"A Passion for the Impossible - The Life of Lilias Trotter" by Miriam Huffman Rockness inspires me every time I read it. It's the telling of the life of a would-be famous artist who chose instead to use her gifts and talent to minister to the Arabs of North Africa in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Miss Trotter loved beauty - in nature, color and words. Even more so, she loved the God who created beauty. The excerpts from her diaries and journals reveal a heart in love with God - who learned countless lessons from His handiwork and who poured what she learned into the lives of others. Reading of the life of Lilias Trotter causes me to hunger after a deeper walk with God and spurs me on to "Taste and see that the Lord is good."
"Stamped on every page of her journals and diaries is a woman fully immersed in the practical realities of everyday living even as she is totally engaged in assimilating those realities through an eternal perspective."
3 comments:
I've had this book on my Wish List for some time now...thanks for the reminder of a good, inspirational read. Blessings on your weekend,
Hi, I haven't heard of this book before but now want to pursue getting it. It sounds wonderful and very inspiring.
With the fall weather here if I'm not quilting I'm reading.
Blessings on your day.
Noreen
Thanks, ladies, for your comments! I hope that you both have the opportunity to read this inspiring book -
Blessings to you as well,
Julie
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