Hadassah

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So I never wanted to touch a Francine Rivers book because she was so popular with Redeeming Love, which I thought was just another Christian Romance, but I will not go into the different genres of Christian Fiction. My mom LOVED this book and I may need to point out she is not a Christian. I finally decided to give Rivers a shot with her Mark of the Lion series. I recently finished the first one, all of about 500 pages of it in under 3 or 4 days. It was FANTASTIC!!!! If you have never read this book give it a shot. It is set just after Jerusalem's fall by the Romans, and follows a Christian slave and her relationships with the family she serves. I have never been touched by literature this much before. Actually you don't have a choice in the matter, READ IT!! AND there are two sequels!

The other wonderful thing about this book is I now have a wonderment of the Old Testament that I have never had before. I am currently reading Daniel which I have never read before and am so excited!

I am so thankful God has opened my eyes to these books, so I can better live my life like Christ.

Have a Blessed Christmas!

Jess

Comments

D said…
I've always rather enjoyed the Old Testament. My youth pastor used to call it 'the forgotten two-thirds of the Bible'.
December 22, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Jessica Laura Washington said…
:) I am glad I am actually reading it now. I saw just has history before instead of God's story with His people.

I am glad I see you some at work. Have a great Christmas!
December 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM
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