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This site is like Ruthe, the heroine of my novel, Ruthe's Secret Roses

Ruthe is. . .
intimate with God,
prays a lot,
a bleeding heart for the hurting,
a big sister,
rescues friends,
has creative ideas,
likes to give surprise gifts,
loyal to friends,
dreams of love and marriage,
dreams of writing a book
goes the extra mile

So this site offers;
good books to read!
help to become Friends with God,
The One Ideal Real Friend
a cure for loneliness
An Older Sister's Coping Secret
how to pray Panic Prayers,
& regularly/daily
devotionals,
how to grow in faith
Christian mentoring,
how to share your faith
character development
how to become a writer



te-Oh-oh!

The Measure Of A Heart, Women of the West Series #6 By Janette Oke

Again, I find myself marvelling at the insight this author has into ordinary, book-loving young women from poor families. (I suspect she may know something of this from personal experience).

With words as her paintbrush, Oke sketches soft water colour portraits of her characters. In this case it is Anna, the only daughter in a poor prairie farm family of boys. So she must help her mother in the house, and do many chores. Her one treat is to take a pail of milk to the pastor couple up the road. That elderly couple takes a fond interest in her and share books with her.

One day she finds they have gone on a trip and a young seminary student is staying there and will pastor their small country church in the interim. They begin a two year exchange of letters. Then Anna was able to go with the elderly pastor couple to attend Austin's graduation from Seminary. It was a scary experience for her.

Not long after that Austin comes calling, and soon they are Austin and Anna Barker, with a small church pastorate in a rural farming community.

One crisis after another causes Anna to find solutions that bless others. Yet through it all, she continues to feel that others would do a better job. Her insecurities, and sense of short-comings really drag her down, and bring on a depression of sorts.

This story is a testament to God's faithfulness, in how He sends the very person she has always admired and wanted to emulate, to convince her that she is doing very well, and being a great helpmeet to her husband, Austin. I was glad for how Oke handled that resolution to Anna's problem.

Really, I wonder if this isn't Oke's own story in disguise. She does such a great job of making Anna's thoughts and feelings come alive.

This story will give you a whole new respect for those plain, but faithful pastor's wives in obscure, prairie towns. If you feel insignificant, the ending will cheer you up!

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