The scarlet thread by Francine Rivers

I am glad that Tyndale re released this book as I thought I had read all the older Francine Rivers books. I didn't remember this one so it was a great discovery. Sierra Madrid has her life right on track. Everything is exactly the way she wants it. Though she's had struggles - parent's approval of her and Alex's relationship, her father's death, etc. - she still has a good life. Two children, a loving husband, parents close by, a cozy home and then Alex drops a bomb. Alex isn't happy and he is moving ahead with life the way he wants it. This decision means Sierra has to leave behind all that is familiar and surrender her will. About the same time her mother discovers the journal of a long lost family member; Mary Kathryn. Though hundreds of years apart both woman share a similar story. A husband that sets out to follow his dreams, dragging behind a rebellious wife. Both Sierra and Mary Kathryn journey though the anger, resentment, bitterness, acceptance, and finally surrender to God. Both woman find that once God is at the center on their lives nothing else really matters. Things now have to be made right as they realize the wrong they have done. Both see that things are not always solved by a simple apology. Will Sierra and Mary Kathryn find healing and wholeness in their relationships with man and God? Will either of them find they are better for the journeys their lives have taken them on? Another Rivers work of art. Worth the read!