Sometimes God sends you a fiction book to read at just the right time, a book that will teach or tell you something that you might not have learned another way. Have you ever had a book on your TBR pile for a long time then something prompts you to read it and you realize that God had kept you from reading it earlier? You weren’t ready earlier and the lessons would be lost.
I recently read Illuminations: a novel of Hildegard von Bingen, by Mary Sharratt and this book has stuck with me in the days since. I think I am still processing all of the wisdom and lessons contained within its pages, but I will share my thoughts so far.
