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review -The Queen’s Handmaiden by Tracy L. Higley

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The Queen’s Handmaid by Tracy L. Higley

 

The Queen’s Handmaiden by Tracy L. Higley is a great read but even more than that, a history tool. Ms. Higley clarifies the Biblical timeline and backs up her story with what she calls ‘the story behind the story.’ On top of that she weaves a love story through the whole thing Her heroine, the slave,Lydia, has to deal with Herod, Octavia, Cleopatra and many others. I hope there is a sequel.

 

We forget that in Biblical times, people were real, and suffered as we do, even loved as we do.

This is my first experience with Tracy L. Higley’s writing but I shall look for her in future. Some of her other books include So Shines the Night, Garden of Madness and Isle of Shadows.

Thomas Nelson Publishers gave me a free copy of this book in return for a fair and honest review.

Brenda J Wood, http://heartfeltdevotionals.com

“It Is Done”

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“It Is Done” by Watchman Nee

“A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and

lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” (John 19:29-30)

Christianity begins not with a big do, but with a big done. We begin our Christian life by depending not upon our own doing but upon what Christ has done. Until you realize this you are no Christian; for to say: “I can do nothing to save myself; but by his grace God has done everything for me in Christ,” is to take the first step of faith.

“Our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin” (Rom. 6:6)

That is not an exhortation to struggle. That is history: our history, written in Christ before we were born.

Do you believe this? It is true! Our crucifixion with Christ is a glorious historic fact. Our deliverance from sin is based, not on what we can do, nor even on what God is

going to do for us, but on what he has already done in Christ. When that fact dawns upon us

and we rest back upon it, then we have found the secret of a holy life.