Bathsheba bathed in Grace by Carol Cook is 8 stories of
women in the bible from their view. Carol eloquently retells the stories of
Bathsheba, Rachel, Leah, Sara, Hagar, Tamar, and Eve.
I loved this book. Ill repeat it, Loved this book. Carol Cook did an amazing job at retelling
these well-known stories in a way that made me rethink my old perception. Why had I always assumed Bathsheba was giddy
when David called her to the castle? I
had always heard it like a bad romance novel where an old high school crush
sees her and she runs to him with abandon for one nights bliss. In reality she was ordered by the king and
had no choice. And if anyone would have
found out she could have been stoned to death for his decision.
I also enjoyed the author telling the same story from two
perspectives. Although we know more
about Sara’s side of the story from the bible I loved her take on Hagar’s
side. A slave ordered to bear her
mistress a child and then was thrown into the drama of the house.
I think the most amazing thing about this book is just to
see how much God can use us and our situation in spite of us. God grew his people
and lineage in spite of all eight women.
I love the real questioning and faith of these women and their
relationship to God.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone and
everyone. It’s not only entertaining but
it strengthened by faith seeing parts of my life in theirs. We all have doubts, jealousy, and fears but
God loves us and will make our lives great if we only believe in him.
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