A Message From God

Written By Retha McPherson

Review By Donald James Parker

Retha McPherson thought she had it all. Then fate stepped in and showed her that she had been mistaken. Her twelve year old son, Aldo, was critically injured in a car accident. The grieving mother discovered that her walk with Jesus had been superficial, even though she had been a devout Christian. The ingredient she had been missing was intimacy with her Heavenly Father and with Jesus. During the time when her son struggled to survive, Retha established that rock solid relationship that was lacking and contagiously gave it away to her husband. And when the boy recovered from his coma, he had stories to tell of his visit in Heaven. Included was a message that he was to tell everyone that Jesus was coming again soon. Of course, a skeptic would quickly point out that a brain-damaged person is not a reliable witness. The mitigating factor is that the boy awoke and was able to quote scripture copiously. Before the accident, he had been a normal kid who paid attention to boy things and not God things. The instruction from the Lord that came down, they were to write a book about the whole experience and share it with others. And this paperback is the culmination of that commission from the Lord. I think God is pleased with the result.

I have read several books in the recent past that are all shining a spotlight in the same place. That beacon is aimed heavenward toward the son of God. The Holy Spirit is moving in a powerful way across the earth to call the children of God to where they need to be – under the shadow of the Almighty. This is not a book of clever witticisms and profound human wisdom. This is a book of simple truths. There are words directly from the mouth of God here. One example that struck me directly in the solar plexus as a wannabe intellectual student of the word and of life is “Stop all your clever arguments, your logical disputes. Faith starts where logic ends. And then miracles follow.”

I am trying to let my spirit man dominate my soul man, who wants to be like Mr. Spock and subsist on logic alone. This book has helped me in that struggle. Retha came to a point in her life where logic was insufficient. I pray that I can vicariously learn the lessons she has absorbed from living through a traumatic experience that had brought much pain into her life. My prayer is that I will surrender everything to the King of Kings so that He might use me as Retha and Aldo have been used – to show people that intimacy with God is not only possible but necessary for true fulfillment. This is a book that will stretch many believers. I needed to let God out of the box I put Him in and be stretched. I urge you to let Him expand your tent pegs.

As Aldo writes several times, Jesus is coming soon. The bride must be ready. And I don’t want to be one of the five foolish virgins who neglected to prepare themselves in advance. I can’t summon up the words sufficient to match the urgency that I feel in recommending that you read this book – but more importantly that you lay aside your pride and give it all to Jesus. I challenge you to read this book as a child and not as a sophisticated adult puffed up with pride over your prowess in deciphering the secrets of life. I have written many novels that I hoped would turn people to the Lord and cause them to walk upright before Him. I see now that my books pale in comparison with this true story of the power of the living God.

About the reviewer:  Donald James Parker is a novelist with nine titles under his belt at the current time. Check out his work at http://DonaldJamesParker.com?tcp