William Edmund Barrett
Paperback | Pages: 127 pages Rating: 3.98 | 2161 Users | 221 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Lilies of the Field |
| ISBN: | 0446315001 (ISBN13: 9780446315005) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lilies of the Field #1 |
| Characters: | Homer Smith |
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This was actually a really neat story. The main character is a black man who was brought up as a Southern Baptist, and who doesn't like to have a "boss" over him (he likes to be free to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants). He's driving along just doing whatever and stops to meet some German Catholic nuns who are working really hard outdoors building a fence, and decides to chip in by helping them repair some roof shingles. Immediately there is a language barrier because the nuns are learning English and so there's not a lot of talking going on between the nuns and this man. The "Mother" of the nuns is an interesting character too. She doesn't "praise" this man for his hard work and actually expects him to continue working day after day until her main dream in life is to have a chapel built where the last one was burned down. So, this man feels led to help these nuns and yet he doesn't understand why. He feels a sense of liberation in helping them but at the same time, his human nature wants something in return for his hard work: money. He does not get paid in money for his hard work. If anything, he becomes more generous and gives more of himself to the nuns and their mission, fulfilling a higher spiritual purpose. All said and done, this story is about human nature versus faith and prayer and the greater good of being led to do something more of what life calls for you to do. Sometimes life (or God) guides people to fulfill a higher calling than what you've set out to do in the first place. This often brings great joy in our lives and it has nothing to do with monetary gain.Point Appertaining To Books The Lilies of the Field (The Lilies of the Field #1)
| Title | : | The Lilies of the Field (The Lilies of the Field #1) |
| Author | : | William Edmund Barrett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 127 pages |
| Published | : | February 1995 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Christian |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 2161 Users | 221 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Lilies of the Field (The Lilies of the Field #1)
Charming novella about the power of faith. Some poor German nuns want to build a chapel on land given to them. They have no money. This wandering African-American man comes by and builds it for them, in ways that have more to do with faith than with reason.Tender and touching. Providence is a great miracle.Mathew 6:28 " Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin"I have one of the first editions of this book. The pages are turning brown and it won't withstand much handling but that's to be expected because it's coming up on fifty years old.The Lilies of the Field is a deceptively simple story about a group of determined German nuns who truly believe in the Gospel message, 'Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so
This was actually a really neat story. The main character is a black man who was brought up as a Southern Baptist, and who doesn't like to have a "boss" over him (he likes to be free to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants). He's driving along just doing whatever and stops to meet some German Catholic nuns who are working really hard outdoors building a fence, and decides to chip in by helping them repair some roof shingles. Immediately there is a language barrier because the nuns are
A very short read (my copy was 127 pages long) either based on or the inspiration for the Sidney Poitier movie of the same name. The wording is sparse but carries its meaning well. The characters a little simple, because of the sparse wording, but they flesh out better as the story goes. There are unsaid things in between the sparse words, which always appeals to me. A fine story of faith, inspiration, the man on the road, making the desert bloom as the rose, and some comments on race. People in
I had a vague recollection of seeing the film adaptation of this book, so when I saw it sitting there on the shelf at the used book store, I just had to grab it. I am glad I did. It was sweet, heart-warming, sometimes ad and mostly amusing. Homer was a wonderful man. I really loved and respected that he stuck with it. He made a promise and he saw it through. I definitely felt teary at the end. It is an awfully short story and I am glad I took time from my longer book to read it.
Re-read, March 2018: Behold the lilies of the field, how they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you. That not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.*curls up in a ball on the floor and screams silently* MY EMOTIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOriginal review:This was one of my favorite books as a teen . . . I'd forgotten just how much I loved it until just now, when somebody mentioned the movie. Guys, you all need to read this if you haven't already. Right now. It's
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