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Interesting autobiographical account Jul 30, 2008
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (7/08)
When Mary Margaret Brown was approximately nine years old, she lost her Grandmother Brown, to whom she was very close. Her grandmother had helped fuel Mary Margaret's spirituality and they had shared many moments rocking in a chair and singing old hymns. Once her grandmother passed, she was left with a feeling of emptiness inside. She immersed herself in reading everything that she could get her hands on about the Lord. Even in school at recess time, instead of going outside to play, she chose to stay in and read the Bible.
As she was walking home from school one day she had her first vision of the Lord. "He appeared to be a spirit and was about 15 to 18 inches off the ground. It seemed that I could see through Him. He wore red, black and white shepherd's clothes (like the coat in the movie of Moses) and held a staff in his hand ... He had long wavy dark brown hair down to His shoulders or longer. He also had a beard, and He stood about 6 feet tall, even though He did not touch the ground. What was so striking about Him was his blue-green eyes in His olive skin. They were pools of liquid love and compassion." (p.18)
In this, and in subsequent meetings with the Lord, Mary Margaret learns that she is to be an instrumental part in communicating the word of God, in fact she claims that God specifically instructed her to write this book. He told her that there is currently an "angel craze" and that he wants her to convey to people the message that angels are "sent to minister to all believers, not to be worshipped." (p. 2) He also tells her that she has seen more angels than anyone else in this world and encourages her to share her experiences.
Brown's book is definitely interesting and attention-grabbing. Her story is very unique and I have never read anything like it before. Although the language used in her autobiographical account is very straight-forward and easy to understand, there are some instances where the stories do bounce around and there is also a little bit of repetition that should have been edited out. The repetition, at times, can make her account not flow as smoothly as it should. For instance, on page 31 the first full paragraph starts with "It was not until I got to the dance that I learned that Harry's roommate was a man that had tried to date me years before, and he was acting as the bartender." Then, in the third paragraph down on the same page, the first sentence is "When we arrived at the dance, I noticed that this man who had tried to date me when I first came to town was acting as the bartender, and learned that he was Harry's roommate."
Mary Margaret Brown is a very spiritual person and besides this book she shares the Word of God as a minister and as the President of the Standing in the Gap ministry. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read an autobiographical account of one woman's spiritual journey and to those interested in the subject of angels and their purpose. Although the writing can be a bit unorganized at times, the story is an interesting one to read.
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