Of Stillness and
Storm by Michele Phoenix
This book recounts the story of Lauren’s life and
marriage. Her journey to becoming the
mother her son needed and the wife that her husband didn’t expect. Her journey startled me. It caused me to rethink God’s calling and how
a family responds to that. It caused me
to see the knife-edge balance that the called must walk between vocation and
family. I wanted desperately for this
beautifully written story to have a happy ending, but it didn’t.
The story rang true on many levels. The author captured the pain of a wife who
had lost her husband to God’s call. It
clearly expressed the pain a mother experiences when her child turns against
her. It paints a desperate picture of a
child in agony. It also showed the
single-mindedness of a man who ignores his family in pursuit of God.
This is an eye-opening story. I am sorry for the shattered lives it
represents, but glad that the author had the courage and the grace to recount
this story. It is a worthy read and one
that those in Christian service should consider reading. I received this book free from the publisher
and this is my honest opinion.
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