A Text From a Friend & Reader

I’m always uneasy when I release a book. This book has caused a little more uneasiness because of the topic. Biblical peoples thoughts and actions after the crucifixion. If you read the Holy Bible, these days are missing. Why?

One person during the test reading said they wouldn’t have finished the book if I didn’t ask them to read it because they didn’t like how I portrayed one person.

Another person had a different opinion on how I portrayed Mary, the mother of Christ.

Another person said it was slower than my other books.

Another person said this was the best book I had written.

A few other people praised the emotions conveyed in the storytelling.

I say this because that is the purpose of this book. I don’t know how Mary Magdalene truly reacted, or the Beloved John, or the oldest Peter, or the Doubting Thomas, or Jude, the brother of Jesus. And I think that is the beauty of this book. To have a discussion with people on how the followers and haters of Jesus felt during these days.

I’m not saying my book is totally factual. But many elements in the book are based upon scripture.

But that is how faith is.

I can believe wholehearted in something and not fully understand it. I don’t have to understand every aspect to believe it. If I understood everything, where would the notion of faith be? Faith is believing in something unseen.

I hope this book causes a stirring. I hope it causes questions to rise. I hope you seek out answers and thoughts of your faith in Christ.

If you were one of his followers, how would you have reacted? I think that is the purpose of this book. It’s easy for us to say what we would do…but how do we really know?

Would we have hid? Would we have run off? Would we have went back to work like nothing had happened? Would we have grieved? Would we have mocked? Would we have lost hope?

Those are the questions to ask yourself. What would you have done?

I received an encouraging text today from a dear friend who ordered my book.

Read most of your book last night. I have no idea how you do this! Such detail such emotion It break’s ones heart.

This reader got the purpose of this book.

This book was full of grief and mourning. After some chapters I would have to stop and collect myself because I was sobbing as I was writing. The book flowed as I wrote it, but it was emotionally tiresome. I would put myself in each characters position and sometimes my insides would hurt because I truly felt their pain, fear, remorse, anger and doubt.

If you don’t get the book, I hope during this Easter season you find other resources to learn a little of the heaviness of these dark days.

But even though the book is full of heaviness, it ends with a good note. He didn’t stay in that dark, lonely tomb.

Peace

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