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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Have you had those moments in life when something or someone speaks to you, preventing you from taking action and potentially saving your life? In Charline Manuel’s Shaping Hope, the first story begins with the author’s personal experience of driving home late, under the influence. She stopped at a light, listening to a voice that suddenly said, “Wait,” as the light in her direction turned green. She waited, not sure who or what spoke, but it’s a good thing she did, as a speeding truck off the highway went through the red light. Had she been in the intersection, she wouldn’t be alive to reflect on the moment and the voice that prevented her from moving forward. We learn from our mistakes; we learn from life’s experiences; and we learn from what we observe around us. How we make good use of all that we learn is up to us, our faith, and the belief that there is a more powerful force helping us through this mess we call life.
Charline Manuel’s Shaping Hope: Harnessing the Power of Grace in Your Life Stories is an intuitively powerful approach to sharing our life stories and learning from them. The author shares her life stories in a simple yet compelling manner that will have readers reflecting on their own experiences and life events, hopefully to achieve what the author describes as the “transformative power of grace.” The book contains twelve reflective stories. Each story begins with a meaningful quote that presents the theme of the story that follows. At the end of the story, there are some questions and reflective exercises, complete with some discussion points and answers. This is a great motivational book to help us all through the maze before us, to seek and find the grace of God at every turn we take.
