52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables by Bob Welch
From goodreads.com
Gold Medallion Award-winner Bob Welch crafts 52 nuggets of Bible-based
wisdom from one of the most popular novels, musicals, and films of all time:
"Les Miserables." In "52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables," Bob Welch walks
readers through Hugo's masterpiece, extracting dozens of uniquely spiritual
reflections from this enduring portrait of poverty, social injustice, mercy, and
redemption. Welch reminds us that Jean Valjean's life provides the truest
example of why real love is found in the grittiest places, and that hearts are
made whole beneath the crush of mercy. Most important, though, Welch keeps
returning to the intersections of faith and reality throughout Hugo's
writing--those places where mercy becomes an inroad to the heart, and where love
is only truly received when it is given without condition. Discover again why
life's purpose is found not in attending to personal needs and desires, but in
responding to the hearts of others.
Leona's Review:
It has been a long time since I have watched the movie, Les Miserables and
after reading 52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables, I now want to read the
book. I did not realize Victor Hugo had written the book in 1862. There is also
information about Victor Hugo; I knew a little of him but now encouraged to
read more.
Bob Welch has written an inspirational book using the characters as key
points in messages. The book has love, hate, misery, death, suffering but I also
read hope .
The first part of the book has the characters and places listed and how to
pronounce the words which helps the reader. The chapters are short and have a
message.
Chapter 8, "It's Not About "The Stuff". "They confuse heaven's radiance
stars with a duck's footprint left in the mud" from Les Miserables which "being
the solution begins with the perspective." (page 28). I understood the message
was we worry too much about what we have. The author uses a man's BMW car as an
example.
Chapter 29, "Wisdom Can Come From Weird Places" "God has his own ways" from
Les Miserables. "God sends us life lessons on pleasant breezes and on ill winds.
It is up to us to raise our sails". (page 99) I understand it is up to us to
make the decisions.
There is a chapter for book clubs to use for discussions. Question number
4: "How were Jean Valjean and Avert similar? How were they different?"
I read this book in a few days but as one reviewer wrote, this is good for
inspirational reading for one time a week.
The author has done a great job of making the reader think about the
messages. I give it a 5 star raring.
I received a complimentary copy to read and review from booklookbloggers.com. The
opinions are my own.
This is a Thomas Nelson Publisher book. It would make a wonderful gift for
a friend or family member.
Bob Welch is a goodreads.com author. You may reach Bob Welch at www.bobwelch.net. He is an inspirational
speaker as well a writer.
Leona Olson
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