Rain Storm By Vanessa Miller

I know this book is a bit old , I believe it was published in the year ‘07’ but nonetheless, it is still relevant to this time. This is one of my favorite books written by one of my top authors, Vanessa Miller. I love her series, they are very inspirational and stimulating.I want to focus on this particular series, Rain Storm. The entire story was well organized and everything was sequentially arranged, it was not confusing nor was it overwhelming but it was well organized, and each event whether dramatic or not played an important part in the novel.This is a classic!!

God loves us and If I didn't already know that this book surely has reinforced that point. God love towards us is so unconditionally and pure, His love changes lives, it transforms the hearts of man no matter how wicked it is. Ok, you are probably wondering how is this relevant to the novel. Well the core message of this book will reveal to readers the magnificent and unconditional love of Christ Jesus to us.I marvel at the way the author skillfully portrayed this message to her readers, I especially love how she based her characters on the biblical character Hosea and his prostitute wife.This novel modernized the entire book of Hosea which deals with Love and relationship.

Keith Hosea Williams is the modernized Hosea of the Bible and Cynda Stephens is the symbolic representation of Hosea’s wife, the prostitute.It is truly amazing how a person can truly love a person even if that person is not worthy of love, Keith's  character was truly being tested when God told him to wife a prostitute(Cynda Stephens).Although there were many struggles and heartbreak, Cynda learned how to love herself and in turn she was able to accept Keith's  love. Also, Keith learnt the true meaning of love, its not how beautiful a person looks or how well they complement you. Neither is it about how ‘perfect’ they are but true love is patient, kind and loving.

So, just as how God loves us with a unmerited love so we should also learn to love others in the same manner. God is Love and if we say we are followers of God then we should do as He does.This book is awesome, the message is clear and story line is captivating.I do recommend you to purchase this book or borrow it at your local library.

Secrets and Lies By Rhonda McKnight

Ok, I tend to read a lot of books…and I also love to write. So I thought it would be good to do a couple of blogs about books I have read.I just completed reading a book by Rhonda Knight entitled Secrets and Lies, its has 376 pages and I completed that book in 2 days (pretty good), its strange though how I find it very easy and relaxing to read novels that don't pertain to school…it takes me like months to read an article for school which has less than 3 pages (pray for me saints)But anyway back to this masterpiece, it was well written and captivating.

The book is based on marriage and how secrets and lies can destroy relationships.The characters Jonah and Faith represent many couples who are facing marital issues and are struggling to fight things out and stay together. I applaud the writer in her choice for the characters names, indeed both couples struggled with the aspect of faith, which I believe is a core ingredient to any successful relationship. We all need a little faith in our lives, faith brings hope and without hope we might as well be dead, hope produces perseverance.We need to have faith in one another no matter how hard situations get.Faith ( the character) went through a whole lot of drama with her troubled husband, I think she truly portrayed what a true woman and wife should be. Many women today want to get married and  they are not prepared for marriage. Marriage is not only about security and companionship…its about ministry.Two souls become one  and walking as one…and if we want to walk as one they must agree, and that's where the problem lies in many relationships.

Also,the author made her characters realistic and relevant, faith had issues like many of us. We all have issues and it is for us to acknowledge them and work on it and when we do that we can expect to see changes in our lives. Now, Jonah is a head strong man who made me a bit angry throughout the novel, he hid a secret from his wife for 10 years!!!!! , I don't know If I could forgive a man for that. That's to show that we need to KNOW the people with whom we form relationships with.Get to know people and their back ground before you marry them , many women tend to just judge men by there fancy cars, big houses and jobs and not search their souls. This book opened my eyes to many things.

The book overall was pretty good, the ending was good. It helped to dissipate some of my anger towards Jonah. I recommend you to  buy this novel, it was worth the money or burrow it at your local library. Just make sure you read it. Later folks.