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Treasures Of The Wise: 30 Devotions For Storing Up Heavenly Riches by Tracy L Smoak

Dec3

In God We Trust

Treasures Of The Wise by Tracy L Smoak is a powerful book of thirty devotionals which will aid our walk with God.

Each devotional has an accompanying coin which is from the author’s collection and means something to her. The coin reminds us that we are God’s treasure, far more important than wealth. We are God’s riches.

There is a beautiful half page photo opposite the main devotional. It is something that means something to the author who adds her thoughts. My favourites were: the teacups belonging to the author’s great grandmother (chapter 8); letters and a Bible (chapter 29); and a gorgeous puppy (chapter 4 and the end of the book).

As Tracy L Smoak introduces each devotional, she gives her personal thoughts, a relevant scripture and a prayer.

As the book progresses, hopefully you will draw closer to the heart of God and discover His will for your life.

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Falling Night by Phil Clarke

Jan11

To Shake Us Up

Falling Night by Phil Clarke is a powerful and horrifying Christian novel set in the 1990’s. It is a fictional account but grounded in fact as it is based on the author’s experiences in Africa during the 1990’s.

Bored of life in sleepy Yorkshire, lead character Alan, volunteers to help in the fictional war-torn country of Kugombwala. We follow him as he encounters some very different experiences.

The country is unstable and corrupt. Aid workers need to be very aware of their surroundings. They meet some good souls along the way but also encounter pure evil.

Under Phil Clarke’s masterful pen, the hot landscape, fear and corruption come alive. We see terrible scenes of genocide, child soldiers and pure evil along the way as civil war erupts. Local tribes think nothing of massacring their neighbours. Life is not sacred but cheap.

Alan is naïve at first. We see his character development and understanding of the situation as the novel progresses.

We also witness Alan becoming a Christian.  Too many ‘coincidences’ happen until Alan has an epiphany “God had turned His face towards him.”

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