"I am not going to apologize for speaking
thename of Jesus, I am not going to justify my
faithto them, and I am not going to hide the
light thatGod has put in me. If I have to sacrifice
everything...I will."
Her love for people & for God gave her great strength & confidence. She was very involved in many areas of school life, including the drama club. She loved the ethnic variety of her school & once wrote about how she suddenly looked around her one day at the lunch table & realized that she was the only white person in her group of laughing friends.
My only disagreement with this beautiful little book is the idea that one parent gives that this may have happened to Rachel so that God would get the glory as her story was told all over the world. I believe that God does turn things that were meant for evil around & make good out of them, but He had nothing to do with causing this tragedy to occur. But this book is not meant to be a document of theology & it is still an uplifting read as a memoir of a short but beautiful life.
I would agree! My God would never allow something so devasting to occur! I am sure the book is wonderful, but it would probably sadden me because I am tender-hearted. My current book is White Oleander and I am thinking it may be somewhat upsetting as well. Blessings, Lisa
ReplyDeleteI try to stay away from the highly emotive books like this- they do my head in....she sounds like a beautiful child, a tragic loss xx
ReplyDeleteI hear you Lisa. I would not have normally read this due to the sadness factor, but when reviewing I didn't have much to choose from that they want me to review.
ReplyDeleteWOW Brenda, I never even knew this came out. I might give it a look at. Thanks for writing the review. I definitely agree about what you said about God not having anything to do with causing the tragedy. Maybe the one parent is using that (although wrong) as a coping mechanism. Such a sad and tragic loss on a young life who had to much to offer the world.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, thank you so much for your prayers!! ♥
Has it really been 10 years? :( And yet we haven't forgotten. It's so raw. I hadn't heard of this. Thanks for posting about it!
ReplyDeleteSo interesting that you just read this book. I just read a Columbine-related book as well, "The Hour I First Believed," by Wally Lamb. This is a fictional account but it seems pretty well researched. In the book, the narrator (Caleum Quirk) is a teacher at Columbine and his wife is the school nurse. He is not there on the day of the shooting, but his wife is and is traumatized for the rest of her life because of it. It was an interesting book that raised a lot of questions about Columbine, faith, why things happen and so forth. I hope the parents got a sense of peace from putting this book out there -- but I can't even imagine the pain they must still feel.
ReplyDeleteBrenda,
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful tribute to such a beautiful person. I read about her story a while back and fell in love with her. I am now going to buy the book to read.
Shame on those people who have used God to say that a tragedy was necessary. I totally agree with you on the whole aspect of such a preposterous idea.
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