I was interested right away for a few reasons.
1. How do you go through something like that (I will let you read it to know more about their tragic yet amazing story) with such strong faith?
2. What got them started in adoption and how has that process worked for them?
3. How can you be a mother of 6, wife to a non-stop husband and run your own ministries?
So I picked it up Tuesday night once I was done my to do list and couldn't put it down. Such an amazing read - this woman is so gifted! As well I loved that Beth Moore wrote the prologue. So by Wednesday evening I was finished the book. I spent that afternoon crying and rejoicing with this family I have only heard of. But their story, and even more so Mary Beth's story touched me - and I could learn a lot from her life struggles and triumphs, their adoption process/calling and they way she learned how to discern God's voice through all they had and are still going through.
Mary Beth struggled with clinical depression and still to this day is dealing with that. I appreciated when she said "All I had to do was the hardest thing possible for a person like me: I just had to be willing to give up control and give in to Him, and let Him use this cross in my life".
There is so much I found inspiring and encouraging in their story. Mary Beth is so honest and open about their struggles - she is very transparent and I admire that. I love that the book is centered around the word "SEE", the word their daughter Maria left for them. It reminds us to look and SEE God's glory and greatness all around us. This family shows us that there is hope in Christ through the dark and hard times.
Go to her blog to see her video about the book, then go out and buy it (or sign out from the library :) http://marybethchapman.com/?page_id=74
I imagine that is a very powerful book! I'm definitely intrigued (you keep reading books, and you inspire me to want to read them!).
ReplyDeleteI will have to put it on my to read list now.
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