We Named Her Faith is a warm hearted story of grace and love and how God in His
providence works in the daily lives of His people. This book isn't my
normal line of country. I tend to engross myself into deeper works of
theology however, the result of that deeper theology should have the
outcome we read about in the lives of the Orr family. When it comes to
the trials of faith many of us have read of the faith of men like
Calvin, Luther, Warfield, Newton and many others that endured incredible
hardships and were triumphant at the end of their lives. Most of us
just aren't like that. We're average people just trying to make it day
by day striving to be obedient and living on God's grace. And so it is
for the Orr family.
We Named Her Faith is the
story of Tim, Michelle and Faith Orr. Their past and present - how they
got to where they are today through life's trials and struggles and how
they were happily able to adopt their daughter, Faith who has Down
Syndrome. Their story has many twists and turns, happy and sad, losing
and winning. But through it all we see God's Providence working behind
the scenes for their good and His glory.
Its
a wonderful story. As for the book itself, it has its share of
positives and negatives. On the negative side, it was difficult to
determine the author's beliefs. Often oscillating freely between the
terms "providence" (as in God's Providence) and the term "luckily," I
was confused. Were their circumstances from God or by coincidence? The
author, in his early years was Pentecostal and at some point became a
Reformed Baptist but it was difficult to see when and thus could account
for the confusion here and at some other points. At times there was too
much irrelevant information and at others too little which made the
story wordy and somewhat disjointed. On the positive side we see a
childless couple reach out in God's love and adopt a child with a
disability. We see God moving in their lives from when they were young
to the present in many marvelous ways. Life isn't easy but we see God's
grace working in the background of their lives to bring about the
wonderful conclusion of adoption.
This is a great book for the church library or your home. Its worth a read. A definite 3.5 out of 5.
I received a review copy of "We Named her Faith" to review. No other compensation was received, and the opinions are my own.
