own thoughts on faith but alternately is a collection on other
persons stories of faith that helped fuel and maintain a stronger faith in
Christ for the author. This is a method of sharing of one’s faith that I have
not yet personally read in a book.
Ms. Edwards’s thoughtful selection
of the accounts of individual faith has created a book that can catch the
attention of people in many walks of life. Each story is a different human, a different
soul, a different life story and a different situation. It is not simply a walk
of faith through one heart or one set of eyes but a flash book of many lives.
The stories are life events in the subjects lives that they have personally
shared with the author which in turned helped foster her strong development of
faith. Selflessly wanting to help others develop their walk with the Lord as
well she took those life changing stories and shared them with her readers.
Each chapter was a refreshing new
story of individuals struggling or lost in faith finding Christ and His
salvation and regenerating power through many situations, circumstances and
ways. You don’t just trudge through this book from beginning to end in one life
story but find yourself renewed in enjoyment learning of others victories in
various struggles.
I personally believe any reader
will find one, two or even many more of these unique and different lives
displayed resembling their own and in turn helping the reader foster new
victories or build a stronger faith and relationship with Christ. I myself even
took personal lessons and even seen myself in one of the chapters as the
subject seemed to be a direct resemblance of my own life in almost every
detail. You could have inserted my name, changed a few facts and it could have been
about me!
The fact that I 1, enjoyed reading
the individual stories 2, had my own life personally reflected in one of the
stories and 3, was reassured of my own victories in this book enables me to recommend
this book to anybody that claims Christ is in their hearts. This book would
also make a great gift or a means to reach out to friends, family members or
somebody you are concerned about and desire to bring to the Lord.
I am thankful that Ms Edwards sent
me this book and I am able to provide a very positive review of her work.
This work as well as others by the
same author is available at the author’s own web site at:
WWW.Patriciaedwardsbooks.com
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