Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes To God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
Rhinestone Jesus is a humerous and inspiring book about a woman who said yes to God’s plan for her and her family and the result was amazing. After the author told God yes, things set in motion and the result was a great ministry: Mercy House. Mercy House is located in Kenya and there the family runs a safe, loving, and Christian home for homeless teens that are pregnant. Though this ministry is thriving and doing great work, things were not always so. The author was so honest retelling the story of her and her family’s journey about how Mercy House was established and I found her honesty refreshing. The author recounted that though the family did experience good times, there were many times when things were difficult or things just did not go as planned. Instead of giving up, they kept trusting God and telling Him yes and He worked things out according to His plan. For me, I found this story to be encouraging because it reminds me of the great things that can happen when I don’t give up when things get hard and what can happen if I just trust God instead. This is a great read and I hope other readers enjoy this story as much as I did. Rhinestone Jesus is a delightful story that will encourage all families on how to live a purposeful life honoring God and growing strong Christian children. Kristen, the children’s ministry leader, realized something was wrong when her husband Terrell , a youth pastor, asked her what happened that stopped them from being the dreamers they used to be. When he brought home a laptop and encouraged her to write, she began to see what purpose God had for her life that would enable her life to count. Although Kristen wanted things her way, she found she couldn’t be the Mom she wanted to be without God’s help. Even her marriage needed God’s help, for Terrell confessed he was addicted to pornography. For a while they suffered from infertility. Then Kristen was asked to go to Kenya with Compassion International and to blog on the poverty and needs there. What she saw changed her, caused her to cry even when cooking or bathing her children because in Kenya there isn’t much food, if any, for the poor to cook nor is there clean water to drink and to bathe in. What did her family start to make that could be sold to help Kenya’s poor? When the Kenyan post office wanted a large bribe to give Kristen the box that had been mailed to them, what did they do to get it? Did their family have arguments, dirty rooms, and meltdowns like most families? What were the twelve areas they decided their family should focus on to help them live counter culturally? What five points did she indicate help create a strong family? Fantastic book!
What do You think about Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes To God When Sparkly, Safe Faith Is No Longer Enough (2014)?
I would give it even more stars if I could!
—kaylee7001
Enjoyed reading this book!! so inspiring!
—Shandyclare20
