Knitting Kat: 5 Stars for Liz Curtis Higgs

Monday, May 02, 2005

5 Stars for Liz Curtis Higgs

Just finished reading Whence Came a Prince. It was the last of the Scottish trilogy written by Liz Curtis Higgs. The first book in the series was Thorn in My Heart. I remember sitting in the booth at Subway, entranced by the first opening pages of that book. A very gripping story. The second book in the trilogy, Fair is the Rose, was so very heartwrenching I donated it to the library, and never wanted to read anything so sad again. When we were in S.C. I bought this last book of the trilogy and it is a masterpiece. I loved reading it and am sorry it has come to an end, but what an end! The bits of poetry at the beginning of each chapter are poignant. The trilogy is based on scripture from the book of Genesis 31 and on.

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My Testimony

I was saved when I was 32 years old. We had evangelistic meetings the week of Mother's Day. When asked by the evangelist if I died tonight would I be sure I would go to heaven. I answered...'I hope so'. He answered, 'young lady, heaven is a 'know so' place'. He asked me to sit up front the next day in church, and the message was 'Hell will be filled with 'good' people'. The first one third of the message I sat in the pew and reviewed to God and myself what a 'good' person I really was. Not! The Holy Spirit of God brought conviction to my heart so vividly, that I clearly remember not needing to hear any more of the sermon. God's word had reached ME! I was a sinner on my way to Hell. I couldn't wait to go forward and pray, accepting Christ as my Saviour. I believed on him that day and received Him personally by repentance and prayer, confessing my need of salvation. Hell will be filled with good people all right, BUT good only in their own eyes. God alone is sinless and 'good'.

"ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God". Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is mad unto salvation.

Romans 10: 9 & 10 Verse 13 says this, 'for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' John 1:12 & 13 says, 'But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.'