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** spoiler alert ** This book started out strong and with great potential to be a blessing like the first two... it in the last third of the book it got too weird for me! I know that God can do anything so the events in the book are possible- it was just a little ridiculous. There were lost of amazing miracles that flowed with the book and didn't seem over the top- but then there was a reserection, and all of sudden two characters are amazed at there ability to suddenly speak German.

I did get a couple great things from the book though-

They are talking about being a poor witness, and the answer is "God takes the poor, foolish things of this world to bring glory to his name. Jesus wasn't born in the exhalted halls of kings, but in a stable. You know who the enemy is. Satan is a powerful adversary who know you almost as intimately as the Lord does. He attacks through the mind and flesh, trying to seperate you from Christ."
"That doesn't fill me with confidence. Who am I to fight Satan?"
"You don't. THe Lord is with you and goes before you into battle. You only have to stand firm in your faith."
I felt like this was sooo packed full of good stuff- first the part with her questioning her ability to be used by God, I worry about that sometimes, what if they ask a question I don't have an answer to? or what if I don't make sense or blah, blah, blah! This was a good reminder that if I'm willing and in tune with God's word- he'll take it and use it to his glory. If I just plant the seed- He'll provide the rain and the sunshine!
Then it was a scary reminder that Satan knows us and knows just what to do to pull us down- we have to be on constant gaurd!
Finally I liked the part about us not having to fight satan! We just have to stand firm in our faith, and God will take care of him!

The next great section is talking about Gods great gift of salvation-
and they have the thought that Salvation is a gift not something we can earn or appreciate fully. "Jesus left his heavenly throne, his glory and honor, took the form of a humble man. He suffered and died for me. And what do I do? More often then not, I take my salvation for granted. I fill my mind with unimportant things.Oh, that God would put it in my head and hear what he has done for me every morning as I awaken."
That last sentence- WOW! That is my prayer as well- I'm going to start asking for that to be the first thought in my head in the morning each morning. What a blessing that would be to have my first thought of the day be about my Saviour!