Kim Vogel Sawyer has done it again, she has gifted her readers with another heartwarming story of a spiritual journey that ends in witness and joy for both the characters and her readers. Every time I hear of a new Kim Vogel Sawyer novel, I get so excited to read it. So when "From This Moment" was released for early review I immediately requested it! I received a copy from Waterbrook and Multnomah as a member of their launch team for an honest review.
Jase Edgar is a new youth pastor at the Bradlyville Kansas Beech Street Bible Fellowship. Having recently suffered a tragic loss, he goes to his new position in search of a faith he feels has left him and a way to start over again.
Brother Kraft, the church's senior pastor takes Jase under his wing as he introduces him to the congregation, the students he will be teaching, and the ladies of the church. In the process, he meets two young women, Kenzie and Lori, best friends who each are walking through their faith journey with different struggles.
Lori has a verbally abusive father and her mother is deceased. She binge eats to fill the void of parental love and approval in her life. She wears a mask of joyful exuberance but inside she is lost and seeking comfort in whatever she can find.
Kenzie is a young woman whose roots run deep in the Amish community. Kenzie left her family and friends in Indiana to find work and ended up in Baileyville Kansas working for a quilt shop, and making rugs on an antique loom to donate to missions in her free time. Kenzie has accepted Christ and knows the truth of saving through pure grace, but she knows her family back in the Amish community does not. She wants to witness to them but doesn't know how.
Through God's healing mercy and grace, all the characters in Sawyer's book find hope, acceptance, and fulfillment and continue to witness to God's everlasting love for his children.
Every Sawyer novel is special to me, but living in Hutchinson Kansas, this book is even more so. Baileyville Kansas in the story is set near Wichita Kansas, just as Hutchinson is in reality. I could relate to not only the characters but also to the setting and this brought an even deeper familiarity for me as I read the story. With each of her novels, there are moments that the story seems to speak to my heart, I make a connection with the struggles of the characters and as they strengthen their spiritual journey, I feel my faith also strengthen.
"From This Moment" will be released on February 23, 2021. Reader, if you are searching for a story of hope and healing, read Sawyer's new release. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
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