Brother Word
by Derek Jackson
Published by Walk Worthy Press
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Reviewed by Amy L. Loos
Although Brother Word is contemporary fiction, author Derek Jackson uses this story to bring home the question that many Christians face in their daily walk with Jesus. How can we, as God's children, suffer such devastating loss in our lives and yet come to a place of healing in order to bring glory to God?
Chance Howard is a drifter with a past filled with pain. He's also a man gifted with God's healing power. So how does a man deal with the healing gift God has placed in his life when he is anguished and confused that he couldn't save his own wife from cancer?
Chance is representative of most Christians; he's a man who's lived a life filled with hopes, dreams, love, death and heartache. When Chance loses his wife Nina to cancer, and his mother-in-law chases him out of town, Chance takes to the road, hoping to leave the past behind in order to make sense of the future God has in store for him through the healing ministry.
Chance's journey brings him to the understanding that the healing powers he's been given are a blessing that allow him to experience the awesomeness of God's power as it flows from his hands and into the bodies of suffering believers.
What so captivated me about Brother Word was Jackson's ability to connect with me as a Christian. Like Chance, we Christians aren't protected from pain, we don't live a life without heartache, sheltered from life's trials. But, like Chance, we can come to understand that as God's children, we have the ability to suffer through heartache and loss so that we may bring Him glory and He in turn can turn our pain into full bounty and bless us with gifts that will touch other's lives.
We needn't live in the past, questioning the "what ifs," but we, like Chance, can walk in faith, knowing that the life God has planned for us, will be filled with happiness, abundance and prosperity.
Armchair Interview says: Powerful message to Christians.