Redeeming Love

This week I started to read Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers and really got into it. It starts out about a little girl named Sarah, who was born because of an affair by her mother and a duke. Her mother dies and Sarah is sold into prostitution by the age of eight. She is found by a kind man and he takes her to live with him. The man, Michael Hosea, teaches her how real love feels, and how to truly love in return.
When Duke says to Sarah that it doesn’t matter what her real name is, that her name is now Angel, I think that he is reverse personifying her. He is making her his object to control as he will.
This book is based off of a story in the Old Testament in the Bible about a man named Hosea who is compelled by God to marry a prostitute, Gomer, and teach her to love God.
This book was very interesting, it really showed that even if you are in a bad situation, there is always a way out…you just need to be willing to ask for help.
My favorite part of this book was when Sarah finally realized that Michael wanted to help her, not just use her. It frustrated me through the whole thing that she just didn’t get it, I was so happy when she did!
In this book I learned to trust in God more and to follow Him, even when it seems crazy (not wanting to make this into a sermon or anything, just putting how I feel).