Jon
Bloom writes: “The purpose of this little book is to imaginatively reflect on
the real experiences of real people in the Bible in order to help you grasp and
live what it means to “trust in the LORD with all your heart, and…not lean on
your own understanding.” Its goal is to help you believe in Jesus while living
in a very confusing and painful world (pg. 18).”
This
book surely has given me a FRESH way of understanding how much Jesus has
impacted individuals who crossed His path – individuals by faith whose lives
were changed as God drew them to Himself. Jon Bloom through his devotional
style of story-telling, leads us through several Old and New Testament Bible
stories, to essential lessons we can learn from the people in the stories who
encounter God and Jesus. These people include James Zebedee, the adulteress,
Zacchaeus, Thomas, Peter, Joseph the carpenter, John the Baptist, Paul and many
others.
A
few stories impressed me in movie style as I read through the book, namely how
the adulteress though not being stoned by the mob and forgiven by Jesus, have
to face family and friends with new found faith; how Zacchaeus after Jesus’
invitation and words would show up at a household with bags of money to pay
them back fourfold; how Jesus’ siblings who eventually became Christ’s
followers gives us hope for our unbelieving loved ones and how Paul in prison
continues to speak and encourage his visitor friend that Jesus has been worth
it all.
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