Book Review of Rivers of Grace
by
Alice Mickelson
What an awe-inspiring, uplifting and encouraging word of
God: Not only the need to raise up
children to love, serve and follow God’s leading, but how to accomplish this
seemingly impossible task. Has God called you to homeschool your children? Here
are words of wisdom, guidance, and understanding to help parents, grandparents,
aunts and uncles, and close friends to understand and support the principles of
homeschooling based on God’s word. Read how to(s) for praying and encouraging
yourself, your family and your children to live by the Spirit rather than by the
law.
This is a book to be read by all Christians who are called to minister and
serve in God’s Kingdom, for are we not all children in God’s eyes? Are we
not called to be spiritual parents, brothers and sisters? We must all come to
God with a child’s faith and grow into His love and grace as a child. What
wonderful, easy-to-follow principles that can be applied to our own lives and to
all of God’s children, regardless of age or parentage.
Rivers of Grace has words of wisdom that are
Spirit-filled, dealing with root causes of behavior and solutions to helping
children (people) to be all that God has created them to be. What a release of
my spirit to read and apply principles that transcends the symptoms of child
behavior to teaching and guiding the child (person) to discover God’s voice
speaking to them.
I have been a public school teacher for many years and have also worked
with many church youth programs. I recognized many principles that will aid in
seeing and hearing the voice of God myself and working with youth of all ages to
hear God’s voice. What a joy to see an individual move from “have to
serve” to “want to develop a” relationship with Jesus Christ. Sadly I
found myself in the first group for many years, before I discovered that one
could truly hear the voice of God and teach others to hear the voice of God.
Patti has truly shared God’s word. She shows how each of us is able to
move from the rules and law as described in Scripture to God’s grace. It is
this grace that really far exceeds the rules and laws we so often rebel against.
Patti’s emphasis is on raising children for the Lord and homeschooling. But
are we not all children that must learn the same lessons?
I believe that God is busy homeschooling His children every day, teaching
and guiding us to listen to His voice and learning to abide in Him. We are all
in the process of learning and teaching. May we all continue to have a
child-like faith that believes that all is possible, and know that God is indeed
the Answer.
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