I Came to Love You Late

This summer I read a book called "I Came to Love You Late". I really loved it. It is a fictional story about Martha and Mary (the Martha and Mary from the Bible). It was a great look at what they might of felt and thought. I would highly recommend this book to girls that love God, his word (the Bible), fiction stories, and the story of Martha and Mary.

Great History/Christian/Missionary books

My family loves these two sets of books. They're called "Christian Heroes: Then & Now" and "Heroes of History". They are the from YWAM Publishing. I haven't read all of them, but all of the ones I have read I loved. My favorite is "Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt". I just finished "Meriwether Lewis: Off the Edge of the Map" and am currently reading "Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Precious Gems". Check them out!

More Than A Carpenter

I just finished More Than A Carpenter the other day. It's a great book. Josh McDowell (the author) actually wrote it after he tried to find proof that Jesus wasn't God's Son, because when he tried to find the proof he needed it wasn't there. Instead he found the opposite, that Jesus was God's Son as a man on earth to save his people from their sin. He found so much evidence that he wrote the book More Than A Carpenter. It was an excellent book and I would recommed it to all christians and also none christians. I think if a none christian read it that person would be a christian, or want to be a christian, by the end of the book.

The Tinker's Daughter

I just finished a great book called "The Tinker's Daughter - A story based on the life of Mary Bunyan" by Wendy Lawton. Here is a little paper on the moral of the story.


I can do all things...

Do you sometimes find yourself not wanting other peoples help because you want to show that you can do it on your own? Do you ever reject help so you can do it on your own, show that your not helpless, and be independent? Well your not the only one that has ever felt this way. Mary Bunyan was the blind daughter of John Bunyan (the author of Pilgrims Progress). Being blind kept her from wanting peoples help. She wanted to do things on her own to show that she wasn't helpless. She didn't even want God's help! John Bunyan was a very religious man and often quoted scripture. One verse he said often was "I can do all things though Christ who strengthens me."Mary often heard him repeat this and soon started saying the first part "I can do all things...", but she always left of the part about Christ strengthening us. Mary went thought part of her life not wanting God's help. She tried to do everything by herself. Finally she realised one day that she couldn't do "all things", on her own, but she could do all things though Christ. She came to know Jesus and a great burden was lifted off of Mary that day. None of us can go though life without needing God's help. Let him help you today. Lay your burden at his feet and follow him. He loves you so much.

Cynthia