Review of Always Before Me
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[Following is a volunteer review of "Always Before Me" by John Servant.]
Always Before Me (A story of Mercy and Salvation) written by John Servant is a story that throws light on the varying degrees of life challenges encountered by three people whose eventual life transformation was because of the compelling nature of ordeal they experienced. Rather than throw hope to the wind, they endured until a better life. A character as Father Paul, an assistant priest had a young man come to the confessional to confess to murdering a police officer and his wife. He refused to mention who the murderer was despite the height of police interrogations. He therefore had to suffer imprisonment for a crime he never committed. Notwithstanding all odds of life grapples, he latched on to his faith and this passionately drives him irrespective of situations where he finds himself a lone ranger.
Father Anthony another character who suffered an injurious fate of life; was falsely accused of sexual advances by his student. A crime he was not liable for yet was relieved of his duties as a teacher. As a prison chaplain, will he find the reason to re-live his life? The third character Matt Ryan was found culpable of sexually exploiting a student. This led to his marriage breakdown and subsequent resignation. As life would have it, he secured a job as a prison psychologist and his life began to take a different turn. Is this turn for the better?
The puzzles of life darts discovered in this book are thought-provoking and life transforming realities as several practical life challenges and experiences were brought to bare by way of concision and coherent examples. The author also expatiated by taking turns to address readers directly and elaborated on life changing sermons preached by Father Paul. Issues affecting the family unit, environment, marriage as well as relational tensions were all tackled as the author privileged on discussing challenges the imprisoned had to go through. As regards encouragement, parts of Father Paul’s sermons were enough to lay absolute grip on any troubled soul.
The life changing moments of Father Paul in particular whiles in prison became manifest as his sermons brought about significant life transformation. One could experience some suspense as you read the book page by page undesirous of ever ending the pages in respect of what would happen next. The only minor issue I observed was with evil plotting characters such as Ramon, the Prosecutor and Blood who were not made to experience their fair share of their deeds but perhaps for the purposes of reasons best ascribed to the author, he omitted that part. No wonder the book had a focus on mercy and salvation. The book was professionally edited.
The scope of thought and writing dexterity were unique and therefore I give Always Before Me (a story of Mercy and Salvation) a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed reading the book.
I recommend the book to readers who enjoy religious books and especially to all curious readers who look forward to a life changing experience.
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Always Before Me
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Always Before Me (A story of Mercy and Salvation) written by John Servant is a story that throws light on the varying degrees of life challenges encountered by three people whose eventual life transformation was because of the compelling nature of ordeal they experienced. Rather than throw hope to the wind, they endured until a better life. A character as Father Paul, an assistant priest had a young man come to the confessional to confess to murdering a police officer and his wife. He refused to mention who the murderer was despite the height of police interrogations. He therefore had to suffer imprisonment for a crime he never committed. Notwithstanding all odds of life grapples, he latched on to his faith and this passionately drives him irrespective of situations where he finds himself a lone ranger.
Father Anthony another character who suffered an injurious fate of life; was falsely accused of sexual advances by his student. A crime he was not liable for yet was relieved of his duties as a teacher. As a prison chaplain, will he find the reason to re-live his life? The third character Matt Ryan was found culpable of sexually exploiting a student. This led to his marriage breakdown and subsequent resignation. As life would have it, he secured a job as a prison psychologist and his life began to take a different turn. Is this turn for the better?
The puzzles of life darts discovered in this book are thought-provoking and life transforming realities as several practical life challenges and experiences were brought to bare by way of concision and coherent examples. The author also expatiated by taking turns to address readers directly and elaborated on life changing sermons preached by Father Paul. Issues affecting the family unit, environment, marriage as well as relational tensions were all tackled as the author privileged on discussing challenges the imprisoned had to go through. As regards encouragement, parts of Father Paul’s sermons were enough to lay absolute grip on any troubled soul.
The life changing moments of Father Paul in particular whiles in prison became manifest as his sermons brought about significant life transformation. One could experience some suspense as you read the book page by page undesirous of ever ending the pages in respect of what would happen next. The only minor issue I observed was with evil plotting characters such as Ramon, the Prosecutor and Blood who were not made to experience their fair share of their deeds but perhaps for the purposes of reasons best ascribed to the author, he omitted that part. No wonder the book had a focus on mercy and salvation. The book was professionally edited.
The scope of thought and writing dexterity were unique and therefore I give Always Before Me (a story of Mercy and Salvation) a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed reading the book.
I recommend the book to readers who enjoy religious books and especially to all curious readers who look forward to a life changing experience.
******
Always Before Me
View: on Bookshelves |
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