Called. Chosen. Loved.

The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese is a very charming contemporary Christian novel that I adored. It is the third book in A Fog Harbor Romance series but can be read as a stand-alone.

The story is seen through three different points of view of the three lead characters. It is told in the first person so we really get inside the character’s heads.

There is the major theme of trusting God. We can trust Him in the good times and we can trust Him in the bad. “How when I was scared, He took away my fear… I do know I can trust Him. So that’s what I’m going to do.” Choosing to trust is the best thing we can do. God will never let us down.

Trust in God is linked to God’s plans. “I don’t understand why things happened the way they did, but I trust God has a plan.” God will use all our circumstances for growth and for good. “She believes He has a plan even in the hard times.” It takes a lot of faith to cling on and to trust that God’s plan is good even when circumstances aren’t.

We hear of a couple who served God and tragically lost their lives. This left their daughter with health issues, as she was in the same freak accident, and it severely shook their son’s faith. “There’s no redemption plan that will bring my parents back after they died serving a God who hadn’t bothered to answer their prayers.” Bitterness has become the wall between him and God. He has carried stuff he was never meant to carry. “I… finally surrender the burdens God never asked me to carry.” When we surrender to God, we can live in freedom.”

There is much rejoicing when the prodigal returns home. “You can come back… There’s no expiration date when it comes to surrender.”