A Quiver Of Arrows
Who I Am With You by Robin Lee Hatcher is a charming
dual timeline Christian novel that will warm your heart and soothe your soul.
It is the first book in the Legacy Of Faith series.
The novel is set in present day and during the
depression caused by the stock market crash of 1929. There are similar themes
and topics covered in both periods including the devastating loss of a child
which produces many unanswered questions as well as a pulling away from God. “She
didn’t want her Mom to know that she’d wandered. From God… From believing or
even from hoping.” The loss consumes. It is a pit from which there feels like
no return. “She’d felt abandoned by God long before she’d abandoned Him.” God
never abandons us but in our pain, we are so focused on our loss that we do not
look for God. Therefore we do not see or feel Him, but our lack of vision and
emotional detachment does not mean God is far away.
God is the God of restoration. He will restore
the years the locusts have eaten. The themes in the novel remind the reader of
the story of Job who also lost everything.
The novel explores true riches. People suffered
terribly in the depression. True riches are never about money and always about
people. We see that like the widow’s mitre, people shared what little they had
with those who had nothing. There is the theme of taking care of the widows and
orphans in both time periods.
Dual themes of forgiveness and trust appear in
both stories. Withholding forgiveness creates a burden that becomes heavier
over time. Forgiveness is freeing. It is a process that we may need to repeat.
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