Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: Treasure House (May 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560431008
ISBN-13: 978-1560431008
The Pastor of the Potters House Church in Dallas Texas has shared with us in his novel, 'Woman Thou Art Loosed', his express gift for story telling.
At the open of the story a young woman enters a church building with a gun in her bag. In an unexpected twist, in the most unlikely place, three shots are fired. The story then begins to reveal, layer by layer, who was shot and why.
Woman thou art loosed assaults your emotions. You are gripped with the reality of both the difficulty and necessity to forgive no matter what has been done to you in life. The challenge is the life of a young woman, abused as a child by the man that her mother loves.
The story is constructed by a series of flashbacks in the life of the main character Michelle Jordan. Her life shifts rapidly back and forth between the past and the present without losing the reader. I was amazed at how i was able to keep up with the story even with the jostling back and forth. It is a well constructed plot with characters that you begin to care about and characters that ignite your emotions. The characters are so real that you may find yourself being tempted to hate some of them. I couldn't understand why Michelle Jordans mother was so blind. But i was sharply reminded at the end that all sinners are in need of a saviour - a view that some may disagree with.
However, we must forgive as we have been forgiven. For in forgiving others we gain the power to let go of the past. This was not just a story but a hard and important lesson. Thanks to Bishop TD Jakes for this masterpiece of essential and extremely unique story telling.
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