Redeeming Love
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Author:
Francine Rivers
(You can read more about her on her website and follow her on Twitter and Facebook!)
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What the book is about:
California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.
Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside.
Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation, until despite her resistance, her frozen heart begins to thaw.
But with her unexpected softening comes overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear. And so Angel runs. Back to the darkness, away from her husband’s pursuing love, terrified of the truth she no longer can deny: Her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does…the One who will never let her go.
A powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love.
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Why I like it:
All things Francine Rivers. That is my bookshelf. I have yet to meet a novel of hers that doesn’t move me to tears and nearer to Jesus. No kidding. And when I posted on instagram about what books MUST be on this list, Redeeming Love was the overwhelming favorite. There is so much truth to be gleaned from this story- healing, restoration, joy, love – it’s all there in spades. No matter what mistakes you have made in your life, this book will speak to you and will particularly speak to the part of your heart that feels that sin always entangles. You will not be the same when you finish this book. That’s all there is to it.
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