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Dec. 5, 2007
Hedge Of Thorns
In reading chapters 4 and 5, I could not imagine the restraint the author's father showed. Father and son walked out to the hedge all the while discussing the beauty of God's work in each of our lives. You can see very plainly that regardless of how distraught he may be, the father sees that what happened was allowed by God to better his son. Could I be so full of compassion and mercy to see that? I would like to say yes, but I know deep down, I could not be.
I loved how the father took the time to explain things and then allowed John to experience understanding. So many times we tell our children things and then try to make them understand, instead of allowing experience to teach them. He showed such patience in waiting on his son's understanding. You could feel that he realized the gravity of this lesson.
The picture story that helped us to understand the relevance of the hedge was wonderful. I never thought about the fact that God may build a hedge around us out of the things we may despise the most. I always used to say, "God did not make me rich because He knew I could not handle it." I am probably more right than I ever thought!
There was so much in these two chapters. My Oldest and I read it separately and then discussed it. I enjoyed that. We really delved into the analogy of the thorns on the rose. Thinking of the thorns as a blessing to the rose was something that never occurred to either of us.
I realized after posting this that I was suppose to read to chapter 7. I will get to reading it and post about those two chapters next. If you would like to read other reviews on this book hop on over. |
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Dec. 6, 2007 - Hi Stephanie
I had so much to say about chapters 4,5,and 6 that I stopped and did not do chapter 7. So, you are off the hook! You can save chapter 7 for next Wednesday!
I would like some of this on the HSB LitClub site though. You can put the whole post in your comment or you can read what we had to say on our discussion and discuss what we talked about. It is up to you! I do want everyone else to be able to read what you thought on the LitClub site though.
If your daughter has anything to say, you can includethat too. I love Amanda's different perspective. She brought up some things that I had not looked at the way she did. Isn't is fun to do this and include our children?
blessings~
Jacque