But unable to deal with the suspense, I’d pick it up again.

I kept putting this book down a lot because I didn’t particularly appreciate how things were going. Who can I turn to but you, Lord? Where else does a pastor’s wife go for help when her marriage is failing and her life is out of control? Who can I trust with my anguish, Lord? Who but you?” Grasping her pillow, she pressed it tightly to her mouth so that her sobs would not be heard… But Eunice knows that something isn’t right and it hasn’t been for a long time… Eunice closed the bedroom door quietly and knelt beside her bed. Still, he tries not to let her quiet presence distract him. Attendance is up, way up, and everything is going so well. But it didn’t take long for Paul to turn Centerville Christian Church around. When Paul accepted the call to pastor the struggling church, he had no idea what to expect. The story of a dynamic young preacher, committed to building his church–but at what cost? Paul Hudson seemed like the perfect pastor to lead Centerville Christian Church and Eunice was the perfect pastor’s wife. I didn’t know what to expect when I read the overview of the book, but I was half-expecting to see Hadassah’s name ! That’s what a captivating trilogy does to you! Real Francine fans know what I mean. I added, And The Shofar Blew to my 2018 reading list at the start of the year because it’s one of her famous books I hadn’t read.

Since then, I’ve been on a mission to read all her books! So far, I’ve read 11 with about 12 to go. I never expected fiction to be as powerful as when I got introduced to Haddasah in A Voice In The Wind ( the first Francine Rivers book I read). Sometimes I read her book and start speaking in tongues and cry-praying. I’ve never read a Francine Rivers book that didn’t minister to me or reveal some nasty things about my heart that made me want to change. And the shofar blew review: Buildings, ego and a Humpty dumpty fallĮver since I discovered Francine Rivers and her writing in secondary school, I’ve been hooked.

And the Shofar Blew by Francine Rivers