When facing the impossible, will you believe?
Storm clouds gather over a small Michigan town. As thunder shakes the sky, the lights inside St. Thomas Church flicker . . . and then go out.
All is black until a thick bolt of lightning slices the sky, striking the church’s large wooden cross—leaving it ablaze and splintered in two.
When the storm ends—the search for answers begins.
James Lindy, the church’s blind minister, wonders how his small congregation can repair the cross and keep their faith in the midst of adversity. And he hears the words “only believe.”
Macey Lewis, the town’s brilliant young oncologist, is drawn to Alex, a young boy who’s recently been diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia. She puts her hope in modern medicine—yet is challenged to “only believe.”
And Alex’s single mom, who has given everything she can to her boy, is pleading with God to know the reason this is happening . . . to save her son. But she only hears silence and wonders how she can possibly “only believe.”
As I read this book, I found myself likening it to bits and pieces of other books and movies. Kenneth reminded me of Joshua, a character in a book and a movie by the same title. I believe the concept could have been derived from the book/movie.
The characters were not fully developed. It was as if each character were its own jigsaw puzzle and there were missing pieces so you never saw the complete picture. Put all those puzzles together to make one and you still have an incomplete picture.
While circumstances and miracles cause the characters to ask very good questions, the answers were questionable. As a believer, this book did not bode well in my spirit. I do think this book could be misleading for non or new believers.
Sad to say, I really felt like I was watching an old time soap opera.
Should you buy the book? No!
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