Miracle of the Christmas Star
by Susan Dean Elzey
by Susan Dean Elzey
(Note: In spite of its name, this is not actually a Christmas book!)
The night Sariah’s baby of miracles, baby of sorrows is born blue and lifeless, a brilliant star shines through the window of her tiny home in a village close to Bethlehem. The star bathes the baby with light, and she begins to breathe. Sariah rejoices in the miracle, but soon realizes her daughter, whom she names “Hannah,” is not like the other babies in the village. She is crippled and will never be able to walk or talk. Although haunted by the spectre of her daughter’s future, Sariah believes the shepherds who say that the star heralded the birth of the long-awaited savior, and she begins years of searching and praying for him.
Lovingly caring for her daughter, Sariah’s life courageously endures a hard life, and although her faith wavers, it never burns out. Finally, as word of the Savior’s healing miracles reach her small village, Sariah determines that whatever the effort required, she will put Hannah in a wagon and take her to him to be healed. There follows a harrowing journey through the desert wilderness and a meeting with cruel robbers where Sariah is stripped of all in her life that gives her strength and hope. Only her faith remains, and during one fateful encounter in the terror of the wilderness, her abiding faith proves to be all that she and her daughter need.
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“The beautiful melody of ‘Miracle of the Christmas Star’ will sing its way into your heart and touch you with its story of patience, courage, and enduring faith.” Janice Kapp Perry, Beloved Latter-Day Saint songwriter
ReplyDelete“Susan Elzey has crafted a novel that is both compelling and very moving, a beautiful story of faith and perseverance, elegantly told and fully realized, and draw directly from Susan’s unwavering belief in God and miracles.”
ReplyDeleteCharles Adams, Executive Editor, Algonquin Press Chapel Hill, N.C., Editor of New York Times bestseller “Water for Elephants”