Their love story is not one of fairy tales. It is one offaithfulness from the beginning through to its tragic ending.
Richard and Margaret Baxter had been married only nineteen yearsbefore she died at age forty-five. A prominent pastor and prolificauthor, Baxter sought consolation and relief the only true way heknew- in Scripture with his discipline of writing. Within days heproduced a lover's tribute to his mate and a pastor's celebrationof God's grace. It is spiritual storytelling at its best, made allthe more poignant by the author's unveiling of his grief.
J. I. Packer has added his own astute reflections along with hisedited version of this exquisite memoir that considers six oflife's realities-love, faith, death, grief, hope, and patience. Heguides you in comparing and contrasting the world's and the Bible'sideals on coping with these tides of life. The powerful combinationof Packer's insights and Baxter's grief gives you a beacon if youare searching for God, a pathfinder for your relationships, and alifeline if you are grieving.
