Blind Hope by Kim Meeder and Laurie Sacher

I discovered this book because a blog friend had it as a give away on her blog. Still, I guess I really didn't understand what it was about. I got the book from the local library - and since there was no financial commitment - I figured I would give a read.

My reservation was that I thought it was all about rescuing dogs.

Don't get me wrong - I am all for rescuing dogs. I am actually a sap about it. I have been banned by my husband to ever visit the dog pound because I am convinced they are all about to be put down and I must rescue them all - adopt them all and take them all home. I leave every time crying. The dog we now have is one we rescued from the pound! And we LOVE him. My problem is that I will leave with ALL the dogs. Each dog there grabs my heart and just tugs at it.

I was concerned this was all about that and pretty soon we would have more dogs in the house then the house can handle.

The book was fantastic. I loved it. It was not about rescuing dogs so much as rescuing the owner who had strayed from God. It is about how through rescuing the dog Laurie found that she was so much like her dog. Her dog had looked her in the eye and ran the other way --- and Laurie realized that so often we do that to God. God only wants the best for us and wants to care for us but we run the other way. And then get hurt.

There were such good analogies in this book and some fabulous quotes. I am going to share a few of them with you.

"Love is not a feeling but a choice." p. 38

"I am exactly like Mia. Just as her dog had run away from her, she had run away from God. Instead of running to God, she had spent her life running after everything but God. How could she follow a voice she had heard but never taken the time to actually know? How could she expect God to lead her life when she had repeatedly chosen not to follow him? Just like her dog's relationship with her, Laurie had not yet spent enough time in God's presence to truly know him either." p. 46

"God is with us, whether we are running away from him or to him." p. 51

"Every hardship we face is an opportunity to either break down or break through. We choose the outcome. For each difficulty we struggle with, we decide if it will make us weaker or stronger." p. 56

So are you intrigued --- doesn't it sound wonderful!!!

It is really a great book and I highly recommend it.