I can’t believe another month has gone in this year already! It is time for another monthly book review of what I have read this month.
Rachel’s Tears: 10th Anniversary Edition
One day Rachel traced her hands on the back of her dresser and wrote the following words: “These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of peoples hearts”. I am sure that she didn’t have in mind what the future held for her, but she indeed has gone on to touch many peoples hearts in her short life, and through her tragic death.
This book was sent to me for review this month and I have been very blessed by reading it. It is a short read about a young girl named Rachel Joy Scott who lost her life in the Columbine tragedy. The story is told by her parents, Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott.
I cannot imagine the pain her parents feel after the horrific loss of this beautiful, bright and vibrant girl. After her death, her parents discovered a treasure left behind for them: Rachel’s journals. This books shares portions from her journals, sharing with us a young girl who had an intimate relationship with the Lord.
Not only are her journals a touching memoir of her walk with the Lord, her legacy left behind that friends and family share in the months after her death portray a very special girl with a very big heart. Her passion to shine the light of the Lord to this sin darkened world was evident in not only her journals, but in testimony after testimony from those that she reached out to. This was a girl, as young as she was, walked the walk and lived her life for one purpose, and that was to glorify God. A good read, especially for a young teen.
A friend loaned me this book after I shared with her that I was feeling a little burnt out with home schooling this year. I loved this book. It is written by the wife of HSLDA, Vickie Farris with her daugther Jayme. This is a great encouragement to home schoolers, especially larger families that are schooling multiple grade levels. I found Mrs. Farris to be very open and humble, sharing her own personal struggles, victories, testimonies and convictions. I finished the book feeling energized and refreshed!
I have really enjoyed and have been challenged by the writings of Francis Frangipane. This book is one of a four part series in a training series called In Christs Image. This book really touches on what it means to be Christlike, how to let down strongholds and barriers to allow ourselves to be transformed into His image, and touches on the upcoming spiritual revival that will awaken our hearts to prepare for the coming of our Saviour. The writings in here on woundedness, humility and offenses have been priceless and have really caused me to see areas in my life that are weak. I look forward to reading his other books!
Here is my reading list for next month (click on book title for more info):
The Power of Less
Wasted on Jesus : Reaching for the Lover of Your Soul
Love Life for Every Married Couple
I love to read, and am always looking for new books to add to my pile 
Do you have any good books that you could recommend as must reads?
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Hmm…I love the sound of Christlikeness. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
I will be adding Rachel’s Tears to my list. Her story was the one that touched me the most when the shooting happened. There was something about her picture that stood out to me. I’m most interested in the Christlikeness books and will be seeking them out ASAP! Happy Reading!
I read Rachel’s Tears when it came out 10 years ago and gave it as graduation presents that year.
Rachel’s Tears sounds like an amazing book! Have fun finding some new books for this month
I will be adding Rachel’s Tears to my book list. It sounds like a very inspiring book! Thanks for sharing!
-Ashley
Rachel’s Tears sounds like a touching and inspiring read. So sad.
carma
I have the book about Rachel in my pile to review as well – I’m tackling it in small bites as I’m not sure how much of it I can read in one sitting! The homeschool book looks good, too. Thanks for sharing.
My husband is a big fan of Francis Frangipane; we actually visited his church once when we were back in my hometown (it’s an hour from there). I just finished reading Nurture by Lisa Bevere, which had some good insights.
I’ve only read one by Frangipane, ‘The Three Battlegrounds,’ but I loved it!
‘A Mom Just Like You’ sounds like it might be a good read for me right now, even though I’m only homsechooling one so far.
‘Rachel’s Tears’ sounds like a real heartbreaker.
Thanks for posting your list. Always great to get new ideas for my tbr list!
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