Review: Strength and provision from the grace of God
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 9, 2013
I will admit that I have read numerous books on trials and triumphs but this one had me glued to my seat from start to finish.  Too I admit that the trials, one after another that author Marita Kinney had to endure unsettled me somewhat.  I looked for breakthrough after breakthrough and instead found her experiencing another setback.  Looking back I see the hand of God in that, all along the way, with each successive trial emerged a stronger women that refused to quit and today embodies strength of both character and spirit that is hard to surpass.Where the natural world would look at her being raised by a single parent, experiencing the murder of her brother, death of her father and divorce with 2 small children as a disaster, God saw it as a means by which he would take each incident and show Himself strong in provision.  Having been raised in church did not aid her in right free will choosing.  It was only following her father's death and murder of her brother that she faced a crossroad and made a decision for Christ in her early twenties.Author Kinney shares the faithfulness of God and how He met her at every turn financially, emotionally, and spiritually.  As her trials continued her indomitable will and then strong spirit would have her declare "I could have checked out and given up on life.  No, but I was determined to live and not be bitter."After you read this story from cover to cover you too will discover what she declares in that the Lord was preparing her to minister to hurting people.  You will not be so lost in her story that you will fail to reflect on your own.  Instead, as you see the hand of God move, it will encourage you to know that no trial is too difficult that God cannot see you through.  May you find discovered in these pages and woven throughout your life that biblically weeping does endure for a season but joy comes in the morning.