Review of The Legacy of Job's Wife
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Review of The Legacy of Job's Wife
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Legacy of Job's Wife" by Cynthia Koelker.]
Job was brought up with the knowledge of God, he was taught to give thanks for everything, including meals. Ix’ises family weren’t believers, neither was she, she didn’t believe even when Job tried to explain the concept of a greater being who protects and provides for them until a certain encounter where a young Job helped Ix’ises family get water from a well they had dug so deep and for a long time with no hope of ever hitting water, that was her first step into believing, the moment she went down on her knees with Job and his brothers to give thanks to a God that was foreign to her.
Having received God’s blessing in so many bountiful ways, from miraculous works like being saved from a raging bull, her father being restored to health after being mauled half to death by a bull, experiencing little to no discomfort in child bearing, to seemingly mundane things such as marrying Job, nothing could have prepared ix’ises for the series of misfortunes that plagued her and her family.
One positive aspect about the book is how Cynthia J. Koelker portrayed each character making it easier for me to become so engaged and immersed in the book while growing fond of the characters and their growth. It wasn’t difficult to fall in love with the writing style. Each scene pulls you in and makes you eager to know what is going to happen next. The legacy of Job’s wife was a rollercoaster of emotions, from the happy childhood shared by both Ix’ises and Job’s family, the strong-headed and feisty character of Ix’ises, Job’s calm and pious demeanour, to the sudden loss they experienced in their later years.
The legacy of Job’s wife portrays the transition from unbelief to believing, an unwavering faith, thankful hearts, obedience, sacrifice and repentance. It portrayed the challenges that left Ix’ises wondering what went wrong, what her family had done to incur the wrath of God, a God she had only just begun to believe in, or at least tried to, after all, she had allowed Job teach her children about making sacrifices to God even though she didn’t fully understand it.
Will she come to understand the intricate plans of God, the whys to his actions, would she ever know, or would she chalk it up to one of the mysteries about God?
There are few to non-existing errors in this book that took nothing from my reading pleasure and for that reason, I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars.
I recommend this book to lovers of Christian books that enjoys a twist in the typical bible stories we know.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
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Job was brought up with the knowledge of God, he was taught to give thanks for everything, including meals. Ix’ises family weren’t believers, neither was she, she didn’t believe even when Job tried to explain the concept of a greater being who protects and provides for them until a certain encounter where a young Job helped Ix’ises family get water from a well they had dug so deep and for a long time with no hope of ever hitting water, that was her first step into believing, the moment she went down on her knees with Job and his brothers to give thanks to a God that was foreign to her.
Having received God’s blessing in so many bountiful ways, from miraculous works like being saved from a raging bull, her father being restored to health after being mauled half to death by a bull, experiencing little to no discomfort in child bearing, to seemingly mundane things such as marrying Job, nothing could have prepared ix’ises for the series of misfortunes that plagued her and her family.
One positive aspect about the book is how Cynthia J. Koelker portrayed each character making it easier for me to become so engaged and immersed in the book while growing fond of the characters and their growth. It wasn’t difficult to fall in love with the writing style. Each scene pulls you in and makes you eager to know what is going to happen next. The legacy of Job’s wife was a rollercoaster of emotions, from the happy childhood shared by both Ix’ises and Job’s family, the strong-headed and feisty character of Ix’ises, Job’s calm and pious demeanour, to the sudden loss they experienced in their later years.
The legacy of Job’s wife portrays the transition from unbelief to believing, an unwavering faith, thankful hearts, obedience, sacrifice and repentance. It portrayed the challenges that left Ix’ises wondering what went wrong, what her family had done to incur the wrath of God, a God she had only just begun to believe in, or at least tried to, after all, she had allowed Job teach her children about making sacrifices to God even though she didn’t fully understand it.
Will she come to understand the intricate plans of God, the whys to his actions, would she ever know, or would she chalk it up to one of the mysteries about God?
There are few to non-existing errors in this book that took nothing from my reading pleasure and for that reason, I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars.
I recommend this book to lovers of Christian books that enjoys a twist in the typical bible stories we know.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Latest Review: The Legacy of Job's Wife by Cynthia Koelker
