Charlie is a shy kid who hides behind the cleanup sink at school. However, after his teacher asks him to be her helper, he springs into action when the fire coral stings his friend Bernie. Charlie goes to bed a little bit early because he wants to make sure he gets a goodnight’s sleep. He wants to be a good helper for Miss Stella. He had decided that it was way more fun to be a helper than to hide behind a sink! Before he falls asleep, Charlie prays, “Dear Jesus, thank you for my great first day of school, and thank you for my mommy and daddy, all my new friends and for Miss Stella. Help me to always help others. Amen.” Charlie learns he can overcome his shyness and be a servant like Jesus.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Many Sparrows
Book Author: Lori Benton
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"We don't get the eagle's view. Sometimes we look around and it's like being hemmed by a thicket of thorns. But it's there."
Clare Inglesby's birth pains were a prologue to the grief that she was yet to bear; trapped alone in the wilderness without her husband, her son, or a wagon that would roll, she is forced to suffer the indignity of a stranger's hands bringing her infant daughter into the world. Learning that her husband was brutally ambushed and scalped by a Mingo warrior, who more than likely kidnapped her four year old son under the cover of darkness, Clare vows to follow frontiersman Jeremiah Ring, to the ends of the earth, if it means being reunited with her son, assuming that he is still alive.
Jeremiah Ring happens upon tragedy along the trail while ferrying messages back and forth between local Indian tribes and the governor of Virginia's representatives. English by birth, but now Shawnee by circumstance, his heart is torn between duty and compassion when he peers into the desperate green eyes of Clare Inglesby. Knowing that the journey ahead of them will be difficult, Jeremiah relies on his faith as a guide, especially when the details of young Jacob Inglesby's whereabouts are fully revealed. What will it take to convince Clare to wait on the Lord, to let Him come to her rescue, rather than relying solely on her own understanding?
In classic Lori Benton style, this story exudes rich and symphonic descriptions of peoples, places, and lifestyles that are but a faint wisp of smoke in our nation's history, but unwittingly reveal some of the deepest truths, if we, "Don't go judging the Almighty by (our) own understanding. We're rarely given eyes to see the whole of what He's doing in our lives . . . . . That's why we are called to walk by faith, not by sight".
I was given a copy of this book by the author. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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