Cynthia Ruchti’s book All
My Belongings is a book you will
want to read. It has characters you will
want to get to know and situations you or someone you know has faced. All of us
want to know we belong somewhere or to someone. The story will speak to your
heart.
The story follows the main character as she leaves what is
familiar to find a new life far away from what was home. The shame she was running from wasn’t even her
own. She was fleeing her past, but it was a past that would follow her unless
she took drastic measures to change who she was. What her father did haunted
her in her present life and seemed to project itself into her future. Would she
ever be free?
How would Becca ever feel like she belonged? She had lost everything
in her past and finally when she starts to let down her guard to trust again,
events happen that make her want to run again. As she battles to put it all
behind her and to look forward, an unexpected request forces her to a place
where she must choose between bitterness or forgiveness. She chooses to be free
even though the choice is hard and changes her future again.
Throughout the story, through all its twists and turns, its
hurts and disappointments, a foundation of faith is what holds the characters
together. Their strengths are found when they seek God’s will. Their hope is
renewed when they learn to trust and then act from that faith.
I highly recommend this book because it touches the heart as
well as challenging the will. We all have choices to make that will affect our
future and others, too. The themes of adoption, family discord, care giving,
and wondering how we belong will resonate with many. The cloud of grace that is
over all of it will reassure and give peace and hope.
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