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Mountains of Spices

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This sequel to Hind's Feet On High Places tells the story of how Grace and Glory (formally Much-Afraid)and her friends lead many of her enemies to follow the Chief Shepherd. Not all decide to follow, but those who do so find a release from their old, sinful self and receive a new nature from the Shepherd (like how Grace and Glory did). How wonderful to see the Shepherd give new names to replace their old ones. See how the Shepherd is able to develop Hind's Feet for those who cannot physically journey with Him to the High Places. Learn also about the nature of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. I read this book with the same inner joy and excitement when I read Hind's Feet. Before I read this book, I was hoping for a sequel to Hind's Feet when God answered my prayer. This books shows that when we surrender our fruits of the flesh to God, He will replace it with His own wonderful fruits of the Spirit. When we live a life loving the Lord, it will draw people to the Saviour and God can make us forgive and love our enemies.

This sequel to "Hinds Feet" takes you to the next level. It shows how even though we enter our faith "Much Afraid" our "Grace and Glory" come from reaching out and touching the lives of family and friends in the name of the Lord, no matter how impossible it may seem.

Half of this book is a direct sequel to Hinds Feet on High Places - it is told in story format, with the same characters as that book. I like it very much. However my favorite part by far is the corresponding chapters on the fruits of the Spirit, and I often go back and read them. In each one the King takes Grace and Glory to a new mountain of a ring of nine, each representing a different fruit of the Spirit & teaching it by comparison with spices listed in Song of Songs (or someplace). She describes how that plant corresponds to that Spirit, and He teaches her about it. Then she goes down into the Valley for the days work. He teacher her a song for each one. One of my favorites is something like this:

Love must give and give and give
Love must die or share
Only then can true love live
Fruitful everywhere.
(from Gentleness I think, also the following:)
'The King and Grace and Glory came, just before sunrise, to the Mountain of Calamus, where the spices of gentleness were cultivated...she stood still in delighted surprise, for stretching before her were fields of slender reeds, swaying in the breeze and tossing lightly in rhythmical motion like waves on a slightly rolling sea...

He pointed out to her the exquisite grace and lovely, unresisting meekness with which they bowed themselves before the wind, sometimes right to the ground, only to sweep upward again without effort when the wind had passed over them...

'They know how to be abased and how to be exalted' ..she realized that the lovely fragrance that exuded from them and which men call gentleness, sympathy and loving understanding was developed by the daily practice of bending submissively to life's difficult circumstances without bitterness, resent or self-pity.'

etc. etc. etc. It's really quite good.
I've had this book for fifteen years and still go back and read the fruits of the spirit parts regularly (as God seems to be teaching me about that fruit!) It was originally published in 1977 - not many books stay in print for thirty years.

This book is an excellent follow-up to Hinds Feet on High Places. The reader followes Much-Afraid, now Grace-and-Glory on her continued mission: to bring her family into the service of the Shepard. A definate must read for those who have read the above book, if for nothing else, to give direction and encouragement with their new life in Christ.

This is an excellent allegorical follow -up in the story of the transformation of 'much afraid' and her spiritual jouney. I found the comparisons of the fruit of the spirit to actual spices (even with some artistic license) informative and interesting to read and apply.

This is the sequal to "Hinds Feet on High Places", and a must read. This book will uplift and encourage the down hearted and give hope. A classic for any bookcase.

This book is a great sequel to the book by the same author, Hinds Feet On High Places. It's a must follow up!

This book is awesome. It puts the Christian life into prospective. I would recommend it to everyone who wants/needs a practical, no nonsense approach to knowing what our life should be about. A real eye-opener.

A must read for all Christians. Hana Hannard's style of writing bring forth in a simple and plainly understandable way, the working of the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.

I bought this book after enjoying "Hind's Feet in High Places." It continues the story, which is very explicit Christian allegory. The writing is not particularly good, but the first book was thought-provoking in its message.

I found the message of this book troubling. It seemed to confuse sacrificing yourself for another's good with enduring and accepting their abuse. Allowing others to abuse you benefits no one. You can and should love the abuser -- God does -- but you should not enable or empower abuse, whether it is towards others or towards yourself. It is not the Christian duty of a wife whose husband beats her to stick around for a second helping; it is, arguably, her duty to prevent this from happening, not just for her own sake, but also for that of the husband and of the children.

Notably, Jesus did not yield to every form of abuse he encountered. He fled from those who pursued him (Luke 4:30, John 11:54). He told his disciples to buy swords (meaning of this is debated), and to flee (Luke 22:36, Matthew 10:23). And He was very vocal in protecting others from abuse, including women and children (Mark 10:14, Luke 17:2, John 8:7).