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Francine Rivers-Redeeming Love

A good friend of mine insisted that I read this book two years ago but I never got around to reading it. If I'm completely honest with myself part of the reason for not reading this book when it was referred to me two years ago was the overwhelming feeling of doubt in the contents of Christian novels.

Don't get me wrong it's not that I'm not a believer, I just couldn't believe that one could get a good fictional book which also happens to be Christian in nature.

So I do believe that on the day that finally I decided to read through the first ten pages of Redeeming love, that it was not by chance. I believe that I read this book at the "right time". If I had read it when it was first referred to me I dont think that it would have had the profound effect that it had on me when I read it at the beginning of this year. Redeeming love was first published in 1991 and is written by Francine Rivers.

Redeeming Love is the story of a young girl named Sarah who realises that she is a product of an adulterous relationship. She loses her mother who is the closest person to her. After the death of her mother she is sold to Duke whom she thought would be a father figure but rather it will be the start to her life in prostitution under a new name "Angel". She later escapes Duke and runs away to Pair-a-Dice where she continues her work as a prostitute for a woman named The Dutchess.

Redeeming Love is also the story of a man named Michael Hosea who embarks on a journey to Pair-a-Dice to deliver produce; up on arrival God tells him that he must pursue and marry Angel. Michael Hosea tries his level hardest to convince Angel to come back home with him where they will marry. Angel is not convinced as she was told about the "Gods Truth"when she was a child. . . Redeeming love is a story that needs to be read so that all the above makes sense.

I cannot give away anymore details because I believe that each reader should enjoy this book, page by page and receive what they receive from it in their own time. It is a beautiful story about trusting God, forgiveness perseverance, and most importantly that it does not matter how your life starts out. God has a redeeming love that will break every chain and give you a life brand new.

I must add that this was the first book that I've read that had me praying for its characters. I would read a couple of pages and find myself looking up to the sky  asking for God's Mercy on  Michael Hosea and Angel. This is a book that I would read over and over again. It's just that great and so moving.

I hope that you enjoy it as much as I have and still do♥.

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