In the startling tragedy of the Amish schoolhouse shooting at Nickel Mines, one story has never been told; Marie Roberts Monville, the wife of the man who created such horror, tells her story for the very first time. It is a story of sorrow and destruction, but also one of majestic deliverance, unending compassion, breathtaking forgiveness, and grace-filled redemption.
Within a solitary moment, Marie Monville realized that life, as she knew it, was over. What she never anticipated was a tangible encounter with God reaching into her circumstances, through them rewriting all she believed about herself, her faith, and the God she thought she knew. One Light Still Shines reveals three love stories: the innocent love of a devoted wife for a husband in pain, the incomprehensible love of God in the aftermath of massacre and destruction, and the redemptive love of Christ, waiting to unfold in the life of every person who reads this book.
Marie's journey since that darkest of days has been invaded with light which shines through these pages into the darkest questions we all face--questions about our past, our value, our identity, and own powerlessness in this fallen world. Come face to face with the Power behind every answer---a love that begs to be received.
When I read the description for this book I remembered how my heart broke the day I saw the news and the tragedy. I remember how my heart ached for so many people I never knew but just the ordeal they had to endure. This story is not a wealth of sadness, but instead one of faith. Faith and trust in our Heavenly Father even during one of the most horrible things that could ever happen. It was so nice to hear the story from Marie's point of view and the heartache she also had to endure and the strength that could only come from God. This book will forever remain in my collection. She is truly an inspiration.
I received this book in exchange for an honest review
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