The Afternoon of Life

It wasn't until after I read the book I discovered it wasn't a current writing...it was written 20 years ago!  But you won't know that while reading it.  The culture described in the book is even more accurate as a description of today's "self"-minded society than it was then!  Alistair Begg challenges his readers to examine themselves and ensure that they are walking a true life in the Spirit.  He parallels our spiritual health with a physical check-up.  He compares marriage to a lengthy flight in an airliner.  His description of "sacrifice" flies in the face of a society that no longer knows the meaning of the word.  The book is a contrast between living in this world but choosing to live for the world to come.   As a longtime believer and ardent follower of Christ and the message of God's Word, I could not put this book down.  I will be reading it again...and probably again.  Because it is full of Scriptures...full of foundational truths

It’s hard for someone who trusts the Lord to confess that she’s had the absolute worst year of her life! In my first two years of marriage long ago my husband was unemployed for six months and our marriage almost died.  I had a year where I lost a baby I was carrying…a baby I wanted and needed.  I had a year where one of my children was hurt in such an invasive and heart-wrenching way.  I’ve had a year where I sat with a friend as her CHILD experienced cancer.  I’ve had a year where I sat with a friend as her 2-yr-old daughter was BURIED.  At 40 I moved 1500 miles from home and friends and just a little later my marriage dissolved and ended in divorce. In the next year I faced eviction and possible homelessness with three pre-teens. There was the year my oldest son and I had surgery just two days apart…at Christmastime.  The next year I had Bell’s Palsy at Easter.  I had a year where a new pastor was verbally and psychologically abusive…not just with me but so many others. I had s