Heaven
in Her Arms is a book that takes us on an adventurous journey into
Mary’s life. We see her in three different roles throughout this
journey: as a young woman, as the mother of Jesus and as the daughter of
God. The one constant characteristic that we can find in all of these
roles is her complete trust and obedience in her God.
The
thing that I loved about this book is that the author does such a great
job introducing us into Mary’s life, with all of the details that
shaped her, with her inner thoughts and struggles. Every detail we can garner from the Bible about Mary's life is brought to the surface in Hickem's book so that we can understand the incredibly
important role that Mary had into shaping Jesus as her child and as the
Son of God, the Messiah.
And even though she does not play a central role in the nativity story, she was the person that faithfully trusted and obeyed. So her role into the nativity story was rely on God and trust that everything will happen exactly as God planned it to happen.
I
grew up in the Catholic church, which puts a better emphasis on Mary's role in Jesus' life and celebrates her complete obedience to God than any of the other Christian denominations, in my opinion. This book allowed me to reconnect with the Mary I learned to know and admire growing up and also delve deeper into the story of her life. I believe that God not only used Mary to be the mother of His son, but He is using her story to
teach us women some powerful and important lessons that can help us
become women after His own heart. Mary teaches us how to fully
live that perfect plan that God has for each of us.
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